The Technology Station

09/05/2026

09/05/2026

Last Saturday we had a visitor from Worcester University USA. Fred is a visiting professor helping their students with projects here in the UK based at our Worcester University.
We had a great chat and we hope to grow our connection.

29/04/2026

Last week it was our privilege to host three special visitors. Stan Nielsen, his daughter Beverley and Keith Barraclough. In 1958 Stan was one of four Malvern scientists that produced a new material to sense heat. No one has found anything better since. We retrieved the team's original report from our archive. The same material was chosen for the James Webb telescope in 2005. In 1988 Keith was one of two Malvern Scientists who developed and patented a technique to grow large pure single crystals of silicon. This material is essential for computer chips and memory storage chips. You can learn more about their inventions in The Technology Station.

21/04/2026

Today is the 100th anniversary of H M Queen Elizabeth’s birth and the 50th anniversary year of her visit to Malvern to name RSRE. During her visit the scientists gave her and the Duke of Edinburgh a gift each.
She received 6 jewels made in the laboratory in a presentation case. This was to showcase the materials research that had been done in Malvern.
The Duke received a radar intruder alarm which showcased all the technologies invented in Malvern. Liquid crystal displays, special high frequency transistors for the radar and silicon photo cells to power it from light.

03/04/2026

The Technology Station is OPEN again on Wednesday afternoons and Saturday mornings until the end of October. Come and use our new TOUCHSCREEN to discover what the scientists did at these places in Worcestershire.

26/03/2026

50 years ago on this date, HRH Queen Elizabeth came to Malvern to commemorate the renaming of RRE to RSRE - the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment. This marked the merging of the Services Electronic Research Establishment (SERL) at Baldock and the Signals Research and Development Establishment (SRDE) at Christchurch, Bedfordshire with RRE at Malvern.
During the visit Her Majesty was given some mementos and she sent to USA the first email ever sent by a monarch.

Come and learn more at The Technology Station. We open again next week on April 1st and every Wednesday afternoon and Saturday morning until the end of October.

26/03/2026

Today is a special anniversary. 50 years ago on this day HRH Queen Elizabeth II came to Malvern to give The Royal Radar Establishment a new name. follow us to learn more later.
She arrived at Pershore on the Queens Flight.

04/01/2026

Happy New Year to all our followers and supporters.
New exhibits are being prepared while we are closed.
In the meantime here is a picture of the TRE registry clerks in 1945 that kept the filing up to date and the documents secure.

18/11/2025

Today we had delivery. One of RRE’s mechanical apprentices from the 60s loaned us some of his work for our new display that we will build during the winter. Keep watching this space to learn more.

10/11/2025

This week and especially tomorrow we remember those who served and gave their lives on flying operations at the Telecommunications Flying Unit at Defford and the Radar Research Flying Unit at Pershore.