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Joan Field - Film 1
In this the first of seven films Joan talks about ...Joan Field - Film 1
Joan Field - Film 2
Joan talks in detail about her Signals training. M...Joan Field - Film 2
Joan Field - Film 3
Initially based in Oban and manning the Pier Signa...Joan Field - Film 3
Joan Field - Film 4
The Ganavan signal station provided an incredible ...Joan Field - Film 4
Joan Field - Film 5
The Ganavan station was a wild and windy place. Jo...Joan Field - Film 5
Joan Field - Film 6
Most of the time Joan would know the ETAs of shi...Joan Field - Film 6
Joan Field - Film 7
As well as signalling from the Ganavan station, tw...Joan Field - Film 7
"I got this rifle and I knew it wasn't loaded and I thought what am I going to do? So I put it up the other way and as this voice came through the thing I lifted it up and was going to clock him on the head with it".
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Joan Field
Joan Field was a WREN stationed at an extraordinarily remote signal station overlooking the Firth of Lorne in Scotland. Her job was to ensure that every passing ship was properly recorded.