The Secret Bunkers of The British Resistance

[@TomSykesMedia]

YES Mate. Great video so cool thank you. Please could you add a link to www.staybehinds.com so people can read more.

[@rml7889]

Brilliant video Sandy. Lovely to see Mandy with you. Really interesting & enjoyable. Many thanks for sharing.

[@Dustypilgrim1]

Enjoyed that Sandy. My grand father related a story to me about how the single-copy maps detailing bunker and arms cache locations were lost when Churchill , during a weekend at Chequers, dozed off after a particularly heavy session on the Scotch/Brandy and dropped his lit cigar into his brief case. Legend had it that the lot, printed on 'flimsy' easy burn paper (probably rice paper) all went up in smoke. After that no-one really knew where most of the bunkers were located, apart from the dispersed Operatives, who were meant to remain incognito. Grandad always said he knew where one or more such bunkers were , and several of his old mates up the 'allotments' always agreed with him . Those tales were wondrous to a lad of about 7 or 8 years of age. It took me years to realise I knew about bits of this stuff from 'owld Johnny's' , (and his mates), reminiscing and story-telling long before I saw it in a documentary or read about it in history books. Great vid... Reminded me of some memories from long ago.

[@WiltshireMan]

That was very interesting Dusty. It must have been hard for these chaps having to keep it all secret.

[@tonypatey5669]

Fantastic Sandy! This is up my alley. Very interesting video. Thanks for sharing this. Thanks. Tony

[@stevetaylor8446]

Absolutely love this video...an important part of our history that should be remembered and on our doorsteps too. Mine was Chislehurst Caves...those that didn't have an Anderson shelter paid to stay in little paritioned bunks until after an air raid. My great nan, nan and dad (he was a year old then) stayed there. Makes you wonder how many more places have hidden secrets nearby doesn't it mate

[@harryrogers]

Great film...thanks Sandy

[@WiltshireMan]

It was interesting to get a look inside the bunkers Harry. I don't know how much longer the original one will last, the corrugated iron was very rusty

[@captnaidy6122]

Very Interesting Thanks for the Journey Sandy. Love your music scores Peace :-)

[@GolfFoxtrot22]

Thanks for sharing Sandy. It's amazing what history lies beneath.

[@WiltshireMan]

They were hard times Giles. Coleshill was in the forefront of operations and as important as Bletchley park. Interestingly at the time neither knew of each others existence. It was all kept secret!

[@fepowson]

Thanks Sandy.

[@DrKerr..]

Thanks for letting us join u on your adventure of the past. I really enjoy my history on the world wars. Atb Kerr

[@ianthompson8227]

Yet again Sandy another brilliant variation on what you do on here. I only found out about this a few years ago and how a chap called Charlie Mason who taxied us to primary school was so involved in our local area. We had the Hull to Barnsley Railway running through the farm we lived on but during the war years Charlie and his chums were ( if needed) to wreak havoc in this area. I think there is a book that mentions this based on the channel 4 series from a few years back. Once again Sandy many thanks for bringing this to our attention. ATB Ian T

[@garyhertswildcamper8958]

Good job Sandy. Very interesting bit of film.

[@garycorbett1789]

Fascinating video. Thank you Sandy. It was a shame about the weather for your visit.

[@3-4-3football3]

Great video again sandy. We really like your channel as there is so much variety on it. Coleshill looks like a fantastic place to visit with so much history. Thanks for all the hard work.👍

[@martinfoy5167]

Cheers sandy , a beautiful documentary of your local history of yesteryear 👍👌

[@althiel01]

This was very interesting! I had no idea there were such contingency plans in place and I read a lot of historical books on WW2 my grandfather used to have. Then again, he was an avid builder of historical airplane models and fascinated with (and proud of) Czech pilots serving in the ranks of RAF during the Battle of Britain so his books tended to be focused on that aspect. Thanks for covering this topic 👍

[@WiltshireMan]

We had the Home guard here Vojta but the Auxiliers were never know about til later. It was Top Secret. The men were trained in small groups and were not told details about other units for fear that they could give info away if taken captive.

[@terrybennett8692]

Such an interesting video Sandy, i think most people don`t appreciate just how deadly serious this task was, suicide pills, the lot, very brave people. Thanks to you and Mandy for braving the horrible weather to bring us this video, cheers Sandy...Terry.

[@WiltshireMan]

Yes indeed Terry. The Auxiliars were the last line of defense. They were trained in groups of 6 to 8 men and often didn't know of any other groups close by, so if ever one was captured they could not give the others away.

[@MrLooj69]

First time commenter on your channel but i just had to. Anything WWII , especially in England, and I'm hooked. I absolutely loved this video! I really need to get myself to Coleshill to see for myself. Cheers my friend, outstanding!

[@WiltshireMan]

Thanks. There is a lot worth seeing at Coleshill.

[@nseight]

Thank you for sharing this little known part of history.What a Grimm existence down in the bunker-& with a 10 day life expectancy attached.Loved the Morris Dancers*-they were like a breath of fresh air after all those sad reflections.

[@BearKingchannel]

You are discovering new topics, Sandy. This is cool!

[@Buzzardgirl13]

Brilliant video Sandy. You must have seen most of it before we got there. Shame because you could have had a personal tour with the founder or CART......Tom!! Sorry we didn’t see you after. My bro wanted to see the bunker, we came to look for you in the granary but you must have been in the pub having a well earned pint. Great to see you both today. Dad wishes he had joined us now.

[@WiltshireMan]

LOL yes it was a great day we really enjoyed it. But back in the day this was the real deal and they would have been very brave men. SHame John didn't join you. Hopefully will see him next time. Pass on my best wishes to him and your Mum.

[@DesmondsDonders]

Thanks for sharing Sandy, very interesting.

[@albirasistendragen]

Amazing video! I loved it. Thank you for doing what you do. I have most definitely subscribed!

[@WiltshireMan]

Thanks. I hope you enjoy more of my videos.

[@bushcraft3602]

Great video Sandy I thought the explosive expert was a little eccentric. The weather added to the drama of the place the personnel there had to go on Come What May as you did well done Sandy.Colin

[@billhambelton7698]

Loads of these bunkers around my way Sandy. Have explored quite a few.

[@abefrohman1759]

Thanks for the history lesson Sandy.

[@jeetts59]

That was most interesting. I’ve read a lot about the resistance movement but I’ve never seen actual footage or had the opportunity to visit. Good to see that things made in 1943 are still in good working order, including myself. Lol thanks for such an interesting channel with so much variety.

[@dekirk4101]

Great video Sandy! I wonder what the Germans would have thought of the Morris dancers.

[@BrianthatiscalledBrian]

Love your history content, Sandy. Thank you! 🙂👍

[@SPIRITVOXPARANORMALDUNDEE]

Really enjoyed the history parts in your video thank you for sharing your experience 👋🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@WiltshireMan]

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed this video

[@ve3tvb]

Britain is full with some amazing history thanks for sharing Sandy you always keep your vids fresh all the best 73 VE3TVB

[@philyew3617]

I agree. 73 M0RRU

[@loadzofhobbies4219]

Fascinating film Sandy. To think that this is all still relatively recent history too.

[@WyeExplorer]

Fascinating tour Sandy. I wonder how many more secret bunkers have been sealed up ready to be discovered? A fair few no doubt. Good answer on the bed. All the best. Mark

[@WiltshireMan]

I bet there are a few bunkers still hidden Mark and if they find them there is a chance they will have a stock of mouldering munitions. These men were trained in small batches of 6 to 8 and often were unaware of other units. This was so that if they were ever taken captive, they couldn't give others away. If ever we had been invaded these men would have had an awful task on their hands. The sad thing is that some if not many ordinary folk may have seen them as cowards as they didn't go oversea's to fight, and ofcourse they simply couldn't say a thing about what they were about. It was a deadly serious business. Cometh the hour, cometh the Men..The Auxiliers.....

[@WyeExplorer]

@@WiltshireMan I can understand that frustration and stress of not being able to tell people what your work is. We had that in our own family as you know. There was tension. It's a great story your telling. Thanks Sandy I've learnt something. Have a cool week.

[@phillippayne8170]

Really interesting Sandy thank you for sharing kind regards Phil

[@4seasonbackpacking]

A very interesting part British history there Sandy. Thanks Richard

[@thaifoodlover5296]

I wish you had had better weather, but it is England. Very informative. You country and countrymen were brilliant at planning for contingencies. I am glad you were never invaded, and were spared the atrocities that would have surely followed.

[@alwallsgrove3442]

Thanks Sandy, that was very interesting. Al.

[@darrensmith6999]

Great Video thank you for sharing. Its amazing how much W W 2 historical buildings there are left and its good that volunteers are there to bring them back to life so that younger members of society font forget what happend .

[@kvlteacher5911]

Very interesting Sandy! Maybe consider a Jacklore special edition Sykes-Fairbain like seen ~8:06 ? ;-)

[@samc705]

Interesting stuff Sandy, I'm surprised that Mandy didn't join in with the Morris dancing,

[@WiltshireMan]

She loves the Morris dancers:)

[@KaylynnStrain]

Very interesting piece of history on your side of the pond

[@PPGExplorer]

Love history. Thanks for sharing!!!

[@mischef18]

Enjoyed this video bro, there was nothing like that here in NZ but was some large guns around the coast. All the best

[@mr.nomadic]

Great video sandy with a touch of dads army included 😀👍

[@01cthompson]

Somewhere in my collection i have a book on guerrilla warfare that was written by a man name Yank Levy. The book was published by Penguin and was meant to bean instruction manual for the home guard. It doesn't mention bunkers per se. But, i guess that makes sense. Great video.

[@petefurness]

Very very interesting Sandy

[@john3Lee]

That looked like an interesting day out - Thanks for the video..

[@deenunya7735]

Very Intresting Vid Sandy, dont think we will ever know All the Secret things that went on , love all that Stuff, I could take a Miss on the Morris Dancers though🤔

[@Nicktgrief]

They need a paraset and a good cw op Sandy 😎😉. Fascinating stuff and there are more of these about than we know of im sure

[@ScottishWanderer]

Very cool sandy i like watching videos on bunkers i watch a lot me and my mate made a bunker when we was about 10 and camped the night if only we had youtube 30 years ago atb stuart

[@WiltshireMan]

That would have been great Stuart. Bunkers are interesting:)

[@DeepSouthExperience]

Most interesting. I just watched an 8 part series called Secret Army.

[@Crimetvuk]

Where did you find this please if you remember

[@geoffupton]

the term you were looking for is "dads army" 😊 now the territorial army great vid sandy! very very interesting!

[@WiltshireMan]

Dads Army, (The local defence volunteers) was a different thing. They were not Auxiliars.

[@zdenekmarek3843]

hallo,very interesting.I remember that in the 60's when I lived in England,in Birchington after the old owner of a house died they found buried in the garden lots of dangerous munitions.Evacuations and road closeirs were made while all was dug up and removed.If I remember correctly the old gentleman had been a member of the underground Army.He never said anything it was presumed that they were active post war aswell. Thanks good video with English Rain. Be Blessed.

[@PaulBissekerBushcraft]

The entrance to the original bunker reminded me of my old flat! I bet it smelt the same too. I had to skip the morris dancers. I was mentally scarred as a child by them LOL. Nice look back in time ;)

[@WiltshireMan]

It was a bit of a squeeze getting down there Paul. I wonder what the Morris dancers did?

[@PaulBissekerBushcraft]

@@WiltshireMan They are like clowns too me! Killer Clowns.... with dirty hankee's

[@bigkev73]

Another great video. Love anything WW2.

[@jamesgreig1301]

Great video good history lesson. 👍

[@HIDDENHISTORYWITHRAY]

Hi great video where is this I would love to visit

[@fog360]

I love this stuff it always amazes me thanks for sharing dad

[@adelarsen9776]

I didn't know about the Auxiliers at all. Thank you for bringing this to light. I know about Stay Behind, SOE and Dads Army but not about this. It's new for me. The link you provided has a fund of information. 10 points old chap for bringing this to light. Good work. You should be mentioned in dispatches.

[@badhat3051]

"We shall fight on the beachs

[@MarkARhodie]

There's a secret bunker in Fife as well, if you are ever up in the area.

[@robg521]

“Ooh look.... Morris dancing” “Really ? ... which one of them is Morris ?”

[@miffyonabike]

LOL that's Abingdon Traditional Morris Men, a fine body of dancers!

[@swinderby]

I know nothing about editing videos. What system do you use? I wish I could edit what I film on my phone. It's top quality filmage but I don't know how to string separate videos together.

[@swinderby]

Hello?

[@WiltshireMan]

Hi Swinderby, just got back from North Devon and going away again shortly on another adventure!

[@swinderby]

@@WiltshireMan Don't forget to tell me how you edit your videos. Cheers.

[@WiltshireMan]

To be honest I'm still learning. There are so many options and nuances to most video editing programs that it's not possible for me to put them in a nutshell. I use a program called Power Director15. I started using it 3 years ago and it was a steep learning curve then. Whatever editing software you decide to use the best thing is just to experiment and watch tutorials online for the various effects your after. Hope that helps Mr Swinderby?

[@dazzaoutandabout4870]

Hi sandy. Is joe hooped Bivi wildcamper ok. I can’t track him on the tube any more. Cheers mate.

[@WiltshireMan]

Joe is fine, He has been in my recent videos

[@ol6374]

My grandfather was a auxiliary operator as he was a in a reserved occupation, he was in the first world war and other skirmishes, he was based in newton abbot, we didnt find out until well into the 1990s

[@WiltshireMan]

Thats amazing, they were sworn to secrecy

[@robg521]

Those guys were amazing, genuine unsung heroes, they never spoke about what they were prepared to do if the worst came to it, so much so that they died taking this history to the grave with them. ....... It is only recently that it came to light in the public eye that this organisation and these guys even existed, so it is brilliant that they are now being recognised. Families of these guys have been amazed to learn that their quiet unassuming fathers and grandfathers were part of this and they all say the same thing... they maintained their silence over this for the rest of their entire lives. this stoicism is truly humbling, they were prepared to sacrifice themselves and no-one would know, and they never claimed the credit. .....no glory, no fame, no ego.....

[@WiltshireMan]

Very true Rob. Thanks for your words.

[@virginiacopeland108]

Thumbs up!!! Clark

[@lewisward4359]

Morris Dancers! Nice way trend the video.

[@TomSykesMedia]

I am so annoyed I didn’t give you a personal guided tour

[@WiltshireMan]

Would be great to get a personal tour Tom. Maybe next time:)

[@TheRamblingsofBry]

I love how you are including your wife a little more lately, she seems like a diamond. An interesting place there, shame about the weather!!

[@WiltshireMan]

Yes Bry, Mandy is an Angel:) Thanks for watching. I am looking at some of your art work. Will purchase something soon. I like "Autumn"!

[@TheRamblingsofBry]

@@WiltshireMan Thankyou. I have a nice piece coming soon simply called 'Gold Mandala' 26th sept 2019...but I am always working on something, so the right piece will speak to you. Yes, she is an angel, and always looks enthusiastic, she exudes warmth. Be well both.

[@SonofChurchill]

Hi we're did you hear about this? I'm always find out after event

[@grizzly22485]

Bravo!

[@garrydealey1968]

I was going to go today

[@neanderthaloutdoors9202]

Stay behinds was a common name for them.

[@rialobran]

Didn't go much on their kettle technology, but the rest was interesting.

[@WiltshireMan]

Fancy a brew?

[@PARANOOB]

British history in British weather, the best way. :)

[@WiltshireMan]

Got to love British weather Paul:)

[@Sarah-no7lv]

I'm bugging out there when shtf

[@christopherellis2663]

Secret, until they came looking for them. 💚 One grenade into that crawl way, and bye bye. Robin Hood would have liked it. ☠ Death Before Dishonour! 🖤 Nice to see the Jingling Johnnies

[@Yorkshiremadmick]

Great history that will soon be lost and forgotten because of the snowflake generation. Thanks for sharing this, really enjoyed it.🙏🏻

[@DiyMech]

Ah, the secrets out then!!, they were really morris dancers in training 🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂

[@WiltshireMan]

Check out www.staybehinds.com for more info.

[@ElectromagneticUK]

Great video, could never have let the Nazis take over could we.

[@Andyb2379]

Remind you of anything Bill? 😉

[@billhambelton7698]

Oh yes, spiders

[@smd482000]

cool

[@loadzofhobbies4219]

Perhaps we should develope a similar underground network today in case Corbyn gets into power haha.

[@MOOSEDOWNUNDER]

It would have been real bad for the Nazi's if they ever landed. Thats for sure. The Island fighting spirit will out every time.

[@tonypino2858]

Super underground bunker

[@kemalhardcore5002]

Hay granpa iam from indonesia

[@charlierussell2368]

Thank you- great history 73 de kc5zch