Decoy site gets recognised
We now have a new sign for the Operation Starfish site on Flints Moor, explaining the highly secret wartime project and the role the land at Slate Delfs Hill played in confusing enemy bombers during World War Two.
Starfish sites were decoy sites to help protect specific industrial targets: in our local case, the marshalling yards at Greetland station and sites over in Greater Manchester.
Ripponden Parish Council provided the sign and the timber for the sign display structure, and Yorkshire Water rangers, seen here with Councillor Judith Crossley, positioned and erected the sign on site.