North Yorks Nuke Test

blackprince · Post by **blackprince** » Sun 31 May, 2009 3:04 pm

Just heard about this announcement on Radio 5 Live.How was the news of the underground nuclear test in North Yorkshire received in Leeds?Did the West Riding go to DEFCON 5?Is Leeds busy reopening the Large Public Air Raid Trenches and testing the air raid sirens. Are you all searching for your Protect and Survive leaflets from the 80's. and taping your windows up with masking tape?Here in the NW we are confident that they may have the bomb in Northallerton but haven't developed the means to deliver it across the Pennines yet. They could probably get it as far as Leeds by towing it down the A1 behind a tractor.

Post by **chameleon** » Sun 31 May, 2009 3:20 pm

That will be this one then! Geography not this presenter's strong point then!http://www.secretleeds.co.uk/forum/Mess ... eadID=1788

drapesy · Post by **drapesy** » Sun 31 May, 2009 11:18 pm

Keep calm and carry on everyone.It's all covered in this handy booklet.

Post by **chameleon** » Sun 31 May, 2009 11:20 pm

drapesy wrote: Keep calm and carry on everyone.It's all covered in this handy booklet. Duck, dive and of course close your eyes. At least there'd be no complaints afterwards about duff info Drapesy - there'd be no one left

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Sun 31 May, 2009 11:34 pm

They've obviously harnessed the power of two yorkshiremen disagreeing with each other. This is an area of physics which is little known. Both are obviously right, and you know they are, but they exist in the same state at the same time. Possibly proving that alternate universes do exist where all yorkshiremen are right in their own place at their own time.

Post by **chameleon** » Sun 31 May, 2009 11:49 pm

Cardiarms wrote: They've obviously harnessed the power of two yorkshiremen disagreeing with each other. This is an area of physics which is little known. Both are obviously right, and you know they are, but they exist in the same state at the same time. Possibly proving that alternate universes do exist where all yorkshiremen are right in their own place at their own time. Did someone mention Fev?

simong · Post by **simong** » Mon 01 Jun, 2009 12:31 am

drapesy wrote: Keep calm and carry on everyone.It's all covered in this handy booklet. That they charged 30p to tell people about the council's plans for the bomb says a lot In South Yorkshire we got to see 'Threads' and a tour of the emergency support centre under Cusworth Hall in Doncaster. I've also probably got reprints of things that the Sheffield Star and the Huddersfield Examiner put out in the early 80s somewhere too.

Crazy Jane · Post by **Crazy Jane** » Tue 02 Jun, 2009 5:05 pm

Crossgates library used to have a map on display with circles on it showing the blast radius for different types of damage possible from a nuke hit on the nearby Barnbow/Vickers factory.At Smeaton, we got subjected to threads as well.