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HISTORY OF THE BUILDING.
Winston Churchill decided in 1938 that an underground cabinet office
was needed, in case war broke out. The office, which was under a
civil service building, was converted and reinforced. By the end of
World War II the offices grew to 3 acres and could support over 500
people. These offices, which are on 2 layers, consisted of sleeping
quarters, canteen, shooting ranges, and a map room, Churchill’s
private bedroom, along with many other rooms where important
decisions were made during air raids.
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LONDON FOR
KIDS
CABINET WAR ROOMS.
When you are in the rooms
you discover how Winston Churchill would have run meetings and operations. You
can notice the difference between the rooms, where Churchill had a luxury room
and the high rank officers had good rooms too, but the juniors were less fortunate. The
main difference was the senior ranks had a piece on of carpet and a larger bed.
There was nothing you can
touch except the audio phone which you needed to go round the rooms.
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