Fwd: Re: [BPARK] Naval "Y" station at Southwold ? MORE & MORE...

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Subject: Re: [BPARK] Naval "Y" station at Southwold?
Date: 	Fri, 18 Aug 2017 10:42:41 +0100
From: 	Stuart Rayner <[email protected]>

All,

I have been in contact with a previous owner of Stone House. He was not 
aware of its secret past and says the house was renovated in the late 
40’s by his father. He could not remember very much, except there were 
four large concrete foundations in the Northern part of the front 
garden. They tried to pull these out with a dragline, he thinks with 
equipment from building of the promenade but they failed to do so. The 
foundations were left inplace and filled over, which is why that part of 
the front garden is slightly higher. If you look at the latest Google 
maps, these foundations can be seen in the corner. From the close 
spacing of the foundations, I suspect these were for a free standing 
lattice mast, similar to the ones in the photographs next to the huts at 
Easton Bavents.

Although not directly relevant to Southwold, but giving some background 
to Y Stations, I came across two oral histories of serving in Y stations 
in the Imperial War Museum archives. You may have already come across 
them? Although RAF and Army stations they give an indication of what 
went on at Southwold. There are others but they are not unfortunately 
available on line.

The first is an RAF interceptor who gives examples of German morse 
transmissions and how the Germans tried to trick the Interceptors:

http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80024562

The second is from an ATS. I like the bit about dreaming in morse!

http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80012971

Regards - Stuart