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Cabinet War Rooms & Churchill Museum

Above: Pictures from the extensive Churchill exhibition. The first in a recreated pose on the scrambler telephone, supposedly talking to President Roosevelt in America. Then a picture of the great man in typical power pose. Next the real things, two of Churchills top coats, with a picture of him wearing one as he inspects French troops in the company of General De Gaulle. Many interesting pieces of correspondence were on display, including one from King George V1, pleading with Churchill not to be present at the D-Day landings, as was the intention for both to attend as on-lookers. In the end Churchill did concede to the Kings behest, that their presence was not in the best interest of the country, should anything untoward happen to either of them.

More pictures this time concentrating on the Cabinet War rooms, showing first a switchboard operator and secondly the communication facilities, with links to all manner of departments, both military and civil. Despite being underground and with a layer of re-inforced concrete over their heads the place was still not safe from a direct hit. Fortunately the Germans were never that accurate. The nearest bomb fell outside the building in the vicinity of the current entrance to the exhibition, causing minimal damage and disruption. A point noted by Pam was that all the clocks in the various rooms, off which there was a number, were showing just prior to 5. On enquiring, we were later told that this was simply to reflect a point in time, no other significance.

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