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I have tried to contact you via the email in your profile, but according to the mail handler, there is no such email address.

Can you update your profile please, with a valid email address so I may pass some information to you in private.

Admin.]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 21:34:58 Admin http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/forum/forum/m-1369213634/ http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/forum/forum/m-1369213634/#num1 SHEIGRA - Royal Navy Wireless Direction Finding Station, Sheigra. - a set on Flickr

An interesting looking place, once the new look Flickr lets you see all the pics as they arrive via a non-superfast connection.

Any idea what the array of small trapezoidal concrete pillars near the small brick building are for?

I don't recall coming across anything like that on other sites I've been shown.]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 10:07:14 Admin http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/forum/forum/m-1369207911/ http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/forum/forum/m-1369207911/#num1 ]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 08:31:51 hairypeatcutter http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/forum/forum/m-1369085947/ http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/forum/forum/m-1369085947/#num1 Interesting snippet surfaced during this show - The Somme: Secret Tunnel Wars.

Linky to BBC iplayer...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01skvnh/The_Somme_Secret_Tunnel_Wars/

Anyway. It seems that during the week long bombardment, prior to Over The Top on 1st July, the Germans received intel alerting them to when the battle proper would begin.

Although the British officers had been warned about speaking en clair over the field telephones, some idiot passed along a message "good luck tomorrow morning", and thereby allow the Germans to plan for the eventuality. As history records the Boche did rather well at this.

The Germans, you see, used a Moritz Listening Device to intercept the British phones. I assume it worked on some sort of induction loop. On the program it mentions the Germans picking up the phones' electrical impulses through the soil. Assuming the field telephone was a one wire and the earth was used for the return path it would be feasible.

I've never heard of the device or this warning tale before.

So does anyone have info on either of them?]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 22:39:07 jimbo http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/forum/forum/m-1367669228/ http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/forum/forum/m-1367669228/#num1
Most people probably know about Andrew Carnegie's gift of libraries to Scotland (and many other places), whereby he paid for the library on condition that the local authority concerned match his contribution with the provision of land and maintenance services.

I have been told he provided a brown school bag for every child in Scotland (and a bar of treacle toffee to, according to some who tell the story), but the story has some twists according to others.

Some say this offer did not extend to the west of Scotland, but give no reason, so the variation seems dubious, especially given Carnegie's generosity.

The variation leads to another tale, this time involving Coats of Paisley, the famous thread maker, which was also said to have gifted shool bags to children in the west of Scotland. Founder Thomas Coats was known for making gifts to the community, as well as the well known Coats Observatory in the town, he also made gifts to local schools to pay for improvements.

So, if anyone can dig up anything on Carnegie, or Coats, school bags, we could add a Wiki page to preserve the detail.

I have to add that in terms of time, these events date to some time around 1908 and 1911.

In 1908, Coats is said to have provided bookcases and books to schools in the west of Scotland.

In 1911, Coats is said to have given bags to schools.

From the dates, it's clear that those who told the story are no longer alive today, and the notes I gathered were very short, and taken from those who recalled the gift, so even then, they were trying to recall something that took place when they were very young.]]> Sat, 4 May 2013 13:07:08 Admin http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/forum/forum/m-1367516416/ http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/forum/forum/m-1367516416/#num1


The A320 was flying with its landing lights on, in clear conditions and at an altitude of about 4,000ft above the Baillieston area of Glasgow, when the pilot and non-flying pilot saw an object "loom ahead" at a range of about 100m.

The Airprox report included a transcript of the conversation that took place between the aircraft and the controller at 12:55:
A320: "Glasgow Approach [A320 C/S]"

EGPF: "[A320 C/S] pass your message"

A320: "Er yeah we just had something pass underneath us quite close [1255:30] and nothing on TCAS have you got anything on in our area"

EGPF: "Er negative er we've got nothing on er radar and we're n- not talking to any traffic either"

A320: "Er not quite sure what it was but it definitely er quite large [1255:40] and it's blue and yellow"

EGPF: "OK that's understood er do you have a an estimate for the height"

A320: "Maybe er [1255:50] yeah we were probably about erm four hundred to five hundred feet above it so it's probably about three and a half thousand feet."

The object passed directly beneath the aircraft before either of the crew members had time to take avoiding action or had "really registered it".


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-22365368

Those pesky aliens, eh? Travel light years just to get spotted when the cloaking device goes u/s. ]]> Thu, 2 May 2013 18:40:16 jimbo http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/forum/forum/m-1366592942/ http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/forum/forum/m-1366592942/#num1
It doesn't offer any real evidence, just the marks on the ground, for this, and a quick look at the usual lists does not seem to include any mention of such a site.

So, the usual question.

Has anyone got any information on such a site?

Here is the Canmore record:

Site Record for Cape Wrath, Dunan Mor, Radar Station, Military Installation Details Details

They also give this record as if it was the radar site, but this is understood to be a coastguard station, a description that seem more likely.

Site Record for Cape Wrath, Dunan Mor, Radar Station Lloyd's Signal StationDetails Details

Other mentions of this coastguard station exist in accounts of the area, and this building is unlike the usual wartime radar facilities seen in similar location at the time.

They usually have more buildings and ground features, with things like engine rooms and accommodation as well as the station buildings themselves.]]> Mon, 22 Apr 2013 02:09:02 Admin http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/forum/forum/m-1366145565/ http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/forum/forum/m-1366145565/#num1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-22173782



Restoration is expensive  , when one of the last known surviving examples   ]]> Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:52:45 FordPerfect http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/forum/forum/m-1365614374/ http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/forum/forum/m-1365614374/#num1 munitions factory at Greenock?

]]> Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:19:34 jmb http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/forum/forum/m-1365406799/ http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/forum/forum/m-1365406799/#num1 This is the first time that I have come encountered this Industrial Archaelogical Gem, any forum members have any information that perhaps that could be entered into the wikki?.
My hands are tied as the great firewall of China limits my searches for any information on the web   ]]> Mon, 8 Apr 2013 08:39:59 WANLOCK