[milton-chat] Air Raid Siren

[Tim Steele]

Paul Oldham wrote:
> On Fri, February 9, 2007 12:45 pm, Tim Steele said:
> 
>> Agreed - I heard it on the High Street and thought it very odd. Why do
>> they do it?
> 
> The protocol with sirens seems to be that if you have one you test it (I
> used to work close to Broadmoor - they let theirs off at 10am every
> Tuesday I think it was). I guess the real question is why does Waterbeach
> barracks have one at all.

Hmm, so did I.. in Bracknell..

Perhaps they've had it ever since they were an operational WW2 air base?

Tim