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Inside £18k UK nuclear shelter which has been bought as nuclear apocalypse fears grow

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World War III beginning.Situated in a Yorkshire field, the former Royal Observation Corps bunker off New Road, Badsworth, near Pontefract, had a guide price that started off at £18,000, Yorkshire Live reported.During the Cold War between the United States of America and the Soviet Union, the observation station was filled by by ROC volunteers who were instructed with the task of spotting enemy aircraft that would fly over Britain.READ MORE: Surviving nuclear war in UK - estate agent shows map of safest places outside blast zoneAccording to estate agent Brown & Co, the station had no telephone but was linked to the UK Warning and Monitoring Organisation (UKWMO) headquarters and other UKWMO posts in the same "cluster".Visible from New Road, ROC volunteers would unlock the surface hatch and force open the trapdoor and go down six metres (20ft) into the subterranean chamber.

The main chamber which measures 4.55m by 2.24m and 2.13m, would not only house the volunteers but their instruments as well as welfare facilities.To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.Due to the time in which the bunker was built, there are features that it possesses that are different from other bunkers.The chamber contained a warning receiver to receive instructions on when to sound the siren or fire the maroon which is a warning rocket which produced a noisy bang as well as a large flash.There was also a chemical toilet in a room but has since been removed.The listing states: "Conditions were very primitive, there was no running water, gas or mains electric."The bunker also includes a 16m by 14m plot and with access for vehicles.Russian president Vladimir Putin has consistently warned the.

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