Kelvedon Hatch and the Epping & Ongar Railway

[alexander.keys1]

On 17 Nov, 21:46, "alexander.keys1" <alexander.ke...@googlemail.com>
wrote:
> On 17 Nov, 21:24, "Peter Masson" <peter.mass...@privacy.com> wrote:
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> > "D7666" <d7...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> >news:bd1ba712-cdad-4cd8...@s31g2000yqs.googlegroups.com...
> > 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.
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> > Peter
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> 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.
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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.

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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