1940s Picture Post: 2015-11-01

Wednesday, 4 November 2015

REMEMBERANCE SUNDAY NOVEMBER 8TH 2015

"For our tomorrows their today they gave

and simply asked that in our hearts they'd live.

We heed their call and pledge ourselves again,

At dusk and dawn - we will remember them!"

A hymn - words by Charles Henrywood

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Whitchurch Heritage Centre

In December 1941 work was underway at the Old Rectory, Shropshire to create a GPO Listening Station.
The Old Rectory and it's "radio spies" were to intercept and record German coded messages, including Japanese diplomatic traffic, and send them to Bletchley Park.
A book, "The Old Rectory, Whitchurch, Shropshire" researched and written by Jean North, Madge Moran and Joan Barton details the history of the Rectory and these events in WWII. Jean North is pictured at Whitchurch Heritage Day event - 2015