Tuesday, September 21, 2004

SubBrit/RSG

I've always found Cold War history interesting, particularly with respect to its technological implications. Sometime earlier this year, The Register carried a story on fires in a Manchester phone exchange. The story eventually lead me to find the Subterranea Britannica website and particularly their Cold War research study group.

I was wondering today (while trapped in a rather long, boring meeting) whether similar things exist in South Africa, and if they do, how I find out about them. There were rumours at one stage of Apartheid era oil stockpiles in Limpopo province, but I've never found out much in the way of facts. Does anyone know of any interesting Cold War or Apartheid related technology sites in this country? I'd love to go clambering down into old bunkers, phone exchanges, etc, just to see how the Cold War mentality worked :)

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