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This page contains sources relating to the Cold War in the U.K.


Here are some scans of documents relating to Nottinghamshire county council civil defence. Most of the documents in this series are a size larger than A4, and can't be scanned yet. Below are some of the smaller ones, there are more to follow at some point.


Operating instructions for 10-line switchboard


Operating instructions for 10-line telephone switchboard, page 1

Fig. 1, above Operating instructions for 10-line telephone switchboard, page 1.



Operating instructions for 10-line telephone switchboard, page 2

Fig. 2, above Operating instructions for 10-line telephone switchboard, page 2.


Various messaging forms


Blank message form CDF-4 (revised), printed

Fig. 3, above Blank message form CDF 4 (revised), printed.


Above is a printed version of message form CDF 4 (revised), a typed example is shown below:

Blank message form CDF-4 (revised), typed

Fig. 3, above Blank message form CDF 4 (revised), typed.

Below is an example of a staged message using form CDF4 (revised):


Example of message form CDF-4 (revised) with staged message

Fig. 4, above Example of message form CDF 4 (revised) with staged message.

Above is an example of form CDF 4 (revised) with an staged message. Below is another part of the training material (more to follow at some point):


Message procedure information

Fig. 3, above Message procedure information.



UKWMO A booklet explaining the workings of the U.K. Warning and Monitoring Organisation.



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