Herald - Issue 413

v SAY YOU SAW IT IN THE HERALD v 7th October 2021 • The HERALD • Page 15 Waterside Carpet Cleaning PROFESSIONAL CARPET CLEANING! Using Prochem Equipment and Materials • SPOT/STAIN TREATMENT • Fully Insured 023 8066 0878 07747 037756 or 07770 337917 www.watersidecarpetcleaning.com KDL PLUMBING & HEATING All Jobs Undertaken • Free Estimates and Advice Call Kevin on 07475 128249 or 023 8181 0016 NO CALL OUT CHARGES ADDED The next Herald is out on 28th October During the Cold War taking readings.” Sometimes during exercises we’d leave one of our Observers in a deck chair on the surface, to answer questions from curious and rather worried-looking public! If war had come, the post had 14 days-worth of food and water. We’d have operated in shifts until bombing started, then whoever was on duty would stay put underground to commence duties.” In 2015 the Lepe bunker was refurbished with the help of a National Lottery grant. Whilst you can’t access it, you can look down a periscope to see what it would have looked like inside during the 1960s. To read more and watch video interviews with two ROC volunteers from Lepe, visit: www.trexplorer. co.uk I am not a professional historian. I am not an archaeologist. I am not a metal detectorist, and I don’t dig holes. I am simply passionate about our local history so you can learn and enjoy from what we find too. Do you have any stories or memories of the New Forest during wartime or Beaulieu Airfield? If so please get in touch: mheighway@hotmail.com Young Royal Observer Corps volunteers manning the Bunker at Lepe. Photo credit: Steve Hall Continued from page 14