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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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30/05/2014 Added ROC Map page, added RN3 to Communications Networks ERA 2.
30/04/2014 Added CONRAD page, revisited many pages in light of JSI, Menu titles changed, pages renumbered.
28/10/2013 Added S+DX terminal photo, Torn tape centre, perforator photo.
13/10/2013 Added AFHQ locations and revised MSX codes Page234, 235.
18/09/2013 Page214, Revised text. Added new photo of Test Unit WB1401.
24/08/2013 Detailed / HANDEL / WB400 : Added new topic for interactive photo of WB400 Plug in Units at CCP.
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