Copyright John Abbott, no reproduction without permission.
This photo is of break time on the outside broadcast scanner, CMCR9 – Pebble Mill’s first CM1.
The liquid refreshment seems to be beer, as opposed to tea!
Sitting on the stool is Engineering Manager, Bob Chaplin. Bottom left may be Steve Searley. Sitting on the ground, possibly John Allinson. The other man may be Peter Hodges.
Thanks to Janet Collins, John Duckmanton and Jane Maclean for identifying the heads!
Copyright Jerry Clegg, no reproduction without permission.
This article from the BBC retirees’ magazine, Prospero, by Jerry Clegg gives an update on the OB scanner CMCR9 – Pebble Mill’s original CM1, and later Manchester’s North 3.
The scanner will be on display several more times this year, in case you would like to visit it, see the article for the details.
Photograph from Engineering Manager, John Abbott, no reproduction without permission.
Rigger driver, Ron Lane, standing proudly next to the scanner CMCR9, Pebble Mill’s CM1, which later became BBC Manchester’s North 3. The location is probably a Gardeners’ World outside broadcast, possibly at ‘The Magnolias’, Percy Thrower’s garden, where the weekly gardening show was recorded in much of the 1970s.
CM1/North 3 in the snow
The restored former BBC scanner CMCR9/ North 3 is booked to display at the following events this summer:-
(Thanks to Jerry Clegg for making this information available).