On Saturday 12 June, Nellie Melba’s historic broadcast from the New Street wroorks in Chelmsford was celebrated at the Chelmsford Museum in Oaklands Park.
A report of this event was published in the Essex Chronicle and can be read at: http://www.thisistotalessex.co.uk/news/Dame-Nellie-s-historic-broadcast-celebrated/article-2314581-detail/article.html
Following a conversation with George Cockburn at the Veteran’s reunion last month we decided that the pictures of the reunions with particular emphasis on those who worked for Marconi Marine would also be of interest to other veterans.
These pictures together with some other maritime subjects can be found at http://picasaweb.google.com/lodestardf/Gtzm?authkey=WSVY9DlAYy0#
Now that Marconi and its successors has vacated the New Street site after an occupancy of nearly 100 years the Veterans Association has produced a CD of photographs.
The CD contains four sets of photographs
M1 taken by Veterans Eric Peachey and Barry Powell during a walk around the site in April 2008. At this time the [...]
We have received a letter from Michael Ware who is researching cars that have been adapted to operate on railways. His letter has been passed on to the Veterans’ Association.
Below is a section from his manuscript that refers specifically to the railway from the Marconi station in Clifden together with a photograph of the engine. If [...]
We have recently received a request for information on Marconi equipment as shown below
The following stamps were kindly sent to us by the ex secretary to Sir Robert Telford, Pauline Easton, who had received them from a friend in Canada. She wished the stamps to be lodged in a safe and appropriate place.
The envelope shown here, together with a sheet of the [...]