Secret Weapons Factory

Harry Harris investigates the secret bomber factory that was located at the Redbridge Underground station. For more clips from Wartime London with Harry Harris go to http://www.discoverychannel.co.uk/ww2

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Education

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• Harry Harris
• war
• ww2
• weapons
• secret
• redbridge

[MilwaukeeFtw]

Your profile told me that you were living in the UK.

And you seem to be the definition of irony. "You sound very stupid" yet you spelt saudi Arabia wrong, and have to say "u r" instead of "You are" it isn't a challenge, they're both simple 3 letter words. And "over debted"? the U.S is more in debt and Iceland is bankrupt.

And I ain't english, i'm scottish.

And Saudi Arabia is better than the UK? LMAO yeah your right, it is better if your a professional wife beater

[OBLIZOX]

mmmmmmmmmmm weapons.

*Droolz

[hobbang2]

@JimTLonW6 apparently the locals knew, but since there were posters saying that "careless talk cost lives", it wasn't really talked about even though they knew about it. Bit of a threat and quite ironic, considering the current UK government's aim and policy is to be a govevrnment after peace and satisfaction of her civilians. But yet, there was a war going on.

[WoWsuxable]

stop at 0:25

[theliberator1]

@MilwaukeeFtw once the oil runs out, sauci arabia wont be worth anything except as a glass factory (since all they have is sand and oil.

[JimTLonW6]

Very interesting; one question, if thousands of people were working there didn't people in the area notice this? I know they managed to keep Bletchley Park secret; but this didn't fool a train driver who told a party of Wrens who'd been sent there that 'The Wrens all get out at Bletchley'!

('Wrens' = WRNS or Womens Royal Naval Service).

[repulic5]

@vswinchatt and who is the more of the fool? the fool or the one who follows the fool? words of wisdom if you ask me

[qqboy1823]

this is so like fallout 3

[diztemper]

nice to watch but not news to me, my Grandfather Frank Ives, used to work on the electrical systems and one of my aunts worked in the factory on the machines. The nearby unfinished tube tunnels were also pressed into service as makeshift factories.

[vswinchatt]

@wogify Why call him a fool? I think anyone that takes an interest in his area, environment and in history is no fool. Anyone that wants to enhance their knowledge is no fool. Fools are those that don't know much and don't care to increase their knowledge. By the way, you didn't know what his badge said, it says WITH KNOWLEDGE WE SERVE. QED

[56lvi56]

Yes, you can... After the war the tunnels were put to their intended use and became part of the eastern extension of the Central Line. This extension was planned and part built before the war but not finished till afterwards. If you look at the photos in the clip you can see the cast iron tunnel lining which is common to all tube tunnels of that time. Standing on the platform at Redbridge you are at one of the access points. Other disused/unfinished tube tunnels were taken over for war work too.

[cosmicskydaddy]

The Luftwaffe managed to miss the third place he lived in,good thing to, as he was getting tired of moving.