In ~82-83 my dad got a behind the scenes tour of the Jodrell Bank radio #astronomy centre, near us in #manchester , I vaguely remember being taken along.
Here are some pictures from it; including the control desk of the classic Mark 1/Lovell telescope.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jodrell_

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