Largs: Royal Observer Corps Museum

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Title

Largs: Royal Observer Corps Museum

Description

Private museum containing instruments, uniforms and memorabilia relating to the aircraft reporting duties in WW2 and the potential nuclear missile attack scenarios on Scotland during the Cold War.  Contains a mock up above ground aircraft reporting post, underground monitoring post and group control.

Open Sunday. 

Source

ayrshire

Type

Museum

Identifier

675

Spatial Coverage

current,55.79765,-4.861117;

Museum Item Type Metadata

Street

39A Moorburn Road

Place

Largs

IsNewThisYear

No

OpeningDate1

6/9/2015

OpeningTime1

Pre-booking essential

Activities

Opening Sunday.  Pre-booking essentail.  Guided tour for 10 led by ex-ROC personnel lasts an hour.

Tel:  07513 504115 to reserve a place. 

 

WC

Yes

DisabledWC

No

DisabledAccess

Yes

Refreshments

No

EventsForChildren

No

Parking

No

HearingLoop

No

LimitedAccess

No

NotAccessible

No

ID

12765

IsIncludedThisYear

No

Postcode

KA30 9JD

Citation

“Largs: Royal Observer Corps Museum,” Digital Open Doors, accessed November 5, 2024, https://ddo.openvirtualworlds.org/omeka/items/show/673.

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