Article 3RNFD BBC Witness podcast features Caversham Park

BBC Witness podcast features Caversham Park

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Thomas
from The SWLing Post on (#3RNFD)
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Caversham Park (Photo source: BBC)

(Source: BBC World Service via Julie M)

For 75 years the BBC ran a monitoring service based in an English stately home. Its job was to listen to foreign broadcasts from all around the world. But in 2018 the BBC decided the building was no longer needed. David Sillito spoke to veterans of the monitoring service before Caversham closed its doors.

https://archive.org/download/Witness20180525TheBBCAtCaversham/Witness-20180525-TheBBCAtCaversham.mp3

Click here to listen via the BBC World Service website.

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