Royal Observer Corps Post Museum

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Title

Royal Observer Corps Post Museum

Description

A relic of the Cold War when the volunteers of the former Royal Observer Corps trained to monitor instruments to alert the public and transmit vital readings to their Headquarters throughout the country should a nuclear attack have taken place.

A guided tour will take you 15 feet down a vertical ladder to the underground Monitoring Room where a detailed talk is given on the Operational Procedures at that time. Now that the Cold War Era is history we can talk about the important role of the Royal Observer Corps and reveal the fully equipped underground bunker as it was.

Above ground an introductory talk is given, also above ground is an exhibition room housing much memorabilia, instruments are also demonstrated. The tour also includes the Royal Observer Corp’s first role of identifying and reporting aircraft during WW11 with instruments of the day again demonstrated by the Team.

Source

angus

Date

1958

Type

Museum

Identifier

453

Spatial Coverage

current,56.54855,-2.617707;

Museum Item Type Metadata

Street

Arbroath Royal Observer Corps Post Museum

Place

Arbroath

IsNewThisYear

No

ArchitectName

Ministry of Defence, Home Office Procured

OpeningDate1

9/14/2019

OpeningDate2

9/15/2019

OpeningTime1

Pre-booked tours only

OpeningTime2

Pre-booked tours only

Activities

Directions:- Directions to the site at Elliot and tour times will be given when booking.

Pre-booking is absolutely essential. Tour times on Saturday and Sunday. Precise times will be advised when booking.

Children must be 10 or older and accompanied by an adult.

Please contact Cheryl Stewart on cheryl.stewart@gmail.com or call 07791 395976 to reserve a place.

WC

Yes

DisabledWC

Yes

DisabledAccess

No

Refreshments

No

EventsForChildren

No

Parking

Yes

HearingLoop

No

LimitedAccess

Yes

NotAccessible

No

ID

11286

IsIncludedThisYear

Yes

Postcode

DD11

Citation

“Royal Observer Corps Post Museum,” Digital Open Doors, accessed November 5, 2024, https://ddo.openvirtualworlds.org/omeka/items/show/452.

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