They were everywhere along with the early warning systems _________________ Now coming at you with 95% more significance, 1% less salt and virtually fat free!
`Torrance House' utilised a former Antiaircraft Operations Room near Torrance House in Calderglen Park, East Kilbride, the site being much more densely surrounded with trees when it was operational. This building, known until 1983 as Scottish Western Zone SRC was led by the Zone Commissioner (at one time believed to be the Lord Provost of Glasgow). It contained the usual operational posts of Fire, Police, Military, Health and had a BBC studio. In addition, the ROC serviced a Scientific group who supported the Zone team on radiological analysis. ROC teams plotted bursts from BB / FF teletype streams from 25 Group at Ayr and possibly from Dundee (Craigiebarns) and Oban and also provided Comms support.
from subrit _________________ Recedite, plebes! Gero rem imperialem!
The building still stands and isnt too far away from the shopping centre. It was closed in 1996 when Strathclyde was split up _________________ Now coming at you with 95% more significance, 1% less salt and virtually fat free!
Stuball great that you have started this thread. I love all this stuff about the crazy notions about how the UK was supposedly going to 'fight' and 'survive' a nuclear war in the coldwar age.
I recall returning to Glasgow in the late 70s and going to a couple of the Royal Observor Corps meetings in as I quite fancied joining them. They were a freindly, wonderfully idiosyncratic, bunch of folks dressed in RAF type uniforms for the meetings; uttely convinced and dedicated to helping ensure their country fought and survived the nuclear war - oh and they were completly barking
To my lshame, I was put off joining by the fact that so many of them were so old to my younger eyes. Shame, because as I was to later learn, these are the very people who hold so much of the evidence and memories that we should be carrying over into the different generations. _________________ Well I am.
To the best of my knowledge, nobody has been in the Glasgow ROC post as it is owned privately by a couple and very well locked.
In the event of nuclear strike in Glasgow, I dare say it would survive the initial blast as it is quite far out of the city centre. But as for the fall out and the aftermath, I'm not so sure. There was equipment for measuring the fallout and the blast radius. They were group in 3s to triangulate the position and fallout path _________________ Now coming at you with 95% more significance, 1% less salt and virtually fat free!
If you ever been to visit the secret bunker in St. Andrews, When you walk down the tunnel into the bunker itself. Next to the blast door, just befor you enter, There is an ROC post. They where not allowed to enter the bunker at all, even in the event of war. Imagine how you would feel, those two big doors slamming and leaving you there at the bottom of a 150 foot tunnel. Great eh!! _________________ Recedite, plebes! Gero rem imperialem!
This is a link to a coldwar AA battery near hamilton. they have now been converted to houses. Not to be confused with the ww2 AAbattery in the conjioning field folks. _________________ Recedite, plebes! Gero rem imperialem!
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 5:56 am Post subject: ROC Post Glasgow
Hi Stuball, If you want to see inside the post message me I am the owner. I will be in Glasgow for 3 days next week. I also own the ROC / UKWMO Caledonian Sector HQ Bunker at Craigiebarns.
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