In the third of our monthly history blog posts, historian Clive Francis ponders the question: How secret were the secret listeners at Trent Park House?

In the second of our monthly guest blog posts by Clive Francis, we explore one of the most significant conversations overheard at Trent Park House on Monday 22nd March 1943.

On Thursday 27th April, 2023, a group of 14 research volunteers travelled to the National Archives, Kew to see what they could find about Trent Park House during the Second World War. The team of volunteers spent time learning about using archives, the history of Trent Park, and enjoyed spending time in the reading room looking at original documents from the 1940s.

A statement from Trent Park House on the death of Her Majesty The Queen.

We were thrilled, therefore, to see that BT has now published the ‘Dollis Hill War Diary’ – a historical record of the involvement of the General Post Office’s (GPO – as BT was formerly known) Dollis Hill Research Station and its involvement in the Second World War

Lois Page’s grandmother, May Woodward, and grandfather, Fred Holman, worked in domestic service at Trent Park House in the 1920s, whilst the house was owned by Sir Philip Sassoon.