Visisted By DBS
The Royal Observer Corps began life in the second world war, radar had recently been developed and could be used to spot enemy aircraft coming into the country over the north sea, however once they were over our land, it was the role of the Royal Observer Corps (ROC) to spot and indetify enemy aircraft and relay the information. A number of locations across the country were set aside for this very duty.
At the end of the WWII, the role of the ROC changed to one of monitoring. Their job was to monitor fallout, distance, location and size of explosion in event of a nuclear strike on the country. To this end, over 1,500 bunkers across the country were constructed. Some of these were stood down in 1968, though many stayed until the end of the cold war in 1991, and bunkers from both stand down dates remain in good condition, some still containing all the artefacts that were in use when the need for human monitoring was no longer required.
These bunkers are often found dotted all around the country side, and can be recognised by a green hatch and occasionally a line of telegraph poles that stop abruptly in a field.
This bunker, officially named Burgh On Bain, though located closer to the village of Donnington in Lincolnshire remains in relatively good condition with no fire or water damage. Internally, there are shelves, containing various items, such as a kettle and rubber gloves, there is also a desk which still contains paperwork with OS grid references of the nearest hospitals written on. Furthermore, the post contains a cloud poster commonly used by the ROC.
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