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DIRECTORATE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS
WEYHILL MAINTENANCE UNIT - THE EARLY DAYS

Andover, Hampshire

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Introduction
During a clear out of my office at Weyhill in April 1991 prior to taking up a new appointment as IT Manager based at Horseferry House, I unearthed a collection of forty-seven black and white photographs going back to the creation of Weyhill Maintenance Unit.

As to dates when these pictures were taken, I would guess at early 1970 for the first 24 and the remainder sometime during the latter half of the 70’s or maybe very early 80’s.

I would be grateful if you could contact me in the event that you are able to furnish details on all or some of the photographs in this gallery. In particular and where applicable, building location, persons names, dates, equipment (in this instance I refer to the custom Test Equipment which Weyhill was known to design and issue to the field) etc.

If nothing else, I hope these photographs bring back memories to those who worked at Weyhill of what the old place used to look like before the Directorate took it over. I believe the site had previously been used by the RAF as a H.F. Station with roots back to WWII.

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Photograph Credits
I don’t have any information as to who took the photographs, or indeed who owns the copyright. My guess is that they may have been taken by Terry Jeffery CWT who was the first Officer-in-Charge of the M.U. after it became operational in 1970.

Page Amendments
Please note that the following photographs which originally appeared in this gallery were identified as being Bishops Cleeve and have been moved to the BCMU gallery:

MU Photo 01  MU Photo 07
MU Photo 02  MU Photo 08
MU Photo 03  MU Photo 16
MU Photo 04  MU Photo 18

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Weyhill MU

TE Workshop 01

TE Workshop 01

TE Workshop 02

TE Workshop 02

TE Workshop 03

TE Workshop 03

Stacked Tiles

Stacked Tiles

Cupboard 01

Cupboard 01

Cupboard 02

Cupboard 02

Door Ajar

Door Ajar

Cooker Boxes

Cooker Boxes

Cables

Cables

Systems Workshop 01

Systems Workshop 01

Systems Workshop 02

Systems Workshop 02

Oven

Oven

Ceiling 01

Ceiling 01

Ceiling 02

Ceiling 02

Switch

Switch

Kitchen

Kitchen

North Corner

North Corner

Sink

Sink

Office

Office

Front Entrance

Front Entrance

South View 01

South View 01

South View 02

South View 02

South View 03

South View 03

Garage

Garage

MU Photo 05

MU Photo 05

MU Photo 06

MU Photo 06

MU Photo 09

MU Photo 09

MU Photo 10

MU Photo 10

MU Photo 12

MU Photo 12

MU Photo 14

MU Photo 14

MU Photo 15

MU Photo 15

MU Photo 17

MU Photo 17

MU Photo 19

MU Photo 19

MU Photo 20

MU Photo 20

MU Photo 21

MU Photo 21

MU Photo 22

MU Photo 22

MU Photo 23

MU Photo 23

MU Photo 24

MU Photo 24

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