History Challenge & Journal

[richard]

Underground war bunkers?

[Siani]

Underground war bunkers?

Richard he said built in 1950 so maybe not war related?

[Frank Hovis]

Siani - Wrong War !

1950's - Cold War listening stations? The last two look built to withstand some sort of attack.

[richard]

Underground war bunkers?

Richard he said built in 1950 so maybe not war related?

Sian

Not war bunkers from the past wars. Bunkers for the next one

When I lived in Kingsclere (Berks) there were underground tunnels and bunkers linking Greenham Common and Aldermaston. There was enough fire power under that area (and maybe my garden) to put the UK in orbit. The places were secured by armed guards usually hiding in ditches and behind trees

If so the first is Fylingdales on the north Yorkshire moors and the second is in the Aldermaston region

[STEVE G]

Underground war bunkers?

Well done Richard, they're the guardrooms and entrances of old Cold War nuclear bunkers disguised to look like houses from the air and the first one is at what was RAF Goldsborough in Yorkshire near to the later station at Fylingdale moor.

[richard]

AND 2&3?

Portman Down and Helensborough?

[STEVE G]

No, the second is Kelvedon Hatch in Essex which was originally part of the air defense network but later became a regional Government HQ and the third is near Anstruther in Fife and was the bunker for Scotlands regional Government.
These were all multi-level bunkers capable of housing several hundred people.

[redzonerocker]

Richard he said built in 1950 so maybe not war related?

Oh yes it was

[Siani]

Underground war bunkers?

Richard he said built in 1950 so maybe not war related?

Sian

Not war bunkers from the past wars. Bunkers for the next one

When I lived in Kingsclere (Berks) there were underground tunnels and bunkers linking Greenham Common and Aldermaston. There was enough fire power under that area (and maybe my garden) to put the UK in orbit. The places were secured by armed guards usually hiding in ditches and behind trees

If so the first is Fylingdales on the north Yorkshire moors and the second is in the Aldermaston region

Richard he said built in 1950 so maybe not war related?

Oh yes it was

Yes he already told me Thanks

[STEVE G]

Incidentally, the old nuclear bunker at Kelvedon Hatch is now a museum which is why you get road signs like this that create a bit of mirth:

[STEVE G]

What, and where if you can, were these three buildings:

[dtaai-maai]

No. 1 The Shot Tower in Derby (for the manufacture of lead shot)
No. 2 ditto, Crane Park, West London
No. 3 ditto, Chester

[STEVE G]

Well done, that was quick! Yes they're shot towers where lead shot was manufactured by dropping molten lead into a pool of water and you even got the right ones.

[redzonerocker]

^
Yep, mission completed in 5 mins

Either extremely clever or he needs to get out more

[Terry]

^he needs to get out more