A real disclosure, tunnels under London...

Sat Mar 06, 2010 4:34 am » by **Snake Plissken**

No chance Sockpuppet, they no longer work for the MOD and have no connections, left this job in late 80s.

But now I know theres really something down there I have a good starting point... :wink:

Sat Mar 06, 2010 5:01 pm » by **Snake Plissken**

Oh yeah, I forgot, this person also metioned that they had been told that the tunnels had existed for a very long time and that they were old even when they were being used by our kings and queens many years ago. They said that the way the tunnels were constructed reminded them of a curch and that at several intervals there were doors that always had an armed guard present. Thought they were unsure exactly where all of these doors and tunnels lead to, it had been made clear that there was a definite route to buckingham palace and parliament.

I keep remembering more little things that this person said as the days go by, unfortunately I wasnt exactly in a position to whip a tape recorder out, instead I have to rely on my frazzled brain...! :wink:

Sat Mar 06, 2010 5:29 pm » by **sockpuppet**

Most people don't know this, but it was the Romans who started building the underground tunnel system in Europe....

Sat Mar 06, 2010 5:42 pm » by **Starphazer**

A lot of tunnels are blocked off with brick.Why with bricks?

Sat Mar 06, 2010 5:48 pm » by **sockpuppet**

starphazer wrote:A lot of tunnels are blocked off with brick.Why with bricks?

Why not? They are available, cheap, easy to transport, and easy to work with.

Sat Mar 06, 2010 5:53 pm » by **Timewarp**

Here is a deep level shelter in London.

Goodge Street: Deep Level Shelter

London WC1
[Source: Nick Catford ]
The building is called The Eisenhower Centre.

East Entrance:

Location: In Chenies Street, WC1 at the junction of North Crescent.

Description: The building consists of two concrete blocks one circular 'pillbox' and the smaller one octagonal. They are joined by a long thin rectangular brick building. There is a brick ventilation shaft attached to the rear of this brick building. It has a door and a beam for carrying a pulley for loading large or heavy objects into the tunnels. The main entrance is at the front opposite Alfred Place. There is a square brick ventilation shaft on the roof of the circular 'pillbox' with a small brick extension on the east side of the octagonal building. The whole structure is painted cream and red.

West Entrance:

Location: In Tottenham Court Road, W1 next to Whitfield Memorial Church and opposite Torrington Place.

Description: The main structure is circular 'pillbox' built of concrete. There is a square brick intake ventilation shaft on the roof and two lower brick extensions either side of the shaft coming down to ground level. These were for the original doors. On the entrance fronting onto Tottenham Court Road there are the remains of a painted sign which reads` ----D Property ----trance strictly ----ohibited ----out authority'. The sign has been cut in half by the addition of a later door and may date from WW2 or 50's use. There is a rectangular brick building behind with a low ventilation shaft on the roof. The roof of this building has modern railings round it and is used as a play area by the Fitzrovia Children's Centre in Whitfield Street who also use the building. The west entrance appears to be unused other than an emergency access to the Eisenhower Centre.

Pictures on the link.

http://www.subbrit.org.uk/rsg/sites/g/g ... index.html

Sat Mar 06, 2010 5:55 pm » by **Starphazer**

sockpuppet wrote:
starphazer wrote:A lot of tunnels are blocked off with brick.Why with bricks?

Why not? They are available, cheap, easy to transport, and easy to work with.

Easy to knock down to if you need to access them real quick.

Sat Mar 06, 2010 6:00 pm » by **sockpuppet**

starphazer wrote:
sockpuppet wrote:
starphazer wrote:A lot of tunnels are blocked off with brick.Why with bricks?

Why not? They are available, cheap, easy to transport, and easy to work with.

Easy to knock down to if you need to access them real quick.

http://underground-history.co.uk/shelters.php

After the Second World War came to an end, plans to create the express route stayed on the shelf, and were then ultimately dropped as money for the project wasn't available. Most of the shelters found post war use initially as accommodation for the army in transit and most are today in use as storage facilities.

As they were now being used for other purposes, all the deep level shelters were isolated from their associated active Underground stations, in most cases the interconnection tunnels being bricked up.

Sat Mar 06, 2010 6:34 pm » by **Svaha**

Interesting to look at, tunnels are everywhere, in some continents they are real old, most of them are not discovered yet.
Where I live there is a vast network of tunnels and bunkers. During WWII a bmw factory was build underground here (but never used), the tunnels where also used to take shelter, even little churches were made here, they were used by smugglers and so on.
Today part of them are still used for the storage off US boys toys.

Imagine a castle surrounded by the enemy to starve them to death or surrender.
But there seemed to be an infinite storage of food in the castle because every day there was a big party.
Little did they know that the knights of the castle went underground through the tunnels to the villages where the enemy came from and robbed the place completely. :mrgreen: