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The Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ at Caversham

For 75 years the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ ran a monitoring service based in an English stately home. Its job was to listen to foreign broadcasts from all around the world.

For 75 years the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ ran a monitoring service based in an English stately home. Its job was to listen to foreign broadcasts from all around the world. But in 2018 the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ decided the building was no longer needed. David Sillito spoke to veterans of the monitoring service before Caversham closed its doors.

Photo: Inside one of the listening huts at Caversham during WW2. Credit: Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Monitoring Service.

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