‘Shake, Rattle and Roll’ – A Personal Perspective on Orford Ness

Our Talk on Monday 15th March, at 7:30pm, will be  by Nigel Turner, our founding Secretary in 2008.  A native of Leiston, who served an apprenticeship at Garretts, he was employed at the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment (AWRE), Orford Ness from 1961-1964.  In what promises to be a fascinating talk, sprinkled with personal anecdotes, Nigel traces the history of the site from its establishment as an airfield at the beginning of WWI through to its pioneering work in support of military warfare, including the development of radar, testing of the Polaris missile carried by nuclear submarines and research into the dropping of atomic bombs.

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