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How Comfortable was the Cabinet War Rooms?

Before answering the question of how comfortable the cabinet war rooms, I will discuss the meaning of comfortable. Comfortable can be talked about in relative or absolute terms, relative is when you discuss how comfortable a place is in comparison with other places and realistically what could be in a place. Absolute is when you talk about how comfortable the cabinet war rooms in comparison with how comfortable it could be in your wildest dreams, ignoring the facts that it still had to be effective and that they were in use during the World War with strict rules on food and lighting etc.

From visiting the cabinet war rooms, I can see that in context with the rest of London at the time, they are quite comfortable enough in relative terms to still be effective. However, this evidence is unreliable, as several installations have been added to add to the comfort of the visitor. For example, in the primary evidence from Olive Margerison, she mentions how it was very stuffy with a very p...

Posted by: John Mayes

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