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I became interested in the UK Civil Defence for the Cold War, as a result of working as a engineer for 'Post Office Telephones' later privatised and renamed 'British Telecom'. Between 1978 and 1981 I maintained the early warning equipment and visited ROC posts in part of North Northamptonshire and South Leicestershire. At the time I never disclosed this information even to my closest friends. Now twenty years have passed since the Cold War ended the Internet provides a good medium to disseminate the details of these defunct systems.
This site was created in 2001 and contained only a few pages about the public warning system. Since then its grown to 30 Pages thanks to a lot of helpful feedback and encouragement from so many people able to plug the holes in my knowledge. I am always pleased to receive feedback as there are still pieces of the jigsaw missing and you may be holding one.
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30/04/2013 Added photos of Tester 1402,1403, Power Unit 1401 and CCP Terminating unit, plus accompanying text.
30/01/2013 UKWMO Overview added. Minor revisions to many pages.
16/10/2012 LDN - new page added.
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