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Old 28th Aug 2007, 08:10
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Barnes Wallace

Hello All, what a marvelous thread!
For the historical types; I worked at the DSTL site down the road from the Cody site 1998-2002. Whilst there, I shared a house with a chap called Phil who was a computer engineer. He mentioned to me one evening that he'd had to install a new computer for someone in one of the Cody site buildings. During the installation, he needed to route cables under the floor. On further investigation, the floor turned out to be a cellar. Inside he says he came across a complete scale mock-up of various dams which had been built by Barnes Wallace and team. I believe it also included some 'bouncing bombs'. Not sure if this piece of nostalga has been rescued and protected. Anyone know?
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