Apparently this has been reported “Everywhere” before so I won’t go into too much depth on the history…
It was built in Victorian times as a large armoury just safely outside of London. It stored a massive amount of guns, ammo, and no doubt men with moustaches.
When the first World war came around, moustaches had gotten shorter, and the armoury had been upgraded, and more heavily fortified.
By the time the second world war came round, we’d all shaved our toothbrush moustaches off because they were considered a bit bad taste. Oh, and the fort became even more fortified, and nearly a hundreed soldiers were based up on the fort to guard it against a land invasion.
A full and accurate history was been done by the boys and girls at SubBrit here:
http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/sites/n/north_weald_ mobilisation_centre/index.shtml
…Although they don’t mention moustaches at all.
It’s methodically designed, in a ‘U’ shape, built into the hillside. With a blast bank in front of it. It something went off it wouldn’t all go up. It was also divided into loads of tiny ‘cells’ to prevent a chain explosion.
Stop looking at my nuts….
A jaunt up the hill side reveals yet another similar structure, it’s tunnels, and concrete labrinthes stretching deep into the hill side.
Tiny rooms shoot off in every direction, some traces of their original purpose remain.
In near complete darkness, and absolute silence, occasionally pools of light stream in through ventilation shafts.
Most of the outer portions that are lit are covered in various qualities of graffiti:
The site also had a presence from radio giant Marconi, as early as the 1920’s. Their buildings are near the public edge of the site: and are completely trashed. A couple of original relics remain:
It’s sad but they are so beyond repair and stripped of their past, it’s almost the graffiti which makes them so photographic.
It was built in Victorian times as a large armoury just safely outside of London. It stored a massive amount of guns, ammo, and no doubt men with moustaches.
When the first World war came around, moustaches had gotten shorter, and the armoury had been upgraded, and more heavily fortified.
By the time the second world war came round, we’d all shaved our toothbrush moustaches off because they were considered a bit bad taste. Oh, and the fort became even more fortified, and nearly a hundreed soldiers were based up on the fort to guard it against a land invasion.
A full and accurate history was been done by the boys and girls at SubBrit here:
http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/sites/n/north_weald_ mobilisation_centre/index.shtml
…Although they don’t mention moustaches at all.
It’s methodically designed, in a ‘U’ shape, built into the hillside. With a blast bank in front of it. It something went off it wouldn’t all go up. It was also divided into loads of tiny ‘cells’ to prevent a chain explosion.
Stop looking at my nuts….
A jaunt up the hill side reveals yet another similar structure, it’s tunnels, and concrete labrinthes stretching deep into the hill side.
Tiny rooms shoot off in every direction, some traces of their original purpose remain.
In near complete darkness, and absolute silence, occasionally pools of light stream in through ventilation shafts.
Most of the outer portions that are lit are covered in various qualities of graffiti:
The site also had a presence from radio giant Marconi, as early as the 1920’s. Their buildings are near the public edge of the site: and are completely trashed. A couple of original relics remain:
It’s sad but they are so beyond repair and stripped of their past, it’s almost the graffiti which makes them so photographic.
