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WWII Bunker
Tom Anderson wrote: On Thu, 5 May 2005, Kat wrote: lonelytraveller wrote: I had read that there were some shelters built under some of the central tube stations, but that the planned one at St. Pauls was never actually built. According to our duty manager, who used to work on that group, the doors do lead to what was going to be a shelter. He said that while the excavating was taking place local people complained about the noise and got the work stopped by finding some ancient law forbidding any tunnelling under St Paul's Cathedral. Hang on - was this *during* the war? "Bomb shelter? No thanks, too noisy! We'll just sit here with these nice quiet BOMBS FALLING ON OUR HEADS."?!?! tom -- The major advances in civilization are processes that all but wreck the societies in which they occur. -- Alfred North Whitehead As a matter of interest, was there any work done at Bethnal Green or Oval? As I recall there might have been some done at Oval, but it was abandoned due to water ingress. Neill |
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