Acknowledgements

We would like to thank all those ROC Volunteers who shared so  generously their recollections and knowledge. In addition to those whose voices you hear in these recordings, we are also grateful to Colin Ganson and Margaret Fraser for giving their time to meet us. Photographs in the slide show were loaned by Gladys Leask, Margaret Fraser, Kathleen Balfour, Donald Robertson, Gwen Jamieson and others were taken by Susan Timmins and Roxane Permar. We are grateful to The Cabin Museum for permitting us to reproduce images  from the Andy Robertson Collection; Cecil Hughson for permission to use photographs he has taken and The Shetland Times for allowing reproduction of newspaper clippings from the 1960s and 1970s.

While the insight and memories of Shetland's ROC Volunteers have brought this project to life, it has involved many more people who have helped in numerous ways.  Frank Hunter, Martin Thompson, Chris and Louise Robertson and Henry Anderton have kindly permitted access to the Bunker sites. We are wholly indebted to Eric Stewart and Sandra Johnson in the Shetland College Textile Facilitation Unit for their expertise, patience and commitment to produce the knitted bunker covers to our design. Davy Inkster has made the working models as well as provided invaluable assistance with installation at the bunker sites.

We wish to thank John Hunter who has made it possible to create the Focus Display in the Shetland Museum and to the staff of the Shetland Archives for allowing us to present the interview recordings to the public in their space. We are indebted to Anne Gallacher and the team for Luminate at Age Scotland whose initial belief in this project has made our idea a reality.  

This project was supported by a Working Up 5 Craftmaker Award: Shetland Arts in partnership with Creative Scotland and Shetland Islands Council.  

We apologise if we have given incorrect information or left out names. Anyone who wishes to contribute more information or meet for an interview should contact the artists, Roxane Permar and Susan Timmins, by email: coldwarprojects@gmail.com