The Auxiliary Units in Yorkshire will be featured in tonights ‘Dig 1940′ at 7.30pm on BBC One (except Scotland)
The series is looking deeper into key events during 1940. It is presented by Jules Hudson.
Dec 292010
Dec 162010
The three part BBC One series called ‘Dig 1940′ will reveal more about the Yorkshire Auxiliary Units on December 29th at 7.30 (except Scotland)
The series started last night and is looking deeper into key events during 1940. It is presented by Jules Hudson.
Writer Alan Williamson, author of ‘East Riding Secret Resistance‘, will take Jules into an Operational Base in Yorkshire. More info on the programme can be seen here
Dec 122010
Last night CART enjoyed its first Christmas meal with 9 members attending.
The Radnor Arms in Coleshill were the hosts and they provided a great three course meal and a decorated table.
We hope to come back in December 2011 for another great evening.
Dec 102010
“A nation that forgets its past has no future” – Winston Churchill
Dec 032010
Today, thanks to the help of CART member Phil Evans, we added a page on The Garth to our website.
The Garth was used during WW2 by senior army officers to formulate and plan Churchill’s Auxiliary Units.
See a pictorial tour and more info here
Dec 032010
We have just added the first Scottish CIO report from David Blair to our website.
It can be seen on the members only page.
We hope to know extract some of this info and add it to the website for public view soon.
Dec 022010
Coleshill Uncovered has now been approved by the National Trust at Coleshill.
CART instigated a proposal to carry out a non invasive survey in the grounds of Coleshill with the aim of searching for more Operational Bases and any other Auxiliary related finds. The weekend for the work to take part is January 22nd and 23rd 2011.
This will be a joint project between staff and students at Bristol University, members of Subterranea Britannica, The Ridgeway Military and Aviation Research Group (RMARG), members of the public and CART.
It will be project managed by experienced archaeologist Neil Faulkner. You can read more about it here.
Anyone who would be keen to participate in these two days should contact CART asap.
Dec 012010
Last night CART members were planning to meet for their latest members meeting.
Sadly the snow stopped this happening but we had been trialing Skype’s new video conferencing service to see if someday it may replace meeting face to face.
So last night we decided to meet virtually in a Skype video conference. As you can see (left) we had seven of us with 4 – 5 people on video. Sadly Skype let us down with the video side of the meeting as it could not keep up so we switched to just audio for the rest of the meeting and it worked just fine.
Using Skype meant that we could have members from all corners of the UK in one place to discuss the current topics that face CART.It also meant that Tom could record the meeting and add it to the members page within minutes of the meeting ending for others to listen to.
Auxilier, Bob Millard was also able to join us for the first time.
CART are planning to keep this format from now on as it allows more members to take part from the comfort of their own homes.
If you are a CART member and want to be included in the next online meeting please email us for more info.