Iitonela ezivela kwi-WWII phantsi kweeWhite Cliffs zeDover ngoku zivulelekile kuluntu

Eyona Inkcubeko + Uyilo Iitonela ezivela kwi-WWII phantsi kweeWhite Cliffs zeDover ngoku zivulelekile kuluntu

Iitonela ezivela kwi-WWII phantsi kweeWhite Cliffs zeDover ngoku zivulelekile kuluntu

Xa abasebenzi beqala ukujonga iitonela ezazilibalekile phantsi kweWhite Cliffs of Dover- ebizwa ngokuba yiFan Bay Deep Shelter — babelindelekile. Indawo, evuleke kwakhona izolo okokuqala kwiminyaka engama-40, igcinwe nezinto zokugcina izinto ezazishiyekile kwindawo yokuhlala kunye neepos; Iipaseji, ezazithatha kuphela iintsuku ezili-100 ukuzikrola, zazisetyenziselwa ukufihla umsebenzi wokuhambisa waseJamani ngaphakathi kuloo ndawo. Ekuphela kwento endala kuneetonela ezikule ndawo zizipili ezimbini ezinesandi ezivela kwiMfazwe yeHlabathi yokuQala — izixhobo zekhonkrithi ezisetyenziselwa ukubona iimpawu zokuqala zokufika kweentshaba.



Zizonke, iipaseji zithatha i-3,500 yeenyawo zenyawo, ezazisoloko zihanjelwa ngamadoda ali-190 kwindawo yokuqala. Umgaqo wangaphantsi komhlaba wakhutshelwa ngaphandle nge-1950s, kodwa ayizange ishiywe ngokupheleleyo-ifundwe: izaliswe ngamatye kunye nesanti-de kwaba li-1970s. Ukulungiselela indawo elungiselelwe uluntu, ngaphezulu kweetoni ezili-100 zenkunkuma zazisuswa kwisiza. Kuthathe abantu abangama-50 (umxube wamavolontiya, abacebisi bezemigodi, iinjineli, iingcali zokuma komhlaba, kunye neengcali zakudala) iiyure ezingama-3 000 ukulungisa amatonela. Indawo ngoku izakubamba iindwendwe yonke imihla kude kube nge-6 kaSeptemba kwaye emva kweentsuku zeveki ukuphela kukaSeptemba.

U-Erika Owen nguMhleli wokuzibandakanya kwabaphulaphuli e Ukuhamba + Ukuzonwabisa. Mlandele kwi-Twitter nakwi-Instagram ngo @iamfanlalisa .