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The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ at Caversham

For 75 years the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ 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 Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ 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 Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ 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: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Monitoring Service.

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Fri 25 May 2018 07:50GMT
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