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Willy Wonka's Nuclear Factories
What sweet treats lay within Britain's buffer depots?
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4 years, 9 months ago
Sound An Alarm
The 1971 film 'Sound An Alarm', looking at the work of the UKWMO.
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4 years, 9 months ago
Four Minutes of Threads, Part XI
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4 years, 9 months ago
The NHS and Nuclear War
Another short extract from the book about the health service's plans for nuclear war.
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4 years, 10 months ago
Royal Observer Corps
A short extract from my upcoming book. I explore an ROC Monitoring Post and describe the work of the Corps during the Blitz and the Cold War.
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4 years, 10 months ago
Interview with Rita May (Mrs Kemp in THREADS)
I spoke to the wonderful Rita May about her memories of THREADS.
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4 years, 10 months ago
Short extract from the book...
I read two pages from the Civil Defence Corps chapter of my book.
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4 years, 11 months ago
Cauliflower and Plym: Britain's First Atomic Bomb
Cauliflower and Plym: not a cocktail, but two unusual elements of Britain's first atomic test, Operation Hurricane.
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4 years, 11 months ago
A Saturday Job After Nuclear War
Looking at proposals for jobs for adolescents after nuclear attack.
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4 years, 11 months ago
Target North West
The 1982 booklet 'Target North West' evaluated civil defence plans for the NW of England. We look at the chapter on Law and Order.
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4 years, 11 months ago