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http://www.doorsopendays.org.uk/opendays/default.aspx



As usual the Inverness bunker is open for the day

http://www.doorsopendays.org.uk/opendays/area_programmes.aspx?areaid=20

Emergency Centre
open/close
04.09.10 (11.00-15.00)
Mackintosh Road, Inverness,  IV2 3TX
Emergency Centre - Image 1

In 1941 an underground bunker was built for the RAF.  Its purpose was top secret.  Unknown to the pilots of enemy aircraft – through the technology of radar – their movements were being plotted beneath this unassuming hillside.  Today, and still as little known, the bunker is used as the Highland Council’s Emergency Centre.
Building Date: 1941
The photo shows the Operations Room – as it was during WWII – being manned by WAAF personnel. The airwomen at the table are plotting the positions of enemy raiders and of our own aircraft. On the first floor ‘gallery’ are the RAF Control Officer and his assistant.

As noted above the webpage has a 1941 picture.

MB

]]> Sun, 11 Jul 2010 10:35:21 jmb Nicholas Parson, BBC Radio, Doon the Watta http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/forum/forum/m-1277023603/ http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/forum/forum/m-1277023603/#num1
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Nicholas Parsons was only just 16 when his parents sent him from his relatively privileged home in London to the industrially hardened city of Glasgow. It was January 1940 and with the country still at war, the Parsons felt the best place for their teenage son was serving his country north of the border. So with the help of an uncle, Nicholas secured an engineering apprenticeship on the busy River Clyde. For 5 years he combined his studies at Glasgow university with work for the Drysdales firm.

You have to admire him for lasting the course, and being accepted and surviving there, given his accent and place of origin

BBC - BBC Radio 4 Programmes - Doon The Watta]]> Sun, 20 Jun 2010 09:46:43 Apollo Riverside Museum Blog http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/forum/forum/m-1276788013/ http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/forum/forum/m-1276788013/#num1
Riverside Museum]]> Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:20:13 Apollo Save Otago Lane http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/forum/forum/m-1276733044/ http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/forum/forum/m-1276733044/#num1

Glasgow's Otago Lane is wanted by developers, and it looks as if Glasgow City Council is shaping up to adopt its usual "Well, we can't see anyone opposed to this" position in such cases:

Save Otago Lane « Secret Scotland Blog]]> Thu, 17 Jun 2010 01:04:04 Apollo BBC TV - Battle of Britain http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/forum/forum/m-1276453903/ http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/forum/forum/m-1276453903/#num1
Battle of Britain Season

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]]> Sun, 13 Jun 2010 19:31:43 jmb Skelmorlie ROC Post Open Days 2010 http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/forum/forum/m-1273081581/ http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/forum/forum/m-1273081581/#num1
http://www.largsandmillportnew.....ost-opens-to-public/

http://tinyurl.com/3x2xb7p

Nuclear monitoring post opens to public

Published: Wednesday, 5th May, 2010 11:43am

Skelmorlie monitoring post museum is having an open day afternoon on Sunday from 12 midday to 6pm.
     
The post is fully restored and all monitoring equipment will be on display along with a talk service provided by two ex ROC (Royal Observer Corps) who actually served at the post when it was operational.

Due to the small size of the underground post the numbers below ground are restricted to six at any one time and with a minimum age limit of 12 years old due to vertical ladder access.

The tours take an hour to complete and start promptly on the hour, photography is allowed, and there is NO charge.
     
Limited car parking is available next to the post and persons attending should wear warm clothing and sensible footwear.

Throughout the Cold War, the underground monitoring post of the Royal Observer Corps at Skelmorlie played an important role as part of the United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation.

Built as part of an extensive network of posts designed to confirm and report effects of a nuclear attack on the United Kingdom, this monitoring post is undergoing preservation as a tribute to the thousands of men and women who served in the Royal Observer Corps until it's stand-down in September 1991.

The post has its own website http://www.nuclearburst.co.uk and if you are interested in visiting please contact via the website contact page.

Pre-booking is essential in order to spread the numbers attending over the afternoon.

MB]]> Wed, 5 May 2010 18:46:21 jmb Kelvin Hall transport museum closes April 18 2010 http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/forum/forum/m-1271461972/ http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/forum/forum/m-1271461972/#num1
After Sunday, it closes to allow the displays to be removed and transported to their new home by the River Clyde, at the Riverside Museum:

Last chance to visit Kelvin Hall Museum of Transport « Secret Scotland]]> Sat, 17 Apr 2010 00:52:52 Apollo Tunnocked Glasgow Print Studio until April 11 2010 http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/forum/forum/m-1270284391/ http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/forum/forum/m-1270284391/#num1
BBC News - Artists honour Tunnock's treats in new exhibition

Artists have been invited to honour the teacake, along with the caramel wafer and log and the humble snowball, in a show called, "Tunnocked".

Tunnock's products are famous around the world, and this year the Lanarkshire-based company is celebrating its 120th anniversary.

The family-run company was established in 1890 when Thomas Tunnock opened a bakery shop and tearoom in Bellshill Road in Uddingston.

The firms now  makes more than 10 million of its famous teacakes, wafers, logs and snowballs each week, some of which are shipped around the world to places like Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, South America, Japan and the Faroe Isles. ]]> Sat, 3 Apr 2010 09:46:31 Apollo Hi-Ex! Comic Expo Inverness March 27/28 2010 http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/forum/forum/m-1269374294/ http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/forum/forum/m-1269374294/#num1
Hi-Ex! The Highlands International Comic Expo!

Location: Eden Court, Inverness, Scotland.

Date: Saturday 27th March 2010 & Sunday 28th March 2010. Doors will open at 11:00 on both days.

About Hi-Ex!...

The first comics event of its kind in the Highlands was held on 2nd & 3rd February 2008, at Eden Court, Inverness. It all started with a chance conversation and snowballed from there into a great first-year success - despite having less than four months to organise it, no budget and snow blocking the main roads on the actual weekend!

It seems that the Highlands and Scotland are hungry for this sort of event and so we plan on doing our best to provide it on a regular basis. ]]> Tue, 23 Mar 2010 19:58:14 Apollo RCAHMS announces access changes March18, 2010 http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/forum/forum/m-1268910271/ http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/forum/forum/m-1268910271/#num1
Changes to our opening times

    * Monday - closed (pre-booked group visits only)
    * Tuesday - 9:30am to 5pm
    * Wednesday - 9:30am to 5pm
    * Thursday - 9:30am to 6pm
    * Friday - 9:30am to 5pm

Full details, and requests for comments:

Changes to our Search Room - Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland]]> Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:04:31 Admin