Liverpools Secret Underground Wartime HQ..Aug 09.

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09-25-2010
wherever i may roam

Liverpools Secret Underground Wartime HQ..Aug 09.

This is western approaches,Liverpools secret underground wartime headquarters used in ww2 for the battle of the atlantic,ect...well worth the £6 entrance fee...

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http://i647.photobucket.com/albums/u...s/SSA41512.jpg...thank you.
09-25-2010
scouse smurf

Brilliant pics, saved me 6 quid too :)
09-25-2010
az_gila

How long has it been open to the public?
09-25-2010
scouse smurf

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Originally Posted by az_gila

How long has it been open to the public?

A good few years now. I used to walk past it when I was on a training scheme down that way, and that was about 10 years ago... Unless I went through a time hole ;)
09-25-2010
GeorgePorgie

Eck! I knew we used dummy aircraft on the ground to fool the german recon...but dummys in the war rooms...c'mon.:slywink:

Nice one. :PDT11
09-25-2010
lindylou

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Originally Posted by scouse smurf

A good few years now. I used to walk past it when I was on a training scheme down that way, and that was about 10 years ago... Unless I went through a time hole ;)

Yeah, it's been open to the public for ages.
Not sure how many years but I used to take my son when he was younger. He went a few times - he had a bit of a craze on going there :)
09-26-2010
hmtmaj

Been there too, took about an hour to get around, really is worth a visit.
Thanks for posting the pics :PDT_Piratz_26:
09-26-2010
az_gila

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Originally Posted by lindylou

Yeah, it's been open to the public for ages.
Not sure how many years but I used to take my son when he was younger. He went a few times - he had a bit of a craze on going there :)

My family has never mentioned it...

We went to the London one just after it opened (80's?) and it was very interesting.

Did this Liverpool one have a similar story - abandoned and locked up at the end of WWII, and discovered decades later in it's original condition?

I'll put it on the list for my Feb. trip....:)
11-21-2010
az_gila

An interesting article on the Western Approaches from an American author -

http://www.historyarticles.com/western_approaches.htm

Seems well done, and talks about the 1.2 million GIs (2.1 in another section) that came in through Liverpool.

When Americans find out I am from Liverpool - it's interesting that a lot of the WWII veterans remember Liverpool, and the march from the Pier Head to Lime Street station...:)

I wondered why I met so many of them, but the 1.2 million number puts it into perspective.
11-22-2010
wsteve55

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Originally Posted by az_gila

An interesting article on the Western Approaches from an American author -

http://www.historyarticles.com/western_approaches.htm

Seems well done, and talks about the 1.2 million GIs (2.1 in another section) that came in through Liverpool.

When Americans find out I am from Liverpool - it's interesting that a lot of the WWII veterans remember Liverpool, and the march from the Pier Head to Lime Street station...:)

I wondered why I met so many of them, but the 1.2 million number puts it into perspective.

Nice to see this memorial at the Pier head,is now more easily observed,as it used to be hidden by the bus stops,with a concrete litter bin underneath it!!
11-23-2010
az_gila

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Originally Posted by wsteve55

Nice to see this memorial at the Pier head,is now more easily observed,as it used to be hidden by the bus stops,with a concrete litter bin underneath it!!

It's a bit plain, but nicely to the point.