In article >, Terry Pulliam
Burd > wrote:
> On 27 Nov 2004 20:30:05 -0800, (nancree) wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> > My children now travel to, say, London, and
> >know about hotels, monuments, moments in earlier history. But I think
> >it makes the visit more meaningful if they know about wartime London.
>
> <snip>
>
> The DH and I just spent a few days in London and visited the Cabinet
> War Rooms near Westminster Abbey. Phenomonal. You want a good look and
> feel of wartime London, have a look there. The unbelievably cramped
> quarters, claustrophobic sleeping quarters for junior staff,
> retro-fitted 3' slab of concrete to protect from bombs, primitive (by
> our standards) communications room, etc. Esp. interesting was how
> stark were the bedrooms for Churchill and the senior staff. Add to
> that what must have been ghastly degrees of cigarette/cigar smoke,
> collective human miasma that couldn't be filtered, no running water or
> sewage facilities. It's a tribute to them all.
>
> Highly recommended to one and all.
>
> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
> AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA
<Oooh, ooh, jumps up and down> I was there in early June. I didn't
think about the cigar smoke. Amazing, eh?
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