Today I started by visiting Market Drayton (and it was market day) and then went on to the main objective - to visit Hack Green Nuclear Bunker.
I stood and watch the DVD playing in the entrance as this was so interesting and then had a spot of lunch. The tour takes you round (or you take yourself) various underground rooms filled with cold war equipment; it all looks dated but then tecnology soon becomes obsolete - even my vinyl record player at home!
A banned BBC film (on show in a room and lasting 45 minutes) reveals much of what the government had decided about what would happen should Britain have been hit with a nuke. It was quite disturbing; I shall not try to sum it up here. I am actually working on my laptop which is perched on a bedside table, such is the basic nature of this B&B.
After all that I went to Whitchurch and then came back. Later I am off to Barthomley for a meal and to ring on the 8 there.
2 comments:
Wow. Nuclear bunkers and banned BBC films... so not a good place to take the kids then?
Steve: There is a 'find the mouse' trail for kids. Just miss out the horrid film.
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