Saturday 20 September 2003

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Greater London Industrial Archeology Society

Another link from my mum, Greater London Industrial Archeology Society. Every couple of months they publish a newsletter full of background information on current events. A quick browse turns up a huge range of stuff: the distilling industry, postboxes, Royal Mail railways, Clapham Common band stand, power stations, tunnels, old shop fronts, and bricks. Shows that you don't need a flashy site, just wonderful content.

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Underground Britain

Following a link from the Greater London Industrial Archeology Society site, I discovered Subterranea Britannica, which appears to be split into information about cold war bunkers, and then everything else. There's a list of bunkers that each have a page of photos, floor plans and description, like Hackney WW2 ARP Control Centre & Post War Borough Control near me at Hackney Town Hall. Or this more rural 1950s bunker which is now a museum.

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