Just to announce to everyone in case you did not know, that Bawdsey Radar Station, acknowledged to be the real birth of radar defence in the UK is one of the properties you will be able to follow and vote for in the next BBC Restoration Series. The aim is to restore the main transmitter block and install a museum to its role, especially in the Battle of Britain to which radar was so important. The eventual aim is also to raise once more one of the Chain Home Towers. Keep yourselves updated at www.bawdseyradargroup.co.uk Make your vote count! Ryan P.S. If anyone has any info relating to this they wish to share I am also the voluntary webmaster for this project.
The BBC2 restoration programme featuring this site will air on 3rd August. Make your vote count and lets get a WW2 monument into the final! Cheers Ryan
Ok Folks here is a heads up to vote for what is certainly not the prettiest building on 'restoration' but perhaps the most important ever. BBC2 Restoration Programme will air on 3rd August 2004 - Please Don't Forget to Vote - voteline telephone number is 09011 33 22 22. Lines are open from 2.00am on Tuesday 3rd August until midnight on Wednesday 4th August. http://www.bawdseyradargroup.co.uk/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/programmes/re...on/profiles/?15 Ryan
Wow cool - thanks everyone. I have no idea how many votes are needed but aside from the obvious military bias I do think it is so unusual to have such a building on this type of series. For your additional information there will be another programme made on the site shown on Anglia TV and BBC4 in October. More details when I receive some. Ryan P.S. for those who haven't scrolled up: BBC2 Restoration Programme will air on 3rd August 2004 - Please Don't Forget to Vote - voteline telephone number is 09011 33 22 22. Lines are open from 2.00am on Tuesday 3rd August until midnight on Wednesday 4th August.
thats was an Interesting project and certainly an historic one worthy of the plans to restore the main block and create a museum. We will be voting as planned all 30 of us. (I found another 2 in the IT department willing to help)
Fingers crossed & thanks to all who voted! If anyone lives near it there is a special open day this saturday in conjunction with the BBC Ryan
Thanks at the last minutes to everyone who voted!!! I heard earlier today Bawdsey lost the area vote in this week's episode but has pulled through at the last hurdle to be in the final Vote now on 09011 32 22 08 to see this unique building restored for future generations! Thanks again Ryan
