Transmitter Operations - Reminiscences
List of Reminiscences
Approximately in chronological order
Brookmans Park - Pictures and Memories - Peter Gutteridge
Droitwich Calling - The Story of Droitwich Transmitting Station - John F. Phillips
Starting with the BBC in 1941 - Reminiscences about Daventry - Don Bowman
Daventry Calling the World - Norman Tomalin
Start Point's special role following D Day - Stuart Frost
Auntie’s 45 Year Love Affair with ET4336
Divis: A film and a video - Norman Marsden
Film of Wenvoe Open Day - Norman Marsden
Just Another TA Recruit - Gordon Williams
Memories of Ascension - Phil Brooks
More Ascension pictures - David Dunmall and Jeff Cant
Collapse of ITA Emley Moor mast on 19 March 1969 - James F Middlemiss
Ariel Radio Group: staff call book in 1969 - John Denby
"The Immortal Rab" - sent in by
Richard Crowley
This an IBA STE's translation of the poems of Robbie Burns published in
Wireless World at some time in the 70s.
"Not The Transmitter Group News"
- sent in by Richard Crowley
At some time in the 1980s, as an antidote to the management oriented
"Transmitter Group News", a certain J.P.(ackman) published a rival, echoing
a certain satirical TV programme - "Not The Transmitter Group News" which
was an interesting, alternative look at life 'in the sticks'.
Added in October 2021: Ascension Island: The story of when a BBC micro shut down power to an entire Island. - Dave Parsons
Reunion of ex-transmission staff in December 1989, together with serving staff - many of whom had recently moved to the new headquarters building in Warwick, where the event was held.
The Channel Islands ferry tale - Keith Hayler
| Woofferton |
Fifty years of transmitting at BBC Woofferton - Jeff Cant. (75 page, 3.7MB PDF file) Please note that Jeff Cant has many more photos of Woofferton, including about 200 of staff members and lots of operational work and equipment. He is quite willing to receive queries by e-mail to: 
(You will need to re-type this address as it is displayed as an image in order to minimise spam). Life at Woofferton 1961 - 1995 - Eileen Briggs Woofferton: Ancient and Modern - Richard Buckby A visit to Woofferton - Two articles resulting from a visit arranged and hosted by David Porter: Wonderful Woofferton - Celebrating 60 years on air in October 2003, this article from Short Wave Magazine (now Radio User) provides a good description and includes many interesting pictures. See also: Diamond Jubilee below. Diamond Jubilee - This article from Practical Wireless magazine is based on a visit by the editor Rob Mannion together with Kevin Nice the editor of SWM (see above). The two articles inevitably have much in common, but Diamond Jubilee has more on the history of the station, whereas Wonderful Woofferton has more on the technology. Permission to reproduce the articles in BBCeng is gratefully acknowledged. |
Memories of Kranji on Singapore Island - Richard Buckby
Photographs taken by Martin Briscoe
Pictures of Sandy Heath, Droitwich and Fenton, taken by Stuart Winsor
