During the Cold War, a number of nuclear bunkers were established beneath London which, due to their nature, are tricky to find- or indeed have been demolished altogether.
There is one particular bunker though which is hidden in plain sight; you can see it on a south London housing estate- beneath a block of flats known as ‘Pear Tree House’- and in this video we will be exploring the intriguing story behind it...
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Related links:
A look around the inside of the Pear Tree House bunker:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D-8C1z2ysQ&t=56s
‘If the Bomb Drops’- a BBC Panorama documentary from 1980:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=milbW4RDIco&t=1894s
‘QED- A Guide to Armageddon’- a 1982 documentary which examines the potential impact of a single nuclear warhead on London:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GJttnC8PoA
The full set of 'Protect and Survive' public information films:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6U9T3R3EQg&t=748s
‘Walled In’- a short film about the Berlin Wall:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwQsTzGkbiY&t=252s
The Kelvedon Hatch Bunker:
https://secretnuclearbunker.com/
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My personal links:
‘The Knowledge: Train Your Brain Like a Cabbie’:
https://www.quercusbooks.co.uk/titles/robert-lordan/the-knowledge/9781786489692/
‘Waterloo: A History of London’s Biggest Terminus’
https://www.crowood.com/products/waterloo-station-by-robert-lordan
My Etsy Store (robsonlinedesign):
https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/robsonlinedesigns
My website:
https://robslondon.com/
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Music used in this video:
Ominous (Kevin MacLeod)
3am (CO.AG):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oE9Q_OpZnQ&list=PLr4Nbm9HUD4OulyVTjYxhW1Xsj_N-9SHe&index=10
Dark Fog by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300031
Artist: http://incompetech.com/
Local Forecast (Kevin MacLeod)
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(Please note, the Pear Tree House Bunker is off limits to the public and is also potentially hazardous due to asbestos. If you wish to view the bunker from outside, please be courteous to the residents who live in the flats above).