Tuesday, 26 January 2010

Power to the People (amended 11 Jan 18)

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RAF Personnel, posted to Unst when the camp opened in 1957, were entering a different world. Most of them would have come from towns and ci...
Monday, 25 January 2010

If God had not made the Island of Unst then the MOD would have had to invent it.

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The title of this section is the first sentence of a large article in the Scottish Daily Express in October 1969. There is no doubt that th...
Sunday, 24 January 2010

Transmitter/Receiver Sites at Closure

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Once again I'm grateful to John McMeechan for the use of these photos, taken of the Tx/RX sites in May 2006. (Left click on photos to en...

Top Site after Closure

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The radars have gone, though from a distance little has altered. There are no servicemen on site but civilian contractors visit to maintain...
Wednesday, 20 January 2010

Views of the Domestic Site Just After Closure

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RAF Saxa Vord closed in April 2006 after nearly 50 years of operational life. A section on the closure ceremony will be published in the ...
Monday, 18 January 2010

Treasure Island - RAF News 1969

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The RAF News published an article about Saxa Vord and Unst, written by Frank Murphy, in an issue dated 9 Aug 1969 . Unfortunately the copy...
Saturday, 16 January 2010

Haroldswick School

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Haroldswick Primary School was situated about a kilometre south-west of the RAF Saxa Vord Domestic Site. In the years 1957 to 1997 numerous ...
Tuesday, 12 January 2010

Unst Airstrip

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During the late 60’s the Royal Engineers embarked on a number of community projects in Scotland. 15 Field Support Squadron of the Royal ...