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Radio Sussex,5 mins

Wakehurst’s underground secret

Secret Sussex

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A few steps away from the Elizabethan mansion, a secret underground radio station has been hidden in the woods for more than 80 years – even the owners didn’t know it was there. Bethan Hobbs reveals how a group of women kept their wartime work top-secret. Produced by Simon Furber Image courtesy of Katelyn Johnson

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