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Andrew Chatterton

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S9 Ep 328 Where's Joe Now - Underground bunkers at Coleshill House

And how often would they come out for air?

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S9 Ep 328 Where's Joe Now - Underground bunkers at Coleshill House

Well, once the Germans were in their area, the only time they would come out was at night for a mission to blow something up.

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S9 Ep 328 Where's Joe Now - Underground bunkers at Coleshill House

Oh, my God.

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S9 Ep 328 Where's Joe Now - Underground bunkers at Coleshill House

So Joe's gone in.

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S9 Ep 328 Where's Joe Now - Underground bunkers at Coleshill House

He's gone round the glass wall.

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S9 Ep 328 Where's Joe Now - Underground bunkers at Coleshill House

He would see the chemical toilet and then he'll go in into the main chamber.

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S9 Ep 328 Where's Joe Now - Underground bunkers at Coleshill House

And in the main chamber is like a big...

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S9 Ep 328 Where's Joe Now - Underground bunkers at Coleshill House

I don't know if you've ever seen like an Anderson shelf, like a big curved corrugated iron.

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S9 Ep 328 Where's Joe Now - Underground bunkers at Coleshill House

And there'd be bunks there for them to sleep during the day.

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S9 Ep 328 Where's Joe Now - Underground bunkers at Coleshill House

There'd be table.

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S9 Ep 328 Where's Joe Now - Underground bunkers at Coleshill House

There'd be a camp.

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S9 Ep 328 Where's Joe Now - Underground bunkers at Coleshill House

So there's obviously no electricity.

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S9 Ep 328 Where's Joe Now - Underground bunkers at Coleshill House

So there'd be just a candle or a tilly light.

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S9 Ep 328 Where's Joe Now - Underground bunkers at Coleshill House

There'd be a water tank where they have some fresh water.

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S9 Ep 328 Where's Joe Now - Underground bunkers at Coleshill House

Then there'd be a next separate chamber where there'd be some stores.

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S9 Ep 328 Where's Joe Now - Underground bunkers at Coleshill House

They didn't tend to store their explosives and ammo in the same places where they slept.

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S9 Ep 328 Where's Joe Now - Underground bunkers at Coleshill House

So there was usually a separate kind of explosive store somewhere near.

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S9 Ep 328 Where's Joe Now - Underground bunkers at Coleshill House

And then there's this escape tunnel that kind of goes out with the dogleg that came out in a disguised area.

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S9 Ep 328 Where's Joe Now - Underground bunkers at Coleshill House

So it might come out in the middle of a wall or it might be disguised as a badger set or in the middle of a hedge or a bank, often quite near a water source.

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S9 Ep 328 Where's Joe Now - Underground bunkers at Coleshill House

So that obviously helps with your...