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Radio Cumbria,09 Aug 2024,24 mins

The secret Brampton nuclear bunker

Secret Cumbria

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Constructed during the Cold War, it was a refuge for 3 Royal Observer Corp volunteers who were given two weeks to live in the event of all out war. Andrew Carter explores the underground monitoring post in a garden north of Carlisle, that was decommissioned over thirty years ago, which is now home to spiders, and faded top secret maps on the wall.

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