Friday, 3 October 2008

You're about as easy as a nuclear war

I found the fact that the National Archives have released that script that would be used in the even of a nuclear attack on Britain during the cold war both fascinating and chilling.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7648042.stm

When you read it, you can almost hear that BBC voice in your ears, like the one at the start of Two Tribes by Frankie Goes to Hollywood.

I spent quite a lot of my childhood in the early 1980s worrying about nuclear war, and having spoken to others of my age, found out they were all going through the same thing. So reading this was really evocative and brought back memories of me standing in my bedroom looking out into the darkness. I grew up in an area which was supposed to be a nuclear black spot, due to the existence of an oil refinery and this made me worry even more.

Now there are just other things to worry about!!

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