Kelvden Hatch. A couple of weeks after we arrived we drove down to Essex following Liz etc to visit the Nuclear Bunker. We found it a little amusing that there were road-signs pointing to the “Secret Bunker” but of course the thing has been de-activated and opened to the public for some time now - no secret after all. It had been built during the build up to the Cold War and was to be used in the event of Nuclear Attack. With its thousands of tons of concrete and thick walls it could withstand anything short of a direct hit and house 600 people in fall-out conditions for 3 months. Complete with generators, air conditioning, filters, kitchens, hospital etc and a huge communications network it was a small underground town where selected key members of
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