marsh man Posted October 18 Report Share Posted October 18 Some of you long term members can remember one of the best threads ever about finding a nuclear bunker below some railway sleepers in a barn somewhere in Norfolk , we were all eager to find the outcome and I can now confirm it is on the market for around £10,000 , so if any member have got a cool 10K under the floorboards you might want to buy a bit of Pigeon Watch folklore . MM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted October 18 Report Share Posted October 18 I don't think the Harnser thread was about a NUCLEAR BUNKER. It was supposedly full of American WW2 Stuff, like Jeeps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted October 18 Author Report Share Posted October 18 6 minutes ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: I don't think the Harnser thread was about a NUCLEAR BUNKER. It was supposedly full of American WW2 Stuff, like Jeeps. Well your got a far better memory than me Dave , as Mick is sadly no longer here we will pretend he found the WW2 stuff in a bunker that could have been constructed for Nuclear warfare , how's that , again all sorted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted October 18 Report Share Posted October 18 A fair compromise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaymo Posted October 18 Report Share Posted October 18 Where is that advertised? May be interested I see it’s in the EDP Will take a look Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted October 18 Report Share Posted October 18 Come on AIRCREW........................ https://www.brown-co.com/view-news/nuclear-bunker-for-sale-at-auction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted October 18 Report Share Posted October 18 THE very best of PW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun4860 Posted October 18 Report Share Posted October 18 2 hours ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: Come on AIRCREW........................ https://www.brown-co.com/view-news/nuclear-bunker-for-sale-at-auction It only holds 3 people. Harsh decisions for a family of 4. £10k is the starting price 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nublue 22 Posted October 18 Report Share Posted October 18 Well that will work when the bombs go off. All you'll need is about 700 pot noddles some water and, Oh loads of other thing to survive only to pop out in 10 years to nothing, I think I'll just die. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun4860 Posted October 18 Report Share Posted October 18 23 minutes ago, Nublue 22 said: Well that will work when the bombs go off. All you'll need is about 700 pot noddles some water and, Oh loads of other thing to survive only to pop out in 10 years to nothing, I think I'll just die. You will run out of pot noodles after 2 years, and that’s just one a day. Best fill it out with cuppa soups Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted October 18 Report Share Posted October 18 Hello, I would buy it just to put Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves in before the Budget😄 Just now, oldypigeonpopper said: Hello, I would buy it just to put Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves in before the Budget😄 Room for 1 more 🤔, Any Takers 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welsh1 Posted October 18 Report Share Posted October 18 43 minutes ago, Nublue 22 said: Well that will work when the bombs go off. All you'll need is about 700 pot noddles some water and, Oh loads of other thing to survive only to pop out in 10 years to nothing, I think I'll just die. There isn't usually any toilets in them, so 2 years and 700 pot noodles might create a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted October 18 Report Share Posted October 18 (edited) on one of the farms i shoot has one, iv not been in it. its along a hedge row.i opened the door and steps going down ,the farmer knows its there. Edited October 18 by mossy835 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enfieldspares Posted October 18 Report Share Posted October 18 (edited) I have had the "pleasure" of being inside one of these things some thirty years ago in the early 1980s. If anyone wants to recreate the experience put quarter of an inch of watery mud in a concrete tray and then stand about in it inside a concrete shed with condensation clinging to the walls. All the time at the back of your mind concerned that some lunatic jealous of your supposed surviving any radioactive fall out wasn't going to come along and pour petrol down the air vent and then set it alight on the belief that if they were going to die then so were you with albeit somewhat sooner and at their hands rather than the Russians. Nuclear bunker? Tomb for three would have been a better description. I cannot think why anyone would be so stupid as to want to buy one save unless it came with a considerable area of surrounding land or to stop "nutters" from buying it (with a then right of access from any nearby road) and causing nuisance of it was in a field that you owned and buying it removed that possibility. Edited October 18 by enfieldspares Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aled Posted October 18 Report Share Posted October 18 5 hours ago, wymberley said: Iep i remember that one! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted October 18 Author Report Share Posted October 18 Some of you ex servicemen might well know what I am trying to describe , we have a few heavy duty round or shaped like an ole threepenny bit very strong buildings above ground on the marshes they have very thick brickwork , concrete roof and slits like a castle all around , these would take some knocking down and the one we had on our shoot was in a excellent position to shoot Rabbits out the ( windows ) , if you don't know what I mean I will try and take a photo of one of them . MM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted October 18 Report Share Posted October 18 (edited) Commonly known as "Pill Boxes" and were placed on routes to defend in case of invasion. All over the place especially across East Anglia with the profusion of WW2 airfields. Edited October 18 by TIGHTCHOKE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaymo Posted October 18 Report Share Posted October 18 5 hours ago, shaun4860 said: It only holds 3 people. Harsh decisions for a family of 4. £10k is the starting price 🤔 Who said I was letting the wife in!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted October 18 Author Report Share Posted October 18 21 minutes ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: Commonly known as "Pill Boxes" and were placed on routes to defend in case of invasion. All over the place especially across East Anglia with the profusion of WW2 airfields. You are exactly right T C , we used to call them Pill Boxes but I had forgotten about what they were known as , they have been on the marshes all my life and they will outlive me and many more after me if they don't knock them down , Would they have any protection order on them , or would they be a listed building ? MM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted October 18 Report Share Posted October 18 1 minute ago, marsh man said: You are exactly right T C , we used to call them Pill Boxes but I had forgotten about what they were known as , they have been on the marshes all my life and they will outlive me and many more after me if they don't knock them down , Would they have any protection order on them , or would they be a listed building ? MM I doubt many of them would, we have lots round here and they were very well constructed in the 1940's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted October 18 Report Share Posted October 18 35 minutes ago, Jaymo said: Who said I was letting the wife in!!! i bet you would let angela raynor in....😍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handy4454 Posted October 18 Report Share Posted October 18 4 hours ago, welsh1 said: There isn't usually any toilets in them, so 2 years and 700 pot noodles might create a problem. This one has a toilet, spent several happy hours down there with an old girlfriend, the present farmers grandad put a stop to that when he lifted a massive concrete block on top of the access hatch... 😂😂. Smile to myself while beating, we line out for one of the drives along the field edge, happy memories boys... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted October 18 Author Report Share Posted October 18 3 minutes ago, handy4454 said: This one has a toilet, spent several happy hours down there with an old girlfriend, the present farmers grandad put a stop to that when he lifted a massive concrete block on top of the access hatch... 😂😂. Smile to myself while beating, we line out for one of the drives along the field edge, happy memories boys... I used to take my girl friend who ended up as my wife in some strange places , she came up the river with me a few times in a 21 foot gun punt and it was a cheap Broadland holiday but I cannot compete with passing the time together in a WW2 bunker , sound romantic though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handy4454 Posted October 18 Report Share Posted October 18 As teenagers, more a case of need than romance.... 😂 The steel ladder down from the hatch was useful, as there was a fair height difference between us if she stood on the first rung and hung on everything lined up pretty spot on..... As has been mentioned earlier though, was a damp old place even in mid summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz45 Posted October 18 Report Share Posted October 18 6 hours ago, Nublue 22 said: Well that will work when the bombs go off. All you'll need is about 700 pot noddles some water and, Oh loads of other thing to survive only to pop out in 10 years to nothing, I think I'll just die. Well said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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