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Adastral Park was officially opened by HRH Queen Elizabeth II on the 20th November 1975. The Park's 50th Anniversary celebrations in 2025 mark five decades of innovation, collaboration, and achievement.
Chronicle has worked with both current and former BT Staff to collect recordings of personal memories of some of the impactful work that has happened on the Adastral Park site. The recordings are available to listen to in the commemorative phone box, or can be played from the links below.
Please listen to this introduction from Dr Peter Bell, MD of Fixed Network and Adastral Park, BT:
Introduction to the Phone BoxDr Peter Bell
00:00 / 02:16
Here are the audio recordings:
TAT8 1st transatlantic fibre cableAlan Mitchell
00:00 / 01:35
Quantum Secured Metro NetworkAndrew Lord
00:00 / 01:14
Move from Dollis HillAnne Archer
00:00 / 03:31
London Olympics cyber security – SaturnBen Azvine
00:00 / 01:56
UK Quantum Network for TelecommunicationsCathy White
00:00 / 01:45
Rydberg - Quantum RadioDan Gilks
00:00 / 03:18
WireplayChris Adams
00:00 / 03:38
Single mode fibre splicingDavid McCartney
00:00 / 02:29
Passive optical networksDavid Payne
00:00 / 02:21
Optical networking - multi-wavelength transport networkGoff Hill
00:00 / 01:35
Building of the 247 IP Network Management CentreGraham Murchie
00:00 / 01:25
RAF MartleshamGraham Murchie
00:00 / 01:26
The Waveguide ProjectIan Groves
00:00 / 04:00
IP ExchangeIan Jenkins
00:00 / 02:00
GfastIan Horsley
00:00 / 01:26
SkyphoneIvan Boyd
00:00 / 01:45
Single mode optical fibreJim Ainslie
00:00 / 01:54
Martlesham TeleportJon Wakeling
00:00 / 03:11
Evolution of GPO Research centre, to BT Labs, to Adastral ParkIan Read
00:00 / 00:48
ADSL & VDSL OlympicsKevin Foster
00:00 / 02:27
Video on Demand trialKevin Foster
00:00 / 01:14
Digitech CentreMeryl Bence
00:00 / 02:19
Short Message Service (SMS)Kevin Holley
00:00 / 05:54
Superfast & Ultrafast BroadbandTrevor Linney
00:00 / 02:59
Princess Anne VisitMeryl Bence
00:00 / 01:57
Blown FibreMick Reeve and Steve Cassidy
00:00 / 00:57
The official opening of Post Office Research CentreMike Warden
00:00 / 02:07
Coherent transmissionNIgel Walker and David Smith
00:00 / 02:29
MOVPEPaul Cannard
00:00 / 02:48
Five Phases of BroadbandDr Peter Bell
00:00 / 03:10
PatentsRuth Wright
00:00 / 01:11
Millenium DomeTim Stevens
00:00 / 04:35
Optical Fibre installationSteve Hornung
00:00 / 01:55
Erbium Doped Fibre AmplifierTim Whitley
00:00 / 02:47
Optical CommsYu Rong
00:00 / 02:05
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