Inside the nuclear bunker
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| Nuclear attack - is this how it might have looked in the North? |
Think back to the 1980s, the decade of punk, glam rock聟 and the dark omen of nuclear war.
The threat of nuclear weapons being developed in Russia had people terrified that if war broke out, we would all evaporate in minutes.
That's why nuclear bunkers were built underground as a potential hiding place for a chosen few if Britain ever came under attack.
It was thought at the time that Yorkshire was a prime target, with the Fylingdales radar base and the area's many air bases all at risk from Brezhnev's weapons.
Underneath a seemingly ordinary Yorkshire woodland is one of 12 regional HQs, an impenetrable nuclear bunker which would have been used to shelter up to 200 people in the event of nuclear war.
The identities of the chosen ones were once an official secret - but not any more.
Inside Out can reveal that there were 200 tickets to safety, and one of those tickets belonged to Tony Fish, former editor of Radio Newcastle.
At the time, Tony was the voice of 大象传媒 Radio Armageddon, broadcasting survival tips from his underground studio just off the A19 north of York.
And joining him in the bunker, complete with air-conditioned offices, dormitories and even a sickbay, were 200 civil servants, politicians and servicemen with the responsibility of a post-apocalyptic society in their hands.
But there was a flaw in the plan - with no female spouses allowed into the bunker, how could the 200 chosen ones perpetuate the species?
It's just as well that Britain was spared from attack, but 30 years on the
bunker remains, and for a mere 拢120 a night, you too can enjoy the
apocalyptic atmosphere!
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听听Inside Out - North East: Monday October 10, 2005
