The Rebirth of Bawdsey
While the operational side of Bawdsey drew to a close in 1991, interest in the site was far from over and thanks to a group of dedicated volunteers th...
Bawdsey Radar Presents Under the Radar
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This series of podcasts tell the story of Britain's earliest radar systems. It also tells the story of the people involved with radar - the scientists, the women who were on the front line in the operation of the radar, the decision makers and the politicians. Thank you to the National Lottery Heritage Fund for making this podcast series possible.
The Cold War
Following the Second World War there was hope that the fighting was over, but within two years the world held its breath as two superpowers battled it...
National Service at Bawdsey
Following the end of the Second World War there was still a need for Britain to maintain high levels of military manpower in some parts of the world. ...
Women on the Front Line
In the first series Dr Phil Judkins explored the role of the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force in radar during the Second World War. In this episode we take...
Tracing Service Records
In podcast 8 of this series, we look at a completely different theme. Here Phil describes how you can investigate the roles that your parents, or rela...
Women in the WAAF
In this podcast, the 7th in the series, Phil describes the essential contribution to Britain's radar defences by the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, the ...
Three Late Arrivals
In the sixth podcast of the series we look at the contributions of three inspiring university scientists, who arrived later in the story, but neverthe...
Army Radar Developments
In the 5th podcast in this series, Phil describes the less well-known contribution to radar development by the War Office scientists who worked on Arm...
The Key Scientists
The fourth podcast in our series mentions some of the people who played an essential part in radar development at Bawdsey, in particular some of the m...
Scientists, Air Marshalls and Politicians
The third podcast in the series is concerned with some of the movers and shakers in the radar story, from engineers and scientists, Air Marshalls and ...