We’re doomed! The Surrey Comet spared no opportunity to scare Surbiton back in March 1986, when this extraordinary headline appeared. It’s a chance to put the coronavirus in perspective. While spending some bonus lockdown hours rooting through a pile of old issues which had gathered in The Good Life’s cupboards and attic, this story surfaced.
We’re doomed! The Surrey Comet spared no opportunity to scare Surbiton back in March 1986, when this extraordinary headline appeared.
It’s a chance to put the coronavirus in perspective. While spending some bonus lockdown hours rooting through a pile of old issues which had gathered in The Good Life’s cupboards and attic, this story surfaced.
With pandemic stories filling today’s newspapers, the headline 34 years ago was the dramatic revelation that ‘only a handful’ of Surbiton’s residents would be expected to survive a nuclear attack.
Ah well. Even more incentive to maintain social distancing on this lovely sunny day. Don’t forget to take your radiation suit.
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