[Retlaw]

Originally Posted by Barrie Yates

The following is an etract from "A Brief History of the ROC"

"Regular training continued through the 70's and 80's but in 1991 it was decided by the Home Office & MOD that the ROC would cease active training and the remaining underground posts were closed at the end of September that year. Most of the posts closed in 1968 reverted back to the original landowners while those closed in 1992 were put out to public tender. Nationally, many were snapped up by cellular telephone operators because of their strategic positions on high ground."

I have never seen the site even though as a child in the late '40s i used to be taken for walks every Sunday across the Coppice, Moleside and Hambledon.
Is it an above ground structure? It may have been in use uring the Cold War as a Nuclear Attack Reporting Site, but i cannot find any record in the ROC listing of Lancashire sites.

It is an above ground structure, but landscaped, the only obvious feature was a brick blast wall in front of the entrance, one brick had been left out 5ft up as a peep hole.
Its pointless looking for any thing to do with the cold war, or anything to do with the 50's, 60's 70's or 80's. It was stripped and closed down before the end of 1944.
From what I can make out on google earth it looks to have collapsed in on itself or deliberately destroyed.

Retlaw.