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Never again….

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nanna8 Tue 08-Mar-22 07:13:38

When I was a schoolgirl in year 7 ,aged about 12 , we were solemnly ushered into the school,assembly hall and told that our families needed to prepare shelters and store tinned food. Sandbags were mentioned as a good protective measure.
What a load of balderdash, as if we would survive. I think it was during the Cuban missile crisis. When we were in Hungary we were shown an underground shelter with beds and facilities. Very large , quite amazing.

Froglady Tue 08-Mar-22 07:08:52

I recall being shown a film about a nuclear attack back in 1971 - I had joined the police cadets and we all shocked as we learnt that after an attack looters would most likely be shot and that we would have to do the shooting; not what we had joined up to to. I still remember the shock we all felt.

Oopsadaisy1 Tue 08-Mar-22 07:00:22

Putin would cheat, he would then demand that he fights all World Leaders and would cheat to win and if he lost he would still invade their countries.
That man will never play fair.
But I think that if there is a Nuclear attack we would never be able to escape in time and life as we know it probably wouldn’t be worth living.
I doubt we would get any warning and it would all be over in a flash, literally.
I’m trying to stop worrying about things over which I have absolutely no control. But I feel for the people of Ukraine.

Chestnut Mon 07-Mar-22 23:54:05

Absolutely! We cannot live in fear. I was even worried about the Millennium Bug which was supposed to be the end of the world. I've often wished they could thrash out their arguments in a football match which would save countless lives and utter devastation. But a boxing match would be good too, Putin v Zelensky and the winner takes all. How much easier it would be.

Anneishere Mon 07-Mar-22 23:45:37

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This film / documentary ‘Threads’ was shown to the British public back in 1984 at a time when again fear crept amongst many of us of what would happen in the event of a nuclear holocaust / WW3. The government also dropped leaflets in all our letterboxes outlining how best to survive a nuclear holocaust! I had many sleepless nights worrying myself sick ? Never again will I waste my precious energy worrying about something that probably more than likely will NEVER happen! I mean if it did occur none of us really would survive so what is the bloody point of all the scaremongering!!! Look ? I am still here! All these leaders / elite etc need all their thick narcissistic heads banged together! Go fight yourselves in a boxing ring and leave us peasants all alone to live our lives!!!