A Second World War wall-mounting bomb direction indicator from Sir Winston Churchill's Cabinet War Room bunker codenamed "Paddock" and located at Brook Road, Dollis Hill under a corner of the Post Office Research Station site, of opaque glass and metal construction, 28 cm wide x 15 cm deep x 79 cm high With the threat of War imminent, plans for the standby cabinet rooms of the British Government began in 1938, with construction commencing in 1939 below the site of the Post Office Research Station. Comprising forty rooms over two floors, the bombproof facility was designed to protect the British Government and war leadership should the war rooms at Westminster be damaged or destroyed. Used on two occasions, the cabinet rooms were finally decommissioned in 1944, after which they used by the British Post Office as staff rooms before finally falling into disrepair following water ingress. It was during this period that this indicator was salvaged. It can be seen in photographs of the cabinet rooms before work began.
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A 19th century ceramic gilt decorated and pink rose painted part tea set; together with two similar cabinet plates and a matching dish Condition Report / Extra Information Pink & gilt tea set: most are numbered 3479. Some hairlines. Light wear to gilt throughout consistent with use & age. Milk jug more noticeably stained to interior.
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