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Jan. 01, 1981 - You.Too can buy the Ideal Fall-Our Shelter: Five Government approved nuclear fall-out shelters were offered to the public yesterday. They range from a £250 covered trench for the back garden to a reinforced concrete bunker at a cost of £10, 000. they were producted after 18 months research by working party set up by the Home Secretary Mr. William Whitelaw. The official launching took place at York, Two of the designs are modifications of shelters used in the last war, named after the Ministers of the day, Anderson and Morrison, Home Office Minister Mr Patrick Mayhew said there was no point in having an elaborate structure that only millionaire's could afford. Photo shows A Home Office official at the entrance to a type 3 outdoor shelter from a manufactured kit on display at York yesterday

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