Date: 25 August 2021
Location: Hack Green, Nantwich, Cheshire 53.027496,-2.530728
The former air force base RAF Hack Green featured a reinforced concrete bunker, which was re-purposed as a Regional Government Headquarters (RGHQ) when the Home Office took over the site in 1976. The site became operational in 1984, responsible for ‘Home Defence Region 10’. There were 11 such regions, each with an RGHQ, across the UK forming a network intended to allow government to continue to function in the event of a nuclear attack on the UK. The network was abandoned in the early 1990s following the end of the Cold War. The bunker at Hack Green was purchased by Rodney Siebert and opened to the public as a museum in 1997.
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Love that Einstein quote. Interesting place!
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Ha, yes, that’s a good one.
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Fascinating. It’s like something out of 1970s science fiction. And yet, the 1990s weren’t so long ago.
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Exactly my thoughts! Scary to think that that was how they planned to run (what would have been left of) the country. Makes you wonder what the current generation of secret installations are like – wobbly 90s sci-fi sets probably…
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Let’s hope the computers were made in this century!
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Solidy scary. I particularly like the angle at which you photographed the steps.
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Yes, the exhibits there were all rather sobering… Glad you appreciated the Dutch angle😉
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Thank you for the link: I have learned something new 🙂
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And I learned that the use of “dutch” in various expressions goes back to the Anglo-Dutch wars… Makes me wonder if I should still be using that term… 🤔
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May something like that never be needed! I dread to think what nowadays bunkers look like. Brilliant shots, my 🐉 friend.
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Thank you ✨🐓 It was a strange mixture of fascination and unease that I felt looking around there. Very unsettling indeed to imagine that the facility could have been necessary for its intended purpose, or that its modern equivalents still yet might be.
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Unsettling was the word buzzing in my brain! 😉 🙏🐉🙏
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Frustrating when you know a word but just can’t seem to verbalise it 😩
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Buzzzzzzzzzz 😉🙏🐉🙏
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“Only the dead have seen the end of war.” What a powerful statement that is. What a great idea it was to buy this and turn it into a cold war museum. You made an effective slide show with your photos. Sobering.
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Sad it should be that way, but how true!
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Reading the comments now I see you already said, “sobering.” Well, it is. And Dutch angle – I’ve never heard of that and found the Wiki article interesting. Most of the other “Dutch” terms in the article aren’t used here to my knowledge – it’s all greek to me. 😉 But very interesting.
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Yes, very sobering indeed! Glad you learned something new 🙂
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