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TOCSIN BANG - The Cold War Story of The Royal Observer Corps
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The Royal Observer Corps, its network of underground bunkers and the valuable work of its thousands of trained Observers are the subject of a programme completed in Summer ...
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Sentinels of Britain - The Wartime Story of the Royal Observer Corps
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The Observer Corps was formed in 1925 to give an early warning of any airborne attack of London. Following exercises over Kent, with a control room in the Post Office in Cr...
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SENTINELS of BRITAIN excerpt - Charles Parker shows us round a 1930s Observer Corps Post
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Beautifully recreated at Thorpe Camp Visitor Centre, Charles Parker talks about a 1930 Observer Corps Post, and the uniform items issued to Observers.
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SENTINELS of BRITAIN excerpt - Ted Rawston talks of the perils of aircraft identification in WWII
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Ted Rawston tells us about his time on the Pakefield ROC Post, looking out to sea, and how recognising and reporting aircraft was made more complicated by the Navy!
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SENTINELS of BRITAIN excerpt - Post and centre crew members describe the atmosphere
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Molly Metz, Arthur Lyne, Tony Foster and Ted Rawston talk about their lives in the Royal Observer Corps during the war.
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SENTINELS of BRITAIN excerpt - Bill Harford talks about joining the Observer Corps as a 15 year old
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Bill Harford, sitting next to his old Royal Observer Corps post in Mevagissey in Cornwall, describes how he came to join the Corps in 1942.
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TOCSIN BANG excerpt - Nick Catford guides us round Oxford ROC HQ building
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Now used by Oxford Brookes University, the Oxford ROC Group HQ building is still recognisable from its operational days.
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TOCSIN BANG excerpt - The Royal Observer Corps immediately post-war
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Denise Chapman and Laurence Holmes tell us about the ROC's aircraft spotting role after WWII.
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TOCSIN BANG excerpt - Terry Wiseman tells us about maintaining an ROC Post during the Cold War
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Terry Wiseman, sitting on the entrance hatch to Market Rasen ROC Post in Lincolnshire, tells us about how neat he and his Observers kept the post while it was operational d...
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TOCSIN BANG excerpt - Charles Parker on communications
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Charles Parker discusses the reliability of the communication system available to the Royal Observer Corps, and the likely consequences in the event of a nuclear war.
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