paulhodgkins Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Some fascinating stuff here..... http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/index.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lindad993 Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 When I was a kid my Mum was in the Civil Defence, they were told "in case of Nuclear Bomb attack" get down behind a wall. No shortage of walls in farmland around Sheffield. Seriously the old ammunition dump in Grenoside was outfitted as fallout shelters for a while. Dunno what they are now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddinburner Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 It's actually under the town hall and is used these days as the base for CCTV operations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookingfat50 Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 still thinking where to build t I think meadowhall would be a good place to buid it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Ralge Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 To answer the OP, I don't know but from a recent visit to one in Berlin I'm clear in thinking that being in one would have been very unpleasant. In Berlin the bunker was 3500 sq.m in area and was intended to house 3000 "lucky" people in 95% humidity (it is reckoned) with only one option: stay on your bunk and hope the air intake chimney on top of the car park above you wasn't hit/dislodged by the blast. None of the bunkers were ever tested to see whether the saved lucky ones would come out of the bunker after two weeks still healthy and sane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bargepole23 Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 I think central government ones were abandoned as nuclear weapons became much more powerful, because they would have to be so deep that they would be next to impossible to construct, and then after a nuclear strike, the underground rock would have shifted so that they would be impossible to escape from, entombing the occupants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nagel Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 I think central government ones were abandoned as nuclear weapons became much more powerful, because they would have to be so deep that they would be next to impossible to construct, and then after a nuclear strike, the underground rock would have shifted so that they would be impossible to escape from, entombing the occupants. The central government shelter for the UK was near Cheltenham under the Cotswolds. They dug under the escarpment to get the necessary depth. It may have escaped bombing depending if the Russians knew about it or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpecialPG Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 dose anyone have a copy of 'Threds' i could buy/have, my nan's old house was used in the making along with other memrebilia from arround that time, it would be nice to own my own copy:) i would prefer a DvD or DivX version as i dont have a vidio player:) you can watch the full movie on youtube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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