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<p>[QUOTE="Brian Warshaw, post: 4260630, member: 16674"]A small world.</p><p><br /></p><p>I left Dollis Hill in May 1963 to wander through Spain in the footsteps of Laurie Lee. I was only there for two years, and decided I was not a civil service sort of person, but in my time, it was the most interesting engineering office I ever worked in. I worked on bits and pieces for Goonhilly Downs, the Monarch cable laying vessel, wave guides, a new TIM for Australia, and a valve closing machine for the sub-sea repeater stations.</p><p><br /></p><p>I remember the day George Blake escaped from prison, and 24 hours later we had the first ever security check of our cards before being admitted.</p><p><br /></p><p>But I had political aspirations, and I didn’t think I would survive too long.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don’t recall the reason; but the tea trolley was withdrawn from the morning and afternoon, so we had to organise it ourselves. People put money in for tea, coffee and milk; but not for sugar, and those who took it bought their own. This because it wasn’t fair to those who didn’t take it, to contribute to the fund. I don’t take sugar with tea to this day. Wonder what it would be like today.</p><p><br /></p><p>I hope your time was as good as mine.</p><p><br /></p><p>God, I hope I haven’t been breeching the Official Secrets Act.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Brian Warshaw, post: 4260630, member: 16674"]A small world. I left Dollis Hill in May 1963 to wander through Spain in the footsteps of Laurie Lee. I was only there for two years, and decided I was not a civil service sort of person, but in my time, it was the most interesting engineering office I ever worked in. I worked on bits and pieces for Goonhilly Downs, the Monarch cable laying vessel, wave guides, a new TIM for Australia, and a valve closing machine for the sub-sea repeater stations. I remember the day George Blake escaped from prison, and 24 hours later we had the first ever security check of our cards before being admitted. But I had political aspirations, and I didn’t think I would survive too long. I don’t recall the reason; but the tea trolley was withdrawn from the morning and afternoon, so we had to organise it ourselves. People put money in for tea, coffee and milk; but not for sugar, and those who took it bought their own. This because it wasn’t fair to those who didn’t take it, to contribute to the fund. I don’t take sugar with tea to this day. Wonder what it would be like today. I hope your time was as good as mine. God, I hope I haven’t been breeching the Official Secrets Act.[/QUOTE]
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