RAF Greenham Common Episode 3 - Command Bunker -

This week folks we are heading to RAF Greenham Common an airfield built in ww2 and rebuilt and extended in the cold war.
We are joined with Ben whos going to show us around and go through the history and uncover some amazing history and events.
This week we look into the cold war wing headquarters building and also look into NBC decontamination bunker.
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[@timbower5873]

In the early 2000's when they refurbed the building, with work I had to visit the site, the PSA architect in charge of the returb showed me around the control room. Those outside walls at the end of the clip are blast walls, the small blast doors on the walls were emergency escape hatches the inside were round with a bar to pull yourself through. If they went into lockdown in the building, orders were past by sentry guards through hatches in the security doors alone the corridors, the combination doors were all in place. The desks and the map wall were still there at the time and all the clock times signs were in place with slide in boards with city names. I though it was going to be all high tech like in the movies, but it was all very normal and low tech. Another interesting part is the main building housing the data centre now, that was offices but the cladding had water pipes running all through it, creating white noise to prevent spy listening devices from outside hearing what was going on in that part of the building. Much of GCAFB has to remain intact for site inspections by the Russians as part of the nuclear arms limitation agreements, thats why much of the site still exists and has not been demolished.

[@joaquimneto9054]

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[@tomtinkersrezlife278]

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[@rrich52806]

GTOger is a fun youtube of towing cars illegally parked. Really fun

[@harveyml04]

Talk about lovely when that b-17 went over at 7:30 lovely sound

[@daveneville6966]

Fascinating, spot on that.

[@karengill8234]

Great video. Cheers guys. ....

[@StrathpefferJunction]

Well done lads. Great video!

[@christopher-2000]

AWESOME

[@rolly4x4]

Awesome series of videos folks

[@jeffjones6888]

Great VLOG. Informative and very interesting.

[@dexta1969]

Great trio of videos, nearly as epic as the Lord of the Rings Trilogy

[@Dodgersmi]

Brilliant and informative video yet again Ian &Chris keep on hunting lads

[@MRWonderingHaggis]

Amazing place guys

[@catcracker48]

I was stationed there 1983-84 with security police. Mostly worked the GAMA area. But also weapons storage area. Kind of sad seeing all in disrepair. Memories.

[@IKS-Exploration]

Amazing thanks for your comment :) any interesting stories?

[@TheSilmarillian]

Shame the command control room is apparently no longer accessible :)Always gets my curiosity when people say that is are is no longer accessible :)

[@ISLEOFWIGHTARCHIVE]

I missed out on the tour of this building last year ,gutted so good to finally see inside.

[@alanconroy7929]

You guys should go to Hack Green in Northwich. It's a museum bunker but its really interesting. Lots of cold war info.

[@Dodgersmi]

Alan Hack green is in Nantwich mate about 20-30 mins up the road from northwich but will agree with you its great

[@alanconroy7929]

@@Dodgersmi I've only been there 4 times so you'd think I'd know that by now haha. Thanks mate. Close but no cigar!

[@scopex2749]

Been there done it ! Awesome place it goes down and down and down i to the earth!

[@xboxcrazee]

fantastic folk's

[@aussiedazvk4djh889]

Looks great. one day i hope to visit the UK and have a look around.

[@tomtinkersrezlife278]

Cool ass place man u guys have so much history over there all we have is the history of my people here in maine lol but great explore guys much love from Maine to u guys

[@SWR112]

Certainly stepping up the quality. less chaotic more organised 👍

[@mkilner]

Always wondered how this place looked, a truly frightening time growing up with only newspapers telling us how much russia wanted to start a war, we lived in fear of the unknown, but not anymore, great triptych of video's chaps, look forward to more of this! 👏🏻

[@josztroutfishingdiary7350]

Strange seeing these facilities. Where I worked the idea was to keep the radioactivity and contamination from getting out. Here, they are keeping the rads and contamination from getting in! Great job, fellows!

[@lockervomhocker9795]

15:48 Command Room Full of Boxes /Storage Room?.....ahhhh yes (;-)

[@TheSecretVault]

Wow guys, you got the tour... Amazing that they gave you a tour. Top job!!!

[@TheSecretVault]

Just finished watching and glad you got to the "support" bunker also. The third more elusive Cruise Missile Bunker yet awaits us all.... This was amazing but did I msis something or was there meant to be a command room at the end of this visit.

[@benjamintaylor-grain9422]

@@TheSecretVault the command room is now off limits, so no you didn't miss anything

[@MrPstory]

The large concrete building with no windows is also a data centre which used to be the base ammunition storage

[@derekpyne]

This all looks like what's at Upper Heyford in Oxfordshire Which was also a American airbase and there tours around the base . Won't be around much longer the new Village of Upper Heyford village is quickly taking over and the runways are storage for thousands of cars. Great video guys.

[@T420TOMEXPLORES]

Mint vids mate you would love hack green bunker 👍

[@calw2939]

Interesting how good quality these ‘disused’ facilities are. Almost like they’re disused until the MOD needs to quickly put them back into use.

[@neilthomas4407]

Bit worrying the guy showing you round was wearing an NBC suit! Great vid,I used to airsoft at Greenham around the accommodation blocks,happy days!

[@gtesteve9434]

amazing i'm watching all your videos ever 1 my friend i fucking love them thanks so much

[@biggstavros5876]

Ian, your videos and explorations are getting better mate. I deserve a free mug for that comment lol.

[@colinstewart1432]

Data centre might be GCHQ related

[@tonygillman3539]

I've delivered to this building before at the time I had no idea what it was I just thought it was a regular office block 😂

[@MrPstory]

There was a room at the end of the corridor that had the bombing charts and was the actual control room ( further videos from ITV meridian news) all the interesting stuff had been chucked into skips before Greenham trust got to protect them.

[@michaeladams906]

Would of been amazing if you were allowed in that would be so cool

[@mattelm16]

i have been in there too. Too bad to see it like that now. Are the old barracks still standing ?

[@scopex2749]

18:36 yes the glass is bullet proof this is a weapon clearing area there will probably be a sand trap or steel tube in there to point the weapon 8 to and clear it!

[@oldmanhuppiedos]

A very interesting video. Does the intercom tap on the panel?

[@IKS-Exploration]

It's making a noise yeah

[@rrich52806]

730AM beer 30 for this retired guy USA!! Then I will have a steak breakfast. Love watching this KZbin. USA were the world peace keepers at taxpayers expense. This is changing.

[@Dodgersmi]

IKS How public is the site I am led to believe that MOD are still on the site under business names cover makes me wonder I was brought up in the area in the early 80s

[@glennquagmirefan]

Ive always thought that place was a factory

[@evo-labs]

Those external hinges look like a poor design choice. All you need to do is undo the nuts and you could pry the door open past the bolts until it fell off from its own weight.

[@michaelthomas3105]

They should have put welds on the nuts after the doors were fitted. That's what they often do on the doors of utilities bunkers that are of the bolted on hinge design, not the Swiss all cast in types. Quick & simple. I weld the big 38mm nuts on the outside of Swiss doors so intruders with a big wrench couldn't open the doors off.

[@bendoon7010]

7.30 wotz the plane that flies over?

[@bendoon7010]

Thanks to you all for this info 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@stevecochrane9657]

Dirty plenum is dirty air

[@30121965huey]

BDOC...