Welcome to the Cold War bunker which has become one man’s not-so-secret WW3 hideout.
Mike Parrish at the entrance to his secret bunker in Essex ‘This is the Wartime Broadcasting Service. This country has been attacked with nuclear weapons. Communications have been severely disrupted, and the number of casualties and the extent of the damage are not yet known. We shall bring you further information as soon as possible.’ If the Cold War had gone nuclear, this is the chilling warning former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher would have broadcast to the nation.
‘The threat of world war is no more’ Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev had declared in December 1991. In Essex, the secret bunker was gathering dust and costing the Government a hefty £3 million each year to guard and keep running. So, in 1992, the decision was made to decommission the site. By this point, locals had noticed the bungalow wasn’t all it seemed; they referred to the area as the ‘Hole in the Ground.
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