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	<title>Marconi Veterans Association</title>
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		<title>Women from Marconi, New Street</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Your Chairman is working with Channel 4 (Twenty Twenty Television) on a project for the Titanic.
During the course of these meetings 20/20 have asked if  The Marconi Veterans Association can help with the project.
&#8220;TwentyTwenty Television is looking for descendents of the workers of the Marconi factory in Chelmsford.
 A new primetime series will explore an extraordinary era in Britain&#8217;s industrial history [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.marconi-veterans.org/?p=1209</link>
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		<title>Raymond Rowe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is with great regret that we have to announce the death yesterday, 9 August 2010, of our Past President Raymond Rowe after a short illness.  Raymond was our President in 2006.
The funeral will be held on Wednesday 18th August at 1145 hours at Chelmsford Crematorium, Writtle Road.  
It will be a non-religious ceremony, there will be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.marconi-veterans.org/?p=1198</link>
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		<title>Photo CD</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 &#38; AGM, in April, I announced [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.marconi-veterans.org/?p=1192</link>
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		<title>Dame Nellie&#8217;s historic broadcast</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Saturday 12 June, Nellie Melba&#8217;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
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		<link>http://www.marconi-veterans.org/?p=1190</link>
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		<title>We&#8217;re Famous</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A well respected internet news site, &#8220;The Register&#8221; has published an article on the parlous state of the ex Marconi, New Street site in Chelmsford.  The article can be viewed at http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/09/marconi_chemsford_hq/
This report contains links back to this site and to the television report from BBC East on 8 June.  This report can be viewed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.marconi-veterans.org/?p=1187</link>
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		<title>Radar Man with a Micro Mind</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.marconi-veterans.org/?p=1182</link>
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		<title>In Memoriam</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We regret to report the deaths of the following Veterans and extend our sympathy to the families of those mentioned.
R T J Baker
M F Burrage
B R Carey
G W Claydon
D J Darby
R J Ditchfield
A B E Ellis
A W J Hepple
Miss M J King MBE
M A Malik
A Martin
L H L Pavitt
B F Rolfe
J J Scullion
Miss J C [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.marconi-veterans.org/?p=1176</link>
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		<title>Marconi Marine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Following a conversation with George Cockburn at the Veteran&#8217;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#
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		<link>http://www.marconi-veterans.org/?p=1161</link>
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		<title>International Marconi Day &#8211; 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The annual International Marconi Day was held at the Chelmsford Science &#38; Industrial Museum, Sandford Mill.  Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society (CARS) http://www.g0mwt.org.uk/ play a major part in this event.
                
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		<link>http://www.marconi-veterans.org/?p=1157</link>
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		<title>Coasters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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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		<link>http://www.marconi-veterans.org/?p=1152</link>
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