>> had a full Cold War bomb shelter built in. That was a selling point.
That’s pretty cool.
When I was a kid in the early ‘60s, we moved to a new house and Dad had an underground bomb shelter of sorts put in. Buried in a hillside, concrete roof, but a big sliding wooden door (!?). We’dve been fine as long as the blast was to the west of us. :-)
Harkens back to a time when even the Democrats believed in a sovereign America — and the government actually ENCOURAGED its citizens to engage in “civil defense”.
Somehow, over time, the ‘Rat viewpoint shifted to “shut up, turn in your gun, bend over, and obey”. Very sad.
LoL at the wooden door, ours too. It is a homemade one as well.
Ours was built in the late 40’s or early 50’s, concrete, with air vents (mushroom shaped) that go to a small flower garden above and behind the house. You access it through a hatch in the floor of the back ‘mud room’, go down a steep flight of stares, through the door, and there is the ‘living room’ with chairs and shelving, then through another door to the east side, to the other room with bunk beds in it.
We have thought about turning it into a wine cellar.