Gin Head Radar Station in East Lothian, Scotland.
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- Today’s video is looking at the history behind the former Gin Head radar installation close to Tantallon Castle in East Lothian.
Gin Head Radar Station and Research Establishment was built on the five-acre site in North Berwick in 1943 by the Admiralty who was responsible for the command of the Royal Navy until 1964.
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Voiceover: Mikey Dobosz.
Music: Hidden Progress by Wee Dobz.
We had a builder/joiners business in North Berwick years ago. We had the contract to repair/modify this place when things needed done.
Big bunkers underneath too.
I would have loved to have got access to the site, but all locked up, surprised there were no holes in the fences, but perhaps too far for the usual vandals to travel 😂😂
@@DronemanScotland , I believe it’s still for sale for around £2.5 million if you’re interested? lol. It’s a beautiful location but it would need to be levelled and built on properly. In fact it’s probably one of the best locations in east Lothian. Cheers mate.
@@richardlove4287 On the day I was there filming, it was so still, you could hear the seals on the beach below, beautiful part of the country.
I'd never heard of this! Every day's a school day 👍😀
It was a top secret base at one time, still difficult to access unless you are very agile.
@@DronemanScotland That counts me out then 🤣
This was the other location used by Ferranti for radar testing.. The other one was at Stanedykehead in Liberton.
Did not know that, thanks for the info.
For a time in the early 1960s I think the site was used by Ranco Motors for testing labs. I worked there one summer as a student engineer testing electric motors
Yes, I came across that name while doing the research, thanks for your comment.
Good video
Thanks, Glad you enjoyed it.
another great piece of history and video cheers
Thanks for watching
It was open to all and sundry a few years back, I was lucky enough get in and have wonder around - quite interesting .. great video!
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it. I would have loved to have seen round the place, I love old buildings.
There is the old lighthouse at the entrance to Leith Docks, there is a way into there. It's well worth a look around if you can put up with the smell.
@@davecullenphotography got access to the light house, the smell was a bit overpowering.
Type 86 Bloodhound radar at 0:36, lots of interesting "stuff" carried out there over the years 😉😉😉
It sounds like it would have been a very interesting place to work, but a bit cold in the winter.
Wasn't it used as an r&d facility by Ranco in the 1960s? We went there on a school trip.
I did not come across that name when carrying out the research, hopefully another viewer may be able to assist.
great footage and quite the soothing brogue, narrating a thorough history of the place.
cheers!
Ferranti
It was. In worked there in the early 60s as a student engineer testing motors for the likes of John Bloom washing machines, testing rival motor manufacturers' motors and generally learning a lot.
great video, i wonder why the proposed property development hasnt gone ahead, i assume planning consent will have expired by now.
I believe the planning consent expired in 2017. In Sept 2019 the price was slashed from £3.5M to £2.5M and put back on the market, unsure if it was sold.
It was very interesting but I had to bail out because of the infuriating background music.
That's disappointing to hear, was it too loud or not to your taste?, comments like this will help us to improve our content.
If it had been quieter it wouldn't have been so bad
Complete dribble, Gin Head's cover was radar but as radar wasn't new then where was the secret, it's purpose was to make sure no German subs got up the Forth..
Sorry, but you are incorrect. Radar was invented in 1935 and Gin Head's construction began in 1939 to continue with the development of radar, but did not come on line until 1941. Radar is unable to penetrate water so it cannot detect submarines. Sub nets were used further up the forth to prevent submarines from getting as far as the docks.
lmao...
Gin Head sounds like a pejorative for a Londoner.
(the gin alcoholism "epidemic" back in the day)
I researched where the name came from without success.
Or mothers ruin 😂👊🏽