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Wakehurst’s underground secret

A few steps away from the Elizabethan mansion, a secret underground radio station has been hidden in the woods for more than 80 years - even the owners didn’t know it was there.

A few steps away from the Elizabethan mansion, a secret underground radio station has been hidden in the woods for more than 80 years – even the owners didn’t know it was there. Simon Furber meets Bethan Hobbs to discover how a group of women kept their wartime work top-secret.

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