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PostPosted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 8:57 pm    Post subject: Cold War Glasgow Reply with quote
A further detailed thread pending but for now, here are some recent pictures of Glasgow ROC post.









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PostPosted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 9:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
What are the green things Stu?
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Access hatch and air vent to an ROC post... a kind of listening/early warning bunker
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 11:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Superb  .. What the hell were they doing there ?
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There was 1500 of these posts all over UK and Ireland during the Cold War
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 11:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Plus meant to ask and sorry for my ignorance .. what is ROC  Never heard of it
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 12:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Royal Observatory Corps

Much further detailed article coming soon, honestly
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 12:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Look forward to it..love that kind of stuff
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Heres a link to where they all are in the UK, a lot of them dont exist now or a knackered so check its in order before you go visiting it.

http://www.subbrit.org.uk/cgi-bin...c.pl?cgifunction=Search&Pic1=*.jpg


Theres a guy who used to be on HG called(Graeme) purplegrum, he owns one near cambuslang, its the gilbertfield one if you want to search the database. and has been restoring it. he does visits to it if you email him.
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Saw one today in a field just off the M876

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