It is safe to be out in the open air in Ghost Town. It is inside the houses where the real danger lies. Taking a walk through this town with no special radiation detecting device is like walking through a minefield wearing snowshoes.

All doors are open. Through the door is a distant echo of what life was like here.

The Evacuation, Spring 1986

Children had to part with their favorite toys. People had to leave everything from photos of their grandparents to cars. Incredibly; people had homes, motorcycles, garages, cars, and country houses. They had money, friends and relatives. People had their lives. Each had their own niche. Then, in a matter of hours, their entire world fell to pieces. After a few hour's trip in an army vehicle they stood under a shower washing away radiation. Then they stepped in a new life, naked with no home, no friends, no money, no past and with a very doubtful future.

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Updated 17 Jan 2008