Halfway through the tours!

It was with great sadness that we learned of the passing of Chief Observer Graham ‘Wilf’
Taylor yesterday. He was a great friend to the charity with a huge fund of knowledge about the Royal Observer Corps, NRCs and the RAF that he was always happy to share with us.

Rest in peace Chiefy, duty done.

The radio mast base starting to set!

Today’s work with concrete!

We got this great donation this evening, a print of the original sales brochure for the whole ROC site.

This is the second try at the lettering for our 3d printed maroon trainer and it’s a big improvement on the first!

Back to the drawing board with the vinyl lettering. a) The font should be bold and b) the font on the rocket bodies should be Helvetica. Gavin is just getting used to the xTool Studio software and didn’t notice that every time one creates a text box the font resets to Lato.

A sneak preview of our 3d printed maroon trainer, now with all the lettering applied. The acid test comes tomorrow when we put this alongside the real thing at the bunker!

Thanks @caleydave.bsky.social for finding this interesting newspaper clipping from 1943 looking for ROC plotters.

Just so you know what to expect from us. We are all about nuclear bunkers and the Cold War, but with a streak of whimsy. Here is our charity patron @angelabarnes.bsky.social reading our mascot Milkshake a story…