Telescope mirrors are polished and silvered in an underground factory in Coulsdon, Surrey.
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Short Summary
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Description
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Data
- Film ID:
- 123.23
- Media URN:
- 2887
- Group:
- Colour pictorials
- Archive:
- British Pathé
- Issue Date:
- 19/12/1960
- Sound:
- Sound
- HD Format:
- Available on request
SeaTea says
The location of the facility in the "telescope makers 1960" film is not identified. I know it to be the WWII air raid shelters under Cane Hill mental hospital (now derelict or under development) just off the Brighton Road, Coulsdon, Surrey. The facility was abandoned some years prior to the mid 70s, which is when I visited it, and was subsequently cleared out many years ago.