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Newsletter Marconi Veterans Association. Peter Turrall, MVA Chairman. Please click on the title Newsletter 2. Over the last nine months considerable work by the owners Bellway Homes has taken place on the Marconi Communication Systems site at New Street Chelmsford. All of the factory building has been completely demolished as well as Building 7. Marconi House. The latter was riddled with concrete cancer and there was no real possibility of this remaining without extensive and costly improvements. The accompanying aerial view was taken on 5 May 2. Alan Batchelor, who worked with Ted Pegram on HF Radar during the 1. On that date Marconi House was still standing. The only remaining buildings are the power house and the water tower, the latter being camouflaged in WW2 to resemble a church. The developers have just submitted plans to Chelmsford City Council for extra windows and doors to be fitted to this building. Its future use is unknown at one time there was the possibility of an arts centre being established here, but as far as we know this has not been confirmed. The site where the factory and other buildings were situated is now full of machinery, very high piles of earth and deep holes filled with water. In due course building foundations will be installed but it does appear this is some way off. IMG_0630.JPG?itok=rjifBgPd' alt='Canadian Veterans Patch' title='Canadian Veterans Patch' />Canadian Solars CSIQ activation of new PV solar Plant enlarges its Japanese solar power portfolio to 137. MWp. Association of 3d Armored Division Veterans. All Era Coin Cold War Desert Storm 32nd Armored Regiment Echelons Above Division. V Corps 3AD Divisional Unit Coins. Please click on the title Newsletter 2017 above to open the full document with the index and on any picture in this newsletter to open a larger image. Army, U. S. army, usa, patches, tabs, ssi, device, arc, 1st ID, Ist infantry division, 82nd airborne division, regiment, battalion, company, platoon, squad, artillery. Note 2012 brings big changes in Canadian currency, both bills coins. Canada is in the process of issuing new polymer plastic bills. Life in the Sandbox McAllister Blog Excerpts Supt Joe McAllister, RCMP. CivPol, 20072009 Well, day 5 in the sandbox. Where to start KAF is a giant military. Albuquerque and New Mexicos trusted news source. Statewide weather forecasts, live streaming, investigations, entertainment, local events and living. The Canadian Armed Forces CAF operations monthly update is designed to give a current overview of ongoing CAF missions in Canada, North America, and around the world. The front building, which has a preservation order on it, has been extensively improved, both externally and internally. The external appearance looks excellent and the gardens in front have been planted with miniature trees and other shrubs. This building will become the headquarters of the developers and already flags on our old flagpoles and other boards announcing future houses and buildings have been erected. It is hoped that the Marconi Veterans Association will be able to discuss at some future date the possibility of having some of our manufactured equipment on show within this complex, and also recording the work which was carried out here for over one hundred years. The blue plaque which announced that Marconi the Father of Wireless had his factory on this site is still in place at the front of the building and small boards with photographs are there to advise the public of the work carried out and the importance of the industry in the City of Chelmsford. Marconi Veterans Association will continue to have discussions with the developers in an effort to keep alive at the site the importance of the Marconi name, the place where the manufacture of some of the worlds finest electronic equipment occurred, and to recognise that this was the site of the first commercial broadcast by Dame Nellie Melba in the 1. Not a lot of new material has come in over the last twelve months, so Ive needed to call up two backlog items which both occupy two pages each. The backlog is now all but exhausted. Interesting and relevant photos are in also in short supply. Ideally, I should have a better mix of the shorter items, those of around 4. One of the longer pieces, Essex Clay, is a beautiful piece of writing by someone who is not a Marconi Veteran. Sir Peter Stothard, a former editor of The Times from 1. Times Literary Supplement. He is the son of Max Stothard, a well known Baddow engineer the family lived on the Rothmans Estate the Marconi patch in Great Baddow during the 5. The article, on page 1. Peter Stothards memoir On the Spartacus Road and describes his boyhood years on the Rothmans estate. It was first published in Granta Issue 1. Winter 2. 00. 9 Work. As in previous years, a number of letters are from correspondents seeking information about former colleagues, for research into their family history, or for the preparation of articles, books, etc. If no contact detail appears with the letter then please direct your reply or any correspondence for the enquirer to Barry Powell,Secretary, Marconi Veterans Association,2. Juliers Close,Canvey Island,Essex, SS8 7. EP 0. 12. 68 6. 96. Ken Earney, 0. 12. Certain items in this issue, particularly on this and the next page, are responses to letters or articles appearing in the 2. There is thus an inevitable but necessary duplication catering for those Veterans who have no possibility, or wish, to use the internet. Note that, to avoid unnecessary repetition of the Associations name in full, the initials MVA have in places been used. Finally, apologies to David Emery, VJ Bucknell and Eric Walker whose contributions should have appeared in last years edition. Farnborough Air Show 1. Eric Walker, 2. 8th February 2. The photograph on page 1. Eric Walker of a similar visit two years earlier. On 6 September 1. Ann and I boarded a coach full of Marconi people to go the Farnborough Air Show, which was then a yearly event. They were exciting meetings with many new aircraft on display for the first time. It was organized by the SBAC Society of British Aircraft Constructors and the RAE Royal Aircraft Establishment. With so many new and experimental aircraft there were bound to be accidents. Ipl Roster Pack For Cricket 2007 more. In those days there was no ban on sonic booms and aircraft were allowed to fly over the masses of aircraft enthusiasts. To finish his display, John Derry flew his de Havilland DH1. Hatfield, straight and low at the crowd on the hill. The plane broke up into pieces, the fuselage fell onto the runway just short of the crowd barrier and the 2 engines flew together, with a cloud of bits dropping off. I shouted out Hes broken up grabbed Ann and dropped to the ground. The engines flew over and crashed into the crowds behind us. Many were killed and more injured, including some Marconi people. We were unhurt, just shocked, as were many others. John Derry and his colleague Tony Richards perished. These things happen. East Ham Palais de Danse. From Doug Paynter, 1. August 2. 01. 3I first became acquainted with the East Ham Palais de Danse when I started my secondary education at Wakefield Central School at the age of eleven. It was a large building with a magnificent sprung maple floor and ornate balcony. The main use of the building was as a dance hall although other activities took place. Next door to the Palais was the Congregational Church and one of my memories is of those far of days when as a teenage church enthusiast, I was privileged to take an afternoon service from the pulpit. I can remember the vicar finishing his sermon and I had to announce the next hymn. At that moment the band next door Sydney Anderson started to play Somewhere over the rainbow as sung by Judy Garland in the film The Wizard of Oz. My foot was tapping to the foxtrot when I found myself initiating the hymn and the organ sprang into life, completely drowning the music next door. At the time I was not sure this was an improvement Other events that took place at the Palais included marathon dances when couples competed for the longest survival. This was featured in a film starring Jane Fonda called They shoot horses dont theyOn the outbreak of war I left the district. In 1. 95. 6 I was recruited by Sir Eric Eastwood to join Marconi Research at Great Baddow. During my early days at Baddow I had to visit Marconi Marine at East Ham and on arrival I was amazed to find it was situated in the old Palais de Danse which was exactly as I remember it, the dance floor appeared to be unchanged, the balcony still ornate with red velvet pillars but used as a store for marine comms equipment. The Established Designs Group Xmas Dinner 1. From VJ Bucknell, March 2.