Re: Thumper 205205 moves to Epping Ongar Railway!!

[alexander.keys1]

On 17 Nov, 21:24, "Peter Masson" <peter.mass...@privacy.com> wrote:
> "D7666" <d7...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Nov 17, 8:44 pm, Michael Bell <mich...@beaverbell.co.uk> wrote:
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> > I can sort-of-see-why Ken Livingstone decided
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> What do you mean ?
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> The line closed in 1994.
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> Ken was in power 1981-1986 as GLC Leader and 2000-2008 as Mayor of
> London
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> 1994 falls right in the gap while he was an MP in another constiuency.
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> It's well outside London. Essex were asked if they wanted to contribute to
> the cost of running it, but declined.
>
> Peter

Apparently the Epping-Ongar line was kept open to provide transport to
the Kelvedon Hatch nuclear bunker, which was the Regional Government
Headquarters for the London Area during the Cold War.

http://www.secretnuclearbunker.com/

This was deemed surplus to requirements in 1993, after the end of the
Cold War, and is now an excellent museum. I went there in 2001, it was
like going back in time to the 1980's.

[alexander.keys1]

On 17 Nov, 21:46, "alexander.keys1" <alexander.ke...@googlemail.com>
wrote:

[Payback Time]

On Nov 21, 10:20�pm, "alexander.keys1"

> > like going back in time to the 1980's.- Hide quoted text -
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Back to the 1980's !

Sounds great

[Basil Jet]

alexander.keys1 wrote:
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>> http://www.secretnuclearbunker.com/
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>> This was deemed surplus to requirements in 1993, after the end of the
>> Cold War, and is now an excellent museum. I went there in 2001, it
>> was like going back in time to the 1980's.

It must be the most modern part of Ongar then!

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