Ages ago I mentioned the well maintained white painted stile type objects that were linking fuel routes to East Anglian airfields. Someone provided a map of all the underground routes, which I would say were not to be used by humans. There is a spur from a main east west line of supply pipes that connects to Greenham Common. I was surprised to see some of the secret sites were such as Porton Down.
"Secret Bases" lists most of the visible establishments and is hosted courtesy of Bitech Systems in a former command and control centre at RAF Greenham Common. Some folk spend their whole time googling odd features that appear near military places.
Of course back in 1985 the east coast was a chess board divided between fast jets, lumbering Bears and Bloodhound Missiles. The missiles were a surprise all facing east and operational as far as I could tell by the Alsation and chap in uniform watching as we stared at the missiles. West Raynham base was closed, and the missiles turned into rusting heaps.
The Bears and Bisons are back threatening peace and tranquility For Berlin read Syria.
Where I grew up in Woolton Hill a neighbour was involved with tube alloys working with a French/British/Canadian group of scientists somewhere in Canada. He then was involved with Australian explosions, finally working firstly at Harwell and then as Deputy Director of AWRE Aldermaston. We only found out when his obit appeared in the Times. Despite being a brilliant nuclear bomb maker his father was a Durham miner. Maybe he was a secret tunneler as well. The truth is out there. ce
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