There are basically two rooms with generators in one and control equipment in the other. I read in the past that they used Strowger telephone exchange technology to operate tyhe various items. So dialling a number would perhaps tip oil into a tank and another number ignite it.
It was not as random as appeared at the time, it was all controlled from Radlett(??).
There is a story in Beam Benders about the crew of one site going into Norwich on their day off. It was a filthy job so they tended to wear overalls. He was stopped by a RAF police officer who charged him with being improperly dressed and asked where he was based.
He refused to say.
Eventually he wrote a telephone number down and the RAF police officer rang it, he was told it was none of his business and they let the man go immediately.'
They were left to themselves with a supply lorry coming around about once a week.
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