London

Took a short break in London last week.  As well as the usual sights I went deep underground to the Churchill War rooms.  These were the rooms where the war was directed from, and the cabinet met and worked during the blitz.  Churchill held the cabinet meetings here and slept over when the blitz was at it's worse.

This is the fabulous Battle of britain Memorial on the Embankment

A trmendous sculpture..a fitting memorial

Parliament square, with Big Ben (St Stephens Tower), Houses of Parliament, Westminster Palace
and Westminster Cathedral

The Cabinet meeting room in the Churchill War Rooms.  Winstons chair is in front of the map with the Red Cabinet briefcase.  The rooms are just as they were during the war years,

A typical corridor in the war rooms..

These are 'dummies', the type that would come alive at night in a Dr Who episode!
They would monitor each 'Front' from this room and provide daily updates to Churchill, the King and the joint chiefs of staff

A typical bedroom..They would also have signs in the corridors stating what the weather was like 'up top',

Back 'up to' to a sunny Whitehall looking towards the Trafalgar square end.