Forgotten secret wartime Tube station opened - BBC News
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- Опубликовано: 26 июл 2024
- Beneath Clapham South Tube station lie a warren of tunnels which provided shelter for 8,000 people during World War Two.
After the war, the dormitories in south London became temporary accommodation for immigrants from countries like Jamaica who were invited to live in the UK. The tunnels, which are 120ft below the surface, have now been opened up for public visits by Transport for London (TfL) and the London Transport Museum.
BBC London's Alice Bhandhukravi reports.
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0:14 I think that is equivalent to 15 floors 🤔
You beat me to it lol
Truth!!! 👏
"All hand dug" incredible
These would have been dug in the 1940's...
I’d say that that’s about 15 storeys down
geoff marshall fan are we??
In Peter Laurie's book "Beneath The City Streets" (Published 1970, Allen Lane The Penguin Press ISBN O 0739 0114) he mentions all the massive bunkers and shelters dug during the Second World War in London and, if I remember correctly, Duncan Campell's book "The Unsinkable Aircraft Carrier" mentions it too. During research for a doco many years ago about wartime shelter accidents I came across a tit-bit about Eisenhower's US Army using the 'long' shelters under Oxford Street to house his chaps, waiting for D-Day. Using them as nuke shelters during a (brief) war probably won't work because they're not deep enough as, I believe, the minimum required depth is about 300-feet below ground. A former soldier told me that so it must be true.
1:59 "Oh shit, that was my queue!"
When is it being opened to the public ?
Good Morning! Vault Tec calling!
Booming economy, a cafe & a gallery.
178 steps? Sounds like the equivalent of a 15 storey building
this will be useful during current events
Not just Londoners! Others will be interested too! Evening Standard-style reporting there!
Well, "forgotten and secret" no longer apply do they?
Well, did you know about that bunker _before_ this report aired?
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Exactly.
120 ft. is 12 stories.
Vault-Tec...
None of your Business vault 112
I mean if the museum idea fails then maybe they could open them as homeless shelters or even temporary housing for refugees till they can get up on their feet. I
technically you should build under ground that is the future imagine huge underground cities with highways parks and shops cheap affordable living spaces under ground for people who work night so they dont get sunlight in day ... Not a bad idea just need expansion from tunnels to city spaces
I'm guessing you haven't read the Time Machine yet... if you want to hear the result of your idea, read the book
Human Bean yea i know the underground people turn to monsters and cannibals but in reality its different the book is just the imagination of the writer
These shelters are very safe after balem incident
Could you house homeless people here?
+TheWerinbc maybe if they are british..... the last thing you want is a system like that under the effective control of the muslim " refugees"
It would be a usable short-term solution to housing problems while more homes are built.
+Not Sure It would be easier to have border checks before they came into the country.
Mark Gable
if only... but that would be racist...
+Not Sure And facist apparently.???
How coincidental that they are being opened now !
Something brewing in the wind ?
It's called capitalism.
You mean to say, they didn't open them during _sixty years_ of nuclear standoff, but now that they do, something's suddenly "brewing"?
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Your logic is flawless.
Mhorag Christie those wouldn't stop a nuke
Fallout?
Wasn't forgotten at all, absolute nonsense. There was a serious issue with getting people out, there were inadequate exits by modern standards.
Is it warm down there?
It would have been roasting. There was no cooling system just air ventilation. 1 adult human body produces 1 kw of heat per hour. That's the same as a 1000 watt heater! Put 200 of those in one of these tunnels going full boar and you get the idea of just how much heat there was down there.
@@johnrauner2515 my worst nightmare
Could of been opened for the homeless
But money seems to be more of a priority
What a waste! They should reopen it as an Experience Stay hotel/hostel.
When Alice was slim..
Use the beds for the homeless
This is a perfect place for homeless.
8,000 people sleep rough on London's streets but let's open this as a museum. Great job.
Why can the homeless not have them!?!