Last year a photo CD was produced of the New Street, Chelmsford site; this CD has been very successful with much interest being shown. The CD is still available, please see the merchandise page.
A note from our secretary, Barry Powell regarding a new photo CD is included below.
At the Reunion & AGM, in April, I announced [...]
If you should see down the street
a man equipped with dipole feet,
a family of curves tagged on behind,
he’s a Radar Man with a micro mind.
His eyes take on a neon gleam,
his arms outstretch to a Yagi beam,
and with the passing of the years
he gets infinite impedance between his ears.
The Doc looked up from his microscope,
turned [...]
Althought there have been links to the pictures of the coasters placed on this site at various times, the coasters have never had a page to themselves.
Now that we have 12 coasters it is time to remedy the omission.
Click on any picture for a larger image.
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We have received the following message from Sir Peter Stothard that veterans may find interesting:
Members who remember my father, Max Stothard, may be interested to read the current issue of Granta Magazine . .online link http://www.granta.com/Magazine/Granta-109-Work/Essex-Clay/1 . . .which has a memoir of him and the early days of the Marconi estate from my book, [...]
The Defence Electronics History Society is likely to be of interest to Veterans who haven’t already come across it. It focusses on the development of electronics as applied to the defence of the United Kingdom and other countries over a period which will coincide with the careers of many Veterans.
The society has a web site [...]
We have received a request form Russell Savory of R S Performance Limited. He is in the process of restoring the old Stow Maries airfield near Maldon, see http://www.stowmaries.com/about.asp
This airfield was in use until about 1919 and Russell is asking if anyone has any information on the Marconi equipment used in the aircraft and at [...]
At the annual reunion of the Association on 12 April 2008 we were handed an envelope by Irma Atterbury containing several historic documents relating to the Company.
One of the more interesting items, and certainly the most valuable, was this First Day Cover commemorating the centenary of the birth of Guglielmo Marconi.
Our thanks go to Irma [...]
This report was brought to the attention of Huw Jones, director of Personnel at New Street until his retirement in 1995, by Peter Foulds, who was Assistant Press Officer GEC Marconi at the time. Huw subsequently passed a copy to Peter Turrall for possible interest of the Marconi Veterans Association.
Singapore Depot.
October, 1945
General Management,
M.I.M.C.Co., Ltd.,
London, W.C.2.
Dear [...]
Date 18 July 2007
Dear Barry,
I visited the website of the Marconi Veterans Association because of the fond memories and admiration I always held for the Marconi Company.
Watching and reading about the demise of the company at the start of the millennium from Asia was extremely painful. An absolute travesty for employees and the Chelmsford community.
I [...]
Hi Barry
I’m wondering if you or any of your members know anything of the Scottish Signal School also referred to as the Glasgow Wireless College which was at 15 Newton Place, Glasgow during the war?
My son’s great grandfather is listed as principal there between 1942-1946 and then he moved his family to Rhodesia. This is [...]