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NEWS 2005
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Introduction
This section contains historical information relating to additions made to DTELS website and news during 2005.

Please note that all announcements are now being posted to the forum.

 

page updated: 17/01/08

Date

Site Additions                                                                

 

December 2005

22/12

IMAGE LIBRARY - HQ EXHIBITIONS; Photos from Mike Phillips and Dave Waspe
A look back at 1970's exhibitions supported by the Directorate.

13/12

DTELS FORUM - Newspaper Cutting from Mike Phillips
CCE Harrow 1980 articlethat appeared in the Harrow Observer regarding the existence of 'Station Z'

12/12

ABOUT DTELS - HISTORY; from Mike Phillips
An eight page memorandum from Mr Ray Stoodley of the Directorate in November 1968 outlining the progress to-date regarding the introduction to service of personal radio communication.

ABOUT DTELS - HISTORY; from Mike Phillips
A five page recruitment memorandum issued by the Home Office in 1947 for vacancies in the HO Regional Wireless Service.

5/12

MISCELLANEOUS - OBITUARIES; Sam Young
The obituary to Sam Young first appeared in Intercom 6 Journal in January 1975, but has been reproduced in this section, along with three photos of Sam from Martin Swift.

ABOUT DTELS - HISTORY; from Martin Swift
Read the six page minute from Mr. W.H. Cornish to Sir Charles Cunningham in 1959 seeking a decision regarding the continued existence of the Home Office Wireless Organisation, which had been under review for some years.

 

November 2005

29/11

ABOUT DTELS - STRUCTURE; from Martin Swift
Take a look back in history via a report and appendices covering the period 1942-1948, which includes a structure chart of the Directorate in its infancy.

24/11

Report of the Working Party on Police Wireless.  This 44 page report published in 1955 provides an interesting insight to the problems facing the Directorate at that time from potential contracting out of the procurement and maintenance service.

20/11

Take a look at 46 photographs from Martin Swift of people who worked in Evaluation & Development Section during the 1980's in Pages 3 & 4 of CCE Harrow

14/11

Personal Recollections of a funny incident in 1962 associated with the PETA Meter from John Maloney.

12/11

DTELS.Org Forum now operational. The feedback form is currently not working and is being addressed.

10/11

DTELS.Org successfully migrated across to the new server.  All pages have been reworked for CSS and pixel specific, which hopefully will give better font accuracy and faster page download for browsers such as Internet Explorer 6 and Firefox.

 

May 2005

25/05

Bishops Cleeve photos from Mike Brain and gallery updates to three pages.

CCE Harrow photos from Dave Waspe and gallery updates to two pages.

MADE updates and photos from Mike Brain

13/05

1940's Billinge and Coombe Hill photos from John Renwick

Cheveley Depot photos from Derek Coombes

Updates to Bishops Cleeve MU, Weyhill MU, Depot -General and Shapwick

04/05

DTELS.Org first video.  Weyhill Summer Fete 1986

Marley Hill 1958/1959 photos from Bob Swann

Weyhill MU TE Section 1990 photo from Howard Lee
First video clip published

 

April 2005

26/04

DTELS Marketing Document for Engineering Consultancy

Cranbrook photographs from Dave Rumens

Kippax Depot photographs and Structure from Denis Cannings

17/04

HO Wireless Operator R/T Instructions from July 1950

Marketing Background and Brochures from 1991-1993

13/04

QA - BS5750 Accreditation

1982 Organisation Chart - see how many names you can still recognise!

06/04

Major article on the 1970's Home Office MADE Project

Personal Recollections of Brum by Robert Swann

04/04

Home Office Identity Cards

 

March 2005

29/03

Personal recollections of Special Services from Dave Mckay from a user perspective during the 1980's

Speed Traps; images of early speed cameras being tested on the A303 near Andover in 1971.

21/03

Billinge 2005 photos and text by Stuart Powell.

Emergency Communications Vehicles and Equipment

18/03

1979 Careers Publication

15/03

SCHOW recollections by Steven R. Cole

01/03

2nd batch of pre-1970 box file photographs

 

February 2005

25/02

1st batch of pre-1970 box file photographs

23/02

DTELS Link Magazine 4 & 5

22/02

DOT Link 6 Magazine

20/02

49 Marley Hill photos from Bob Witherspoon & Harry Charlton

15/02

25 Ruddington HQ Construction Photos from David Waspe

11/02

DTELS Link Magazines 1 to 3

08/02

Depot page updated with map linking to required galleries.

06/02

Introduction into Service WARC Mobiles and Fixed Equipments
Facility added to identify your  current IP address

02/02

Forty-seven Black & White photos of Weyhill MU going back to its creation in 1970.

 

January 2005

31/01

An excellent collection of 1970's  photos from David Waspe covering CCE Harrow, Shapwick Region and Lincs Police

26/01

The WARC Project and Directorate 1984 Work Guide
Site Mapping menu using Jarva script being introduced, which enables users to drill-down and search pages within the web site.

23/01

Miscellaneous Section created with Glossary and External Links

20/01

Start of equipment image section

17/01

Organisation Study Report in March 1986 by Touche Ross

13/01

Billinge Depot and Weyhill MU photos from Howard Lee

10/01

WARC Aerial Guidance Notes with background info and photos from Peter Bridgeman

08/01

All Intercom Journals can now be viewed on-line
DTELS website rebuilt using NetObjects Fusion 8

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