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Restored ROC Post - Skelmorlie
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- Skelmorlie ROC Post (Royal Observer Corps) has been restored and is manned by ex-service personnel from the Royal Observer Corps. If you are interested in arranging a visit please call Frank Alexander on 07513 504115.
You can also visit the official website for the Skelmorlie ROC post
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My dad used to visit these up and down the country. He admired the work they all did. He was glad they never ever came into use
its nice to see one in good condition for once. most of em are wrecked or locked up
So very true. The owner has done a brilliant job with the restoration :-)
To my knowledge there are only two in Scotland which specifically cater for the visiting public and other interested parties, ourselves at Skelmorlie the other being at Arbroath.
@@frankalexander8950 I’m currently trying to find out who owns one near me that, at last inspection (circa 2015) was still intact and fair condition. The MOD have no information on it after I emailed them, is this normal and have you any advice on how to find who legally owns it now? I am interested in preserving it and possibly restoring it for posterity, I am totally intrigued by this part of the past and if you have any advice it would be greatly received..
So nice to hear that old Military posts are being restored and available for tours!!! Cheers!
This place is well worth a visit Frank and the guys do a great job
That’s probably the best one in the country.
An excellent video; although I was never in the ROC I visited a couple of group controls at Shrewsbury and Rugby as an emergency planner.
Sounds pretty exciting. I Have been doing a fair bit of reading up on the ROC lately. For a mainly volunteer organisation, it was a well-oiled machine.
super nice retro thumbs up shared
They do look good restored! No floods or fire damage which is standard with most of these posts nowadays
We stopped by the ROC post yesterday but having revisited your video its not as large as I was suggesting to the folk I was with , I assumed the ROC post was similar in size to the old Radar station up behind Inverkip which is pretty huge inside with staircases leading down to a lower level with offices and large central area ...thanks for sharing.👍
Toe nail fungus ad before video. 😂😂 Very cool bunker Mr. Bexy. The old tech is amazing!👍
Fantastic video, I love how it takes you back to that era, loved the artifacts and the overall condition the ROC post was in, excellent! ☺
Yea it's really good to see it's been so well preserved. Was a fun visit. Thank you for dropping by!
@@Urbexy no problem, I came by you by accident really but glad I found your channel ☺ you a fan of IKS ? They are respectable explorers heavily involved with Cold War exploration too, and also not far from where I live we have a command bunker near a Spurn Point on the Humber Estuary, it opens in March just in case your interested ☺
Very nice indeed. It's good to see it's been restored.
Great to see, I was a volunteer ROC based in Bridge of Weir
Excellent to hear. I have visited the Bridge Of Weir post and it is very much hidden amongst the bushes now. The hatch has also been welded shut.
Very good video luv the way you have done this .. Too see this roc post fully restored with everything in it is amazing, as I have been down so many that are vandalised.. thanks for filming this and big respect too the volunteers that have brought this back too life 😀👍
Thank you very much for stopping by :-) This is the only ROC post I have ever been in. I keep visiting locations and finding them either locked or welded closed. I will find an abandoned one I can access yet lol. This post is certainly a gem.
Awesome, amazing place and good explore. A part of history
Very nicely shot mate, enjoyed this a lot
Thank you very much!
Good job with the sounds man, cool vid. What a cool piece of history
Just need to find one that's not preserved to show the difference. Lol
Interesting to see what they originally looked like inside. Nice video
Just seen this, thanks for the kind comment on my video - loving your work as it happens :=) Will be subscribing from my personal YT account.
Thank you :-)
Great to see a site 'as it was'.
Brilliant! Loads of stuff in there aswell! Great explore Urbexy!! 👌
Thanks man, appreciate it :-)
Another excellent video. TY! That clock was awesome.
Wow it's in a lot better condition than the one i explored ;)
Yea this one has well looked after. Many are not so fortunate.. seen a few really bad ones. Thanks for the comment :-)
@@Urbexy Thank you too ;)
This monitoring post forms part of the educational resource to the general public on the role of the Royal Observer Corps during the Cold War. It is manned by members of 25 Group Royal Observer Corps Association which covers a geographical area equivalent to the entire West Coast. The site is available for free guided public tours by pre-booking from April to September mostly at weekends. The guided tour takes approximately one hour and is limited to six persons due to underground space constraints.
Hmmm missed this one too due to no notifications 🤔 what is up with TH-cam these days. This is a really cool place and that music really sets the tone to this video👍👍
Thanks man :-)
That was a really interesting and informative video thanks for that Cheers 👍
Legends
This could come to good use real soon
True, but lets hope not :-)
This was a great video thank you
Thanks guys :-) appreciate your comments :-)
great video 👍
Nice one urbexy 😊👍
Thanks man :-)
NICE
Hii Urbexy this was amazing left a like 😁
Nice shiny compo rat pack tins 👍🏻 Wonder what the scale is for? Something to do with measuring the overpressure of the blast wave maybe?
The dial in the wall is the "bomb power indicator" When the pressure wave passes it enters through a baffle on the surface and travels down the pipe to move the needle. This one was designed to show the pressure in kilo pascals. Older models were PSI.
I find this subject amazing, but have a few questions... In the event of a war...
How would they cook? Only battery and a generator? Store sufficient water and food for three people for what duration? Stored where not much space in the post. Prevent undesirables entering the post? Prevent undesirables locking / blocking them in the post. Desparate civilian population would no doubt panic in the event of a nuclear exchange. What if observers didn't turn up or left after a period. All the observers would know the location and ask may turn up to be safer?
Probably more but I can't think right now
My nearest post to Cm12 seems to be overgrown, but since trees look older than 50 years, would the sure have needed clear horizon to horizon views of the sky? On the gzi? Would that still record a flash for a ground burst device?
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Many thanks for your time.
Gary
These were reporting and monitoring posts. They have no air filtration or anything that would help anyone survive fallout. The observers would have no more chance of survival than anyone else.
Gel stoves were shown at 1:47. The posts weren't built or used for long term survival, they were used to record and report the direction and relative strength of the blasts only for an attack (which wouldn't last very long) and the information from various posts would be triangulated to determine the locations of impacts.
Once a nuclear attack was over it was assumed the Russians would push west through Europe where NATO would try to slow them down for long enough to get defences in place to repel any attacking army.
The ROC staff were expected to return to units to help with these defences.
@@thra5herxb12s They had more short-term chance, by virtue of being in a concrete bunker. The fallout would get them, sure, but they'd survive long enough to do their job.
Food and water for 3 people for up to 3 weeks. All the accounts I've read/seen suggest that they expected to man the post for perhaps 2 weeks? Storage under the bunk, against the wall on the floor, and in the storage cupboard where the chemical toilet was. Padlocks and t-bar access key were kept with the occupants to prevent casual 'lock in'. If undesirables came with their own padlocks (CND types?), they'd be in serious trouble could send an emergency signal (although in time of war I doubt anyone's coming to help). edit - the hatch had an internal locking mechanism - shut the lid, turn the handle. No idea on the trees. I assume the flash was deemed sufficient to get through that level of foliage or, just possibly, no-one bothered to check! I get the strong sense that the whole system was more of a psychological reassurance exercise than a genuine help, hence Labour shutting down half the posts after only a few years.
cool vidd
All the ones I’ve seen are battery power
Correct.
I ever win the lottery I would like to buy a bunker as a man cave.
Could you please tell me what music you've used here? I'm sure that I've heard it before, but can't quite place it.
The music is called "Grass" by Silent Partner. It is also available in the TH-cam audio library.
Thanks! I've figured out why this music sounds familiar - it has a remarkably similar style to several tracks from the Ergo Proxy soundtrack. "Grass" isn't part of that soundtrack, but it almost sounds like it should be.
Um, are there more of these that are just abandoned? Because I want to buy one.
There were approx 1600 built and many still remain as ruins. Only a handful have been restored. There are websites that show the location of monitoring posts, but many have been demolished, locked or welded closed. Occasionally you will see one being advertised for sale by an estate agent. They are very rare though.
Urbexy OK, cool!
What you described kinda reminds me of when I was a kid. I lived on base, and the fence backed up to a nature preserve that used to be a Nike Missile and coastal defense site. Most of the only bunkers had been sealed, but not well enough to keep us out.
Good memories.
Did they have mains electric?
I believe there was mains power at the surface building, not sure if they had mains below ground or if they still used battery power.
All the monitoring posts had a 12 volt battery capable of supplying internal lighting for a couple of days dependent on battery charge state. The battery was subsequently charged using a petrol electric set (generator) above ground there was no mains electricity.
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Urbexy can you please phone me regarding this u tube video wider circulation-Thanks Frank.