A sign from the war?
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A sign from the war?
Image: © Neil Owen Taken: 31 May 2018
This odd sign refers to the old Post Office radio laboratory that was established here in 1937. The P.O. research at Dollis Hill in London moved here shortly before WWII began, presumably due to the threat. At Backwell, work on disrupting Luftwaffe bombing aids was undertaken, along with V.H.F. television broadcasting. After the war, the site was redirected into new radio transmissions and cloud interaction research. Later still, the modern digital age was advanced by the new 'owners' British Telecom. The site closed around 1975 (apart from some other occasional B.T. research in the 1980s) and the various buildings are rapidly deteriorating. Apparently, the site was sold to a B.T. manager in 1993; following his later death, the site is now being earmarked for housing developments, most of which have so far been rejected.
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Image Location
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51.401154
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