TETNEY BEAM STATION
BY
PAUL HEWITT
TETNEY COUNTY
PRIMARY SCHOOL
INTRODUCTION
The impetus for this
modest booklet was fuelled by a mention of Grimsby Beam Station
(Tetney) in the book "Spycatcher" by Peter Wright, which
was effectively banned by the British Government. Peter Wright is
very insistent that the Beam Station was an exceptionally important
landmark in the development of a world-wide communications system.
This interested and excited me but I found it rather difficult to
believe that the modest buildings of the Beam Station could have been
the site of such important work and if it was, why didn’t local
people know more about it?
I decided to investigate further and I
leave you to draw your own conclusions.
I have addressed the
booklet to the general reader rather than those who have a technical
background or interest but in the course of my research I have
amassed a considerable amount of information, both technical and
general, and a collection of photographs. These are available at
Tetney County Primary School for anyone who would like to consult
them. (N.B. now in Grimsby Central Library).
Thanks are due to
GEC- Marconi, B.T. .Cable & Wireless Ltd and many individuals too
numerous to mention.
Paul Hewitt, Headteacher.
December, 1993.
