Moaning Minnie Thanet's Civil Defence Sirens
By Steve Moore and Alan MooreThis is the latest publication out today, an enjoyable interesting well researched book which I imagine many of you will be looking forward to reading. Click here for more about the book and to view sample pages
By Steve Moore and Alan MooreThis is the latest publication out today, an enjoyable interesting well researched book which I imagine many of you will be looking forward to reading. Click here for more about the book and to view sample pages
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ReplyDeleteNice to know a little more about the siren I pass every day at the corner of South Eastern Rd and the High Street. Not pretty things, but still important social history in their own little way...
ReplyDeleteI popped in to the Walpole Bay Hotel for tea and sandwiches with friends today, and lo and behold, right beside the bar is one of the portable sirens. Someone just has to mention them once, then you start to see them everywhere...
ReplyDeleteinteresting book! I'm also fasinated by them. The one on the rear page is ww2, it's made by carter castings & has a gent motor. I own the same example still in working order!
ReplyDeleteI remember the sirens being used in the 60s. I believe they signalled that the fire brigade were attending an emergency, though I may be wrong. I think there was also one at the end of St Luke`s Ave. I have not lived in Ramsgate for nearly 30 years
ReplyDeleteand only visit on occasion.
Rubbertyre is right. There was indeed a siren at the end of St Luke's Avenue. It was in a mesh cage on one of the stanchions of the gas holder. (Visible from Hardres Road). You could see it from the "71" bus. The siren as I remember was red (painted so or perhaps a little rusty!) I cant help think that when the gasholder rose to its full height it would have significantly affected how far it could be heard from.
ReplyDeleteThe Siren Hog
Brilliant book with a fair amount of facts. I live in Coalville now, but, grew up in Nottingham. I remember most of the larger factories such as Raleigh using their siren to indicate lunch and shift changes.
ReplyDeleteWhere i live now is close to a new quarry and every day at 20 to 2 they
sound off with a siren to warn of readiness to blast, we hear it very plainly. The site is about a mile and half away. The all clear sounds after we feel the rumble of granite breaking. Wonder what type and where they got it from?
I use a hand cranked siren from 1954 on my Home front display,at events around the midlands. It is great fun and was amazed to read that they could be heard a mile away. I used mine today at our fun day and thought about those workers at the quarry, did they hear it? and run for cover?
Thanks for publishing your book.
Regards Brian (Tommy Atkins Historical Society)