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Foto/ Brenda bunkerit bërthamor të Mbretëreshës

Elton Tafaruci
TAKE a look inside the Royal Cold War bunker where The Queen and her family would have fled had there ever been a nuclear attack on Britain. The overgrown, graffiti-clad area gives no indication of what lies beneath, but these pictures have revealed the bunker at Barnton Quarry. Pictures give a glimpse into the run-down remains of one of the UKís Regional Seats of Government, which would have acted as a base for operations in the event of a Soviet nuclear attack. If the defenses had not worked this is where Britainís royal family could have faced their final moments. The shots were snapped by Manchester artist, photographer and film maker Andrew Brooks (39) as part of his Secret Cities project.

Këtu do të strehohej Mbretëresha e Anglisë dhe familja e saj në rast se do të ndodhte ndonjë sulm bërthamor ndaj Anglisë.
Bunkeri është ndërtuar në kryeqytetin e Skocisë, Edinburg, në vitin 1952 100 metra nën tokë.

Ai ishte përdorur më parë si një bazë e komandës së forcave të armatosura ajrore gjatë Luftës së Dytë Botërore dhe tashmë është braktisur siç e shikoni në videon dhe fotot e fotografit nga Mançesteri, Endrju Bruks.

Në rast të një sulmi bërthamor të sovjetikëve, ajo do të ishte streha e qeveritarëve dhe familjes mbretërore

Take a look inside the Royal Cold War bunker where The Queen and her family would have fled had there ever been a nuclear attack on Britain

The overgrown, graffiti-clad area gives no indication of what lies beneath, but these pictures have revealed the bunker, built in 1952, at Barnton Quarry, near the Windsor family residence of Holyroodhouse as well as the Scottish capital, Edinburgh

Pictures give a glimpse into the run-down remains of one of the UK's Regional Seats of Government, which would have acted as a base for operations in the event of a Soviet nuclear attack

The structure, 100ft beneath the surface, had 10ft thick reinforced concrete walls and metal blast doors 

The shots were snapped by Manchester artist, photographer and film maker Andrew Brooks, 39, as part of his Secret Cities project

He said: 'We got deeper into the bunker system and eventually found our way down a tunnel and the three levels to an old maintenance room'

The bunker cannot be accessed by members of the public

Two of those working to restore the site

The bunker at Barnton Quarry was used as an RAF fighter command operations room during World War Two before advances in technology made radar stations redundant

The photographer said: 'There was a real apocalyptic feel to the space which I think you can see in the pictures. The whole bunker had been set on fire a few years before our visit, so every wall was black with soot and every surface marked and damaged'

Although it was classed as a secret government building, its existence was made public on Good Friday in 1963 when a group known as Spies for Peace revealed details of it and thirteen other regional seats of government in the UK

Andrew said he had held back from sharing his pictures as he felt the place was unsafe and did not want to draw attention to it

That need for secrecy changed after he found out an organisation is working on restoring the bunker to its former glory

'They have asked me to mention the site is secure 24/7 so can't be accessed except through them,' he said

'But anyone over 18 can volunteer to help them with their work and they will then get a full tour of the bunker,' the photographer added

He went on: 'Other than this there are no tours available at the moment or access for photography, but their end aim is to open the bunker to all visitors as a museum' 

An exterior view of the site

A photographer working at the site

After the atomic attack on Hiroshima it became clear that London would not survive if targeted with a nuclear weapon so plans were drawn up to spread the seats of government to the rest of the country

There were 11 central Seats including: North ¿ Catterick Camp, Yorkshire, North East ¿ York Castle, North Midlands ¿ Nottingham War Room, Eastern ¿ Cambridge War Room, London ¿ Original War Rooms retained

 

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