please empty your brain below

Hooray for Tommy Flowers!
I have long thought that the groundbreaking research and development work of Tommy and his teams has been scandalously under-recognised, outside of the Martlesham Heath R&D communities - now known as BT Adastral Park.
I started work at College of North West London in 1998 and at that time the College was using part of the Post Office Research Station for some of the building trades. The most interesting room I went into there was the street light room in the basement - the college taught electricians who to install them so there were a variety of street light head units mounted on the walls!

I also went on the roof because we had a 2MBit radio link to connect the network back to the main site on Dudden Hill Lane and this needed poking from time to time.
Frank I strongly agree!

Tommy Flowers needs much more public honour.

There's a sculpture at Bletchley Park of Alan Turing, but when I visited some years ago I don't remember one of Tommy.

I'd like to see a statue in London.

And Bill Tuttle too who cracked the Lorentz machine without even seeing one. Amazing how one person could sit in isolation and achieve such feats.
Thanks DG I'm enjoying reading these blasts from the past.
Pictures of Dollis Hill house on the preservation campaigner's website here (although it may make sense to link to web archive sites as well as the preservation campaign doesn't really have a purpose anymore)
Fascinating! Thanks for the virtual visit.
An interesting read. Thank you.

I worked at the Research Station for a couple of years before the move to Martlesham - and the story of the underground bunker at the Paddock was well-known then, long before the building was demolished.
very interesting thanks ... your closing image will haunt me
Subterranea Britannica are working with Network Homes to see if they can find a way to re-open the Paddock site for future visits. It's a fascinating organization for anyone that is interested in underground stuff!
You've missed one of Dollis Hill's most important attributes, that it was the home of Junglist innovators turned Afrofuturist explorers, 4hero. Well worth a listen!










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