UHI Perth’s principal has joined calls urging the Scottish Government to intervene and save 80 college mental health counselling jobs at risk of potential redundancy.
15.03.2023 - 15:59 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Those old enough to have lived through the Cold War will remember the constant and terrifying threat of nuclear attack.
With international tensions at a dangerously high level in the latter half of the 20th century, it is no surprise that the UK Government had plans in place to keep high-ranking members of the Government and Royal Family safe in case the worst came to pass.
Among these was the construction of a bunker buried 100 feet under Corstorphine Hill and beneath 10 foot of reinforced concrete, which was Scotland's first line of defence against the threat of a nuclear attack.
The Category-A listed structure was originally built during the Second World War to serve as the RAF's operations command centre for all of Scotland's radar stations. It was expanded and converted into a nuclear bunker in 1952.
In the event that the Queen and her family were at their residence in Edinburgh at the time of a nuclear attack, they would have fled to the bunker.
It was redesignated in the 1960s as part of a national scheme known as Regional Seats of Government (RSG) that was a secret until 1963, when their existence was unearthed by anti-war activist group Spies for Peace. RSGs were a network of civil defence bunkers from which the UK could be governed in the event of a nuclear attack.
One of the biggest subterranean military sites in the UK, the Barnton Quarry Nuclear Bunker was built over three storeys. The structure even contained a BBC broadcasting studio, and was large enough to house 400 people—including members of the military, the police, and the fire and ambulance services.
Since the Cold War never escalated into nuclear war, the bunker was no longer in operation by the 1980s. At this time, ownership was transferred to Lothian
UHI Perth’s principal has joined calls urging the Scottish Government to intervene and save 80 college mental health counselling jobs at risk of potential redundancy.
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