A DIY nuclear bunker built in a Norfolk back garden at the height of the Cold War has been given protected listed status as a reminder of the terrifying spectre of nuclear war in the 1980s.
The homemade underground shelter is the first private bunker to be listed and has been singled out as an important example of the public's anxiety in the face of nuclear attack.
Noel Barrett designed and built the bunker for his wife and two sons after deciding Government advice to shelter behind a door leaned against a wall in the event of nuclear attack was “lunacy”.
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