Inside Falkirk's Cold War 'Bunker' which faces being demolished

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An unassuming building close to Falkirk town centre was once at the heart of the district’s response to the threat of nuclear war – but as it faces the bulldozers, it’s a fair bet that most people didn’t know it was ever there.

The bunker – as it is now known to the few people who have heard of it – will soon be demolished along with the district court and council chambers close by.Countless passers-by may not have given it a second glance over the years – if they did, they probably assumed it was an electricity sub-station.But this one-storey building was once Falkirk Council’s wartime headquarters – a base where the civil response to the growing threat from Russia would be coordinated.Here, around 50 staff and Civil Defence volunteers

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