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This message was updated on 2/9/2006 3:51:43 PM by suzard

Shops in Langley Mill
replied on: 2/9/2006 3:50:40 PM

WILLIAM PHILLIPS radio shop during the war

From " Days that Used to be - Memories of Langley Mill
by BARRIE SMITH 1969

"Whilst the war progresses, one man in Langley Mill was assigned by the British Secret Service to carry out the nightly secret task of intercepting enemy messages and passing on information by wireless to the British Secret Service HQ.
Mr William Phillips, who was propieter of the Radio Shop at langley Mill, opposite the Midland Hotel, carried out his task in a small lean to shed adjoining the shop. It was not until after the war that Bill's great part was made known.
Visiting the shop one day, I happened to see displayed a certificate from the British Secret Service thanking him for his valuable service.
As I write Mr Phillips has for many years passed on and workmen are demolishing the shop, which I feel could relate some very interesting and valuable stories of the war years."

I assume this was during WW2.

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