> Atherton Royal Observer Corps (ROC) Bunker 📍

Read more about this Royal Observer Corps (ROC) bunker on Subterranea Brittanica.

Open between 1959 and 1991 the shelter would have protected a few men whose job was to detect, locate and communicate the location of nuclear detonations using triangulation. You can see photos from inside on 28DaysLater and on Northwest Exploration, and read about it in this Manchester Evening News story.

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