On this episode, Mark welcomes Niall Devitt to discuss the shelters of the London Underground during the First and Second World Wars. Niall was proudly raised from a London Underground railway family and studied history for five years at King's London. A tour de force on the subject combining his passions and interests about all trains, history, TV and comedy, Niall depth of knowledge and research is an impressive and interesting conversation that leads from the Zepplin Airship bombardments by the German Army onto London during World War One through to the political conundrums of using the underground as shelters versus the moral imperative to protect the population and the use of TV to keep up morale. The discussions range from psychology in warfare to the exact details of events, the evolving conditions, fumigation against mosquitos and service provisions when the Underground was used as shelters. This work forms part of Niall's upcoming publications, the first of which is titled 'Underground Railway: 1801 - 1902'.

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Hosted and edited by Mark Martin.

With Niall Devitt.

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