Royal Observer Way,
Seaton, Devon, from Harbour Rd. to Tesco.
Irving R
Funeral for
Douglas Lee
on 19th December at Horsham St.Faith Crematorium at
11:00. Family flowers only.
The Somme:
Thiepval Memorial and the Lochnavar Crater viewed from a DH2.
Ann Fitz.
“The Royal Observer Corps Underground
Monitoring Posts” by
Mark Dalton.
Reviewed by
Lawrence H
The
Farnsfield Post Memorial visited by the
Ashbourne CROCA on the 22nd.September 2011.
Jon L & Lawrence H
'In
those days when you kept a secret you kept a secret'
Eileen Brush reminisces.
Law H
A Memorial Service
for
Derek Balcombe,
former GO with 2 Group, will be held on Wednesday 16th. November 2011 at
St. Clement Danes Church in the Strand. Afterwards at the RAF
Club for an 'aircrew breakfast'.
16 Group is unveiling a plaque
on the former Group Control building on Friday 30th September. All
former members of the Group are welcome to attend, but please get in
touch first so that we can assess refreshments. Contact David J by
September 26th.
David O
Sheila Hart, Plymouth
Amateur Radio Club G3PRC/G8PRC, invites a guest speaker to talk on
the ROC.
Contact Simon Cr.
Air
Cadets instructors beat 17 teams from the world's best air forces at RIAT.
Neville C
is at the right hand end of the group.
Anatomy of a documentary shoot...
at the Imperial War Museum on the 29th July
2011 by a film team from Toronto, Canada for a series called Museum
Secrets. Mary Anne A in charge and the
ROC star was Neville C.
Cuckfield Museum:
Royal Observer Corps display.
Simon Craine is assisting
with the
The Guildhall Project,
Bury St Edmunds.
Firey Freds Forum
For former members of the Royal
Observer Corps.
A
Cold War
bunker at Hope Cave
in Devon is a solid investment
Broadway
Tower's Underground Post opens
on Friday May 20th 2011 at 1400 hours. |
opening update |
Monitoring Posts (S.Yorks.) |
Protection from the Cold
|
eBook available
|
by Simon Craine
&
Noel Ryan
New web site:
Chop Gate Post
is having an open day on Sunday 29th May from 1000 - 1600hrs.
Short films of |
Underground
Posts | General Cold War |
topics.
31Group adds a script on the
70th anniversary of the granting of the title
“Royal” to the
Observer Corps.
Memories of WWII and the Battle
of Britain. |
No 19 Group Centre bombed |
Biggin Hill BoB
Heritage Centre |
How a
nuclear bunker
15ft underground could be yours for just
£7,000... (Mark H)
Classic Observer
promotes beer
sales for the RAFBF Wings appeal. (Terry_G/
Chris_H)
Newark Air Museum has entered
the digital age of iPhones, Apps... with
Empedia
Recent articles on the
ROC in national magazines.
(Lawrence H) (updated)
A 17 min DVD of the Holbeach
Bunker is available
from JWK Group.
£5 to members.
New
York Cold War Bunker Guidebook
priced at ~£2.
Just to let you know I am now famous
on the Net ! , autographs by appointment only.
Frank Sauntson.
Northgate Mansions is falling down.
Formerly used by the ROC as the 24 Group Gloucester wartime ops room.
2010
Cold War Bunkers is the third
volume of records of the UK's underground heritage by Nick Catford.
(Roy C)
An
'unable to deliver'
card from PDS (Parcel Delivery Service) can cost you
£315.
'Crime Stoppers' details.
“Granite” chain
Brassington
posts in Derbyshire (8Group): Scheduling Success! (Updated)
IWM,
Searchlight
'Stories from our collection'.
ROC.
(RoyC)
RAFA Christmas Concert,
'concert for heroes'
at Perth Concert Hall on 16th
December 2010.
E.J. Rudsdale's Journals of Wartime Colchester |
Publisher's notes
|
LHolmes Book List #31
|
(updated)
Did you lose a small Gold,
lapel/tie badge with 'Observer Corps' logo in
Tunbridge Wells?. Contact
Roy.
David Jason's programme on the
Battle of Britain this Sunday at 19.00
includes a visit to a post and to Bentley Priory.
The RAF Museum at Cosford is also marking
Battle of Britain Day this weekend.
ITV National News are covering the 70th Anniversary of
the BoB on 12or13aug10 with stories of members who were in the Royal Observer
Corps at the time of the BoB.
BBC Radio 4's 'Today' are working on a series of pieces
about the Battle of Britain. It will be broadcast between 15-20aug10 and may
include observers.
ITV would like to get in touch with
observers who were active during the BoB.
OC of Special
Constables & ROC
Badges & Insignia 1925 - 1995.
by
B.A.Rookley
Battle of Britain Day by Day
...role of Observer Corps in Battle of Britain. See July 29th. (JimMac)
Virtual
ROC post tour.
(RoyC)
Radio 4's 'Today' would like to get in touch with
observers who were active on 15-20aug1940 during the BoB.
An ROC plaque is now hanging in the
Memorial Room at the
Ulster Tower in Thiepval. (AnnF)
BPI, GZI, PDRM82F and FSM Dome are
needed to complete restoration at Chopgate ROC Post
How is your Czech?
Need to translate? Right click and choose 'Translate with live search'
(RoyC)
The Secret Listeners.
The RSS, (R)OC and the RSGB
(RoyC)
Portadown man restores
Cold War nuclear bunker. 31/45.
See also
www.nibunker.co.uk
(RoyC)
EB-Z | on Harriers GR9
ZG503 and GR9
ZG857
of
41
Sqdn. | BoBMF
Spitfire |
more
flying | (RichardS 2Gr.)
"Archive of U.S.
Nuclear Test Films". Sent in by BobC 25Gr.
The alternative 'Protect
and Survive'. (RoyC)
31 Group Northern Ireland are currently restoring the
former
Portadown
Master Post.
Anyone wishing to view the former Master Post at
Portadown contact
nibunker@yahoo.co.uk
Isle Of Man
70th Anniversary
Battle of Britain Stamps Ian Burrows was contacted by Air Commodore
Graham Pitchfork MBE BA FRAeS, who wrote the commentary to accompany the
issue. He asked for some ROC photos to be included which Ian provided.
'Air
War Over the Nore' by Jon Sutherland and
Diane Canwell. A review welcomed by Laura Wilkinson.
Future in
the balance for
Fighter Command's
historic HQ.
The Times | Sat.03apr10.
(Layne&Shere)
Hansard 1942
vol 385 cc698-701.
Royal Observer Corps Centres (Men
over 50)
(Roy C)
Former post at Wroughton is being
used for seismic monitoring by the British Geological Survey.
(Roy C)
The
potential of this post seems to have far reaching appeal.
Newspaper clipping
from Nice.
(Terry G) (Updated)
Keep the
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF)
petition.
(Ian B)
For the
really switched-on:
Podcasts (Dowding: Architect of
Victory and BoB; ROC at
05.04 ) (David O)
ITV Westcountry
come to
Veryan Post (Updated)
A hopeful
step back from Doomsday has taken place as the
Nuclear Clock has moved a minute
away from Midnight.
A wine perfect for the Royal Observer Corps Association
Great Horkesley 18/F.1 and the location for John Constable's The Cornfield
Win prizes when you visit the
Newark Air Museum.
(Updated)
Newark Air Museum is hosting
its second V-Force reunion event on Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th April
2010.
2009
What's a
Micklethwait?
RAF
Harrier – 40 Years in
service
Shirley gets the President's Certificate
Family Tree magazine will publish a comprehensive
historical article about the ROC. On sale 27nov09. (Updated)
Author Stephen Booth www.stephen-booth.blogspot.com/
On this blog is a
video of him reading from his book. Any Ex
ROC
person listening to
this extract will relate to it. (Jim
Mackie)
If you like
murder mystery
novels, try this one. You don’t get many with ROC connections !
(Jon
Layne)
HM The Queen Birthday
Honour: Congratulations to
Les Mitton
on the award of the MBE. 38 years ROC Service, 10 years as Coventry GC
Walter Newman, died last Thursday
17sep09. ROCA member, over 30 years in the ROC, and was Chief Observer at
Stow. Funeral on Friday 9th October at 1130 at Stow on the Wold parish
church then to Stow RBL
An article on the history
of the ROC is in the latest issue (No.12) of The Family and Local History
Handbook. ISBN: 978 0 9552399 3 9 at £9.99.
Stephen
Rickitt.
BBC Radio Cornwall
interviews Lawrence Holmes at Veryan Post Museum on 06aug09.
Sound and pictures.
Official Opening of
Revamped ROC Museum at Aeroventure
Civil Defence Association
Commemorative Service & Parade at the National Arboretum
Visit
to
the
Health and Safety Executive Laboratories
near Buxton
Service on the
Royal Observer Corps
Post at Herne Bay, Kent
1944-1945.
1 Group President,
Mike Mott passed away on Thursday 16th July 2009.
Restoration
of
Machynlleth ROC post
in
North
Wales.
Special event radio
station, GB0ROC, at Machynlleth ROC post in September. QSL cards will be
available.
Civil Defence Association
Commemorative Service & Parade at the
National Arboretum
1 Group and the National
Standard at the
Armed Forces Parade Chatham Dockyard.
(Updated)
31 Group Standard at Thiepval
and the Ulster Tower.
The Genesis of the Royal Observer
Corps and 'My Observer Corps'
The Armed Forces Veterans Badge:
response from the Veterans
Agency
Refurbished
Ballynahinch Post (Updated)
Ulster Aviation Society. Progress of the
ROC display
Investigation report on
Veryan ROC post,
Cornwall
Bunker watch for a nuclear
catastrophe that never came.
I'm writing the history of the British
air traffic control
service.
“Granite” chain
Brassington post in
Derbyshire (8Group): Scheduling Attempt
(Updated)
"The
Great Escape" - An insider's account. (Jon
L)
Orlit and Underground Posts with
Miniature
Observers.
The East Midlands wartime "Oil
Bonanza" (Jon Layne) (Updated)
Farnsfield's
Halifax Memorial
(Jon
L)
Which ROC were you in?
http://www.acronymfinder.com/ROC.html
(Roy C)
Plaque
where the RAF was formed in 1918.
(Jon
Layne)
Radiation monitoring is
alive and well in the Civil Defence Warden's Service in Ireland. (Roy
C)
Hansard question 26nov52.
(Roy
C)
2008
York to be annihilated...
(Roy C)
ROC
Ration
Packs -_Were they better
during WW2 than in the Cold War ?!!
A
ROC post on Rootschat.com The
ROC "not really military..."
The
QE2 on its final visit to the Clyde
passing Skelmorlie post.
BBC nuclear bomb script released.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7648042.stm 03oct08.
Presentation by 31 Group ROCA at
Royal British Legion Hall Lisburn 25.09.08
Harry Briggs goes tandem!
(updated)
Visit to
Frogmore House
by 7 Group Bedford ROCA on Sunday 24aug08.
The 90th.anniversary of the RAF was
celebrated at Duxford Airshow.
Cliff Spink and
Spitfire.
RAF High Wycombe welcomes
Spitfire Replica
(painted EB-Z).
Background to the wartime Spitfire...
Observer Corps EB-Z
(updated)
The Secrets of
Underground Britain DVDs &
Video from the Readers Digest
Paranormal Plotting. The Ghost
of the Truro Operations Room
Vulcan XH558
was flying at Farnborough this year.
The Royal Observer
Corps in 2008?
– A perspective!
Stars honour The Few
(David Watson)
Roc Posts (except NI) at
http://content-delivery.co.uk/aviation/airfields/roc/
(
(Roy C))
Nuclear threat sparked tea worry
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7382750.stm (
(Roy C))
Hundreds of post photos here:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/roc_posts/pool/ (
(Roy C))