Stonecutters Wireless Station

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Stonecutters Wireless Station

The round structure in the foreground looks like a disused gun emplacement. There were several different batteries on the island over the years.

Date picture taken
1935
Gallery
1935-7 James McAndrew's photos
Shows place(s)
Stonecutters Island [????- ]

Comments

 My family and I(Father, Mother, etc)lived on Stonecutters Island from 1952-1966. The round structure in the foreground is a open round concrete water tank to catch the rain, not a disued gun emplacement. The water was used for residents washing, bathing, toilet use, drinking(after it was boiled).  It was located behind our house up on a hill. We lived in the police officers quarters. My father was Inspector Henry Dempster(RNDYP & ADP), the last european police officer to serve on Stonecutters island.

Hi Gordon, Thanks for clearing up that mystery. There are several more photos of the island in the pipeline. I hope you'll be able to tell us more about what we're looking at in each of them.

I believe RNDYP stands for Royal Naval Dockyard Police? I don't know 'ADP' though.

Regards, David

Dear Gordon, 

I have been research my husbands family history and your father Henry Dempster. Henry father was also Henry as was his father who married Agnes Mary Patton in Newtownards.

We live in Australia. 

If you are interested in your family history please email.

Kind Regards

Maryann and Mark Tweed.