...and I am beginning to understand why BROWNE would have had a base there...I can remember her mentioning the 'space centre'...she had turned into 'another RIMINGTON at POWERGEN'...that was her real job...

http://www.itsbettertinnedthanfresh.co.uk/Pages/Welcome%20to%20Ashby%20de%20la%20Zouch/spacecentre.html

Ashby Space Centre.

Above you can see the hugely expensive and highly unproductive efforts of Ashby's very own attempt at entering the space race. The silos above were intended to hold the liquid hydrogen and oxygen that powers rockets and stuff. Unfortunatly, Ashby Town Council tried to do the smart thing and buy the stuff 'on the cheap' (if you know what I mean), from a visiting Nigerian dignitary and instead received over six million gallons of tiger urine, which they've still got to this day.


Admission to the space centre is free (to children under 2 months old). Inside you can read all about the now defunct local mining industry which, incidently, has got absolutely nothing to do with the space centre itself.