Radio Station House, Portpatrick
Radio House, the main hub of Portpatrick Radio Station as it appeared in the late 1960s. Standing in the foreground are my paternal grandparents Andrew Forrester Thomson & Kathleen Franklin (both d.1968) with my father Andrew McRae Thomson (d. May 2018) who was born in the house in March 1935 (in the room with the upper bay window seen here). My grandfather was then CEO of the station and lived on site in this very house for several years, until he got a similar posting in Somerset in 1938 and then on to Whitchurch in 1940 where he oversaw much secret communication during World War II.
Scan of a slide that has suffered some damage (which I've managed to digitally repair aside from my grandmother's legs).
Uploaded originally for the 'Guess Where UK?' Group.
Radio Station House, Portpatrick
Radio House, the main hub of Portpatrick Radio Station as it appeared in the late 1960s. Standing in the foreground are my paternal grandparents Andrew Forrester Thomson & Kathleen Franklin (both d.1968) with my father Andrew McRae Thomson (d. May 2018) who was born in the house in March 1935 (in the room with the upper bay window seen here). My grandfather was then CEO of the station and lived on site in this very house for several years, until he got a similar posting in Somerset in 1938 and then on to Whitchurch in 1940 where he oversaw much secret communication during World War II.
Scan of a slide that has suffered some damage (which I've managed to digitally repair aside from my grandmother's legs).
Uploaded originally for the 'Guess Where UK?' Group.