calder Hall clock
‘So quickly have we learned to accept the pace of modern development that we have been in danger of losing our sense of wonder.
That sense has been dramatically restored by the advent of the atomic age’
- Her Majesty The Queen at the official opening of Calder Hall in 1956
The clock in the photo showing kilowatt hours of nuclear electricity began and continued to go backwards for some time, taking power out of the grid not putting it in.
education
Over the past ten years the British Atomic Nuclear group has developed a strong programme of nationwide educational support for the teaching of science and technology in primary, secondary and further education.
As part of BANG’s wide ranging consultation programme, two artists - Simon Hollington and Kypros Kyprianou - were invited to become our first ever artists in residence.
newspapers
Nuclear power articles plastered over windows in the hut
Nightwatchman's desk
On the nightwatchman's desk there aree several books (Peaceful Uses of Atomic Power, Going Critical, a pack of Saddam Hussein playing cards, an I love Kuwait lighter, an I love New York keyring, and a latin quote - Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes? - Who watches the watchmen
Nightwatchman's walkei-talkie
From the walkie talkie hanging on the door you could hear a dog barking
nightwatchman's hut floor
The nightwatchman's hut, showing the glass brick floor. The hut shook to the sound of a heavy slow moving train passing beneath
