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Churchill War Rooms

Post by housil » Wed Apr 12, 2023 11:30 am

Been in London on vacation, I visited the Churchill War Rooms and shot a video I´d like to share with you


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Post by rationtin440 » Sat Apr 15, 2023 11:11 am

Awesome video housil :) BTW I could not tell, did you notice anything in the facility that was intended to protect the occupants from poison gas? I know the place was in use long before the technology of pressurized shelters and other modern NBC protection.

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Post by housil » Mon Apr 17, 2023 5:52 am

Beside they got special gasmasks with a microphone attached so the could keep talking/making phone calls
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they didn´t mention anything gas related.

More impressing to me was, they hadn´t any showers nor water flushed toilets but "night pots" so Churchill spent only three nights down there. The bunker crew had to "crawl" down "The Dock" to rest.
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Re: Churchill War Rooms

Post by rationtin440 » Mon Apr 17, 2023 8:25 pm

Very cool photos housil! I'm thinking that anyone with claustrophobia would have had a very hard time but then again the danger of bombs would keep even the most claustrophobic workers at their posts until the rats, insects, and other issues made them say "@#^* it!" and take their chances outside.

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Re: Churchill War Rooms

Post by Faraway13 » Sat May 20, 2023 3:24 pm

Really interesting photos and history housil!

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