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70sEraVet

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9. I had the same question.

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #2)

Mon Aug 19, 2024, 08:21 AM

Aug 2024

Surely people that have lived their whole lives there, would have remembered their parents or grandparents talking about it. During WWII, the underground structure could have been put to use as air raid shelters, if everyone hadn't forgotten about them.

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TY. I will. ratchiweenie Aug 2024 #13

If they date from the 1880s, why did they know so little about them bucolic_frolic Aug 2024 #2

I wondered about that, too. 1880 isn't exactly ancient history. I'm wondering if they japple Aug 2024 #7

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I had the same question. 70sEraVet Aug 2024 #9

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