Nice to see it's still there!
Used to get in through the escape hatch for a look round in the late 70s, all the power and water were still on, old situation boards in place, civil defence posters on the water heater. No grafitti either! On the surface there were two brick vent stacks, the escape hatch and a 60ft lattice tower. A mate climbed up the tower and said the top half was only held on with a couple of bolts, well shaky!
Got involved in the 80s when SDC upgraded it to replace their 'bunker' in the basement of the council offices. Complete rewire, new ventilation units (those drum things in the photo) and moved a load of kit from Bourne Hill. The genny still started and ran even after 15 years.
A few things of interest: the bunker seems to have been built in an existing small chalk pit back in the 40s(?) which was then backfilled to cover it. Abandoned in 1967 when they gave up with civil defence. Enter through the long tunnel from the front door, set of steel doors with an airlock/decontamination area, genny room on right, inside you have another room on right with the vent kit, comms room on left with incoming BT lines, main room ahead with escape hatch tunnel on far right, situation room on left with door through to bunk room and toilets, kitchen and toilets off main room.
Photos of the place to come when I can dig them out.
Used to get in through the escape hatch for a look round in the late 70s, all the power and water were still on, old situation boards in place, civil defence posters on the water heater. No grafitti either! On the surface there were two brick vent stacks, the escape hatch and a 60ft lattice tower. A mate climbed up the tower and said the top half was only held on with a couple of bolts, well shaky!
Got involved in the 80s when SDC upgraded it to replace their 'bunker' in the basement of the council offices. Complete rewire, new ventilation units (those drum things in the photo) and moved a load of kit from Bourne Hill. The genny still started and ran even after 15 years.
A few things of interest: the bunker seems to have been built in an existing small chalk pit back in the 40s(?) which was then backfilled to cover it. Abandoned in 1967 when they gave up with civil defence. Enter through the long tunnel from the front door, set of steel doors with an airlock/decontamination area, genny room on right, inside you have another room on right with the vent kit, comms room on left with incoming BT lines, main room ahead with escape hatch tunnel on far right, situation room on left with door through to bunk room and toilets, kitchen and toilets off main room.
Photos of the place to come when I can dig them out.
