{"id":11705,"date":"2010-03-08T16:23:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-08T14:23:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2010-03-08T16:23:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-08T14:23:00","slug":"nuclear-bunker-sold-on-ebay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/internet\/11705-nuclear-bunker-sold-on-ebay.html","title":{"rendered":"Nuclear bunker sold on eBay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>The underground bunker in the Peak District of Derbyshire, central England, went on sale at a starting estimate of 500 pounds on Thursday, but more than 40 bids sent the price tag soaring.<\/p>\n<p>The bunker came into service in 1959 and was used by the Royal Observer Corps, a civilian defence organisation composed mainly of volunteers who had the task of reporting nuclear attack and fallout.<\/p>\n<p>According to the seller, the bunker is in an &#8220;elevated position with panoramic views&#8221; of the Peak District.<\/p>\n<p>Built 15 feet (4.5 metres) underground on farmland, the shelter comprises of two rooms &#8212; a chemical toilet and monitoring room &#8212; and two ventilation shafts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A rare opportunity to acquire a piece of Cold War history,&#8221; the seller added. &#8220;Your own nuclear bunker within a plot of land and much original equipment.<\/p>\n<p>As well as furniture, the buyer will also receive a siren box, enamel bucket, jerry cans and rope for hauling heavy items up the shaft.<\/p>\n<div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A nuclear bunker from the Cold War era in Britain was sold on eBay for more than 20,000 pounds (30,000 dollars, 22,000 euros) Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-internet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11705"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11705\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}