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  1. Borough Hill, Daventry, Aug
    If you have an old (British) radio, there'll probably be a dial, marked with several place-names; Hilversum, Athlone - and Daventry.
    It was this array of aerials that the radio tuned into.
    It was a relay station for the BBC. There is a story that an entire orchestra turned up here, expecting to find a studio.
    The array was removed, some time ago.
    #photography #Daventry #BBC #radio #BoroughHill

  2. @strum @emilyleary

    If you take the #London Road out of #Coventry and just keep going straight ahead along the #A45, sticking with the A45 off the #M45, you eventually end up going past #Daventry (London Road there too), #Northampton, #Wellingborough, and #Rushden . Indeed, if you aren't careful to stop where the A45 stops in Thrapston and keep going across the roundabout, you end up at #Peterborough.

    So it's not quite that simple. (-:

  3. The last radio Mast on Borough Hill Daventry. Borough Hill and The BBC World Service have a lot of History. In addition The Birth of Radar is connected to this story. Worth Googling to find out (Too much for me to set out!). You can walk on Borough Hill (just wish folk would not leave their doggy doos there). #BoroughHill #Daventry #Northamptonshire #BBCWorldService #BirthOfRadar #RadioMast