Room 60A

Room 60A was occupied for the majority of the war by the Typing Pool and was busy 24 hours a day, particularly during the late night meetings of the Cabinet and the Chiefs of Staff.

Accurate minutes and reports had to be typed up with two carbon copies and made available for circulation within a matter of hours, regardless of the time of day or night. In the middle of the room is a Gestetner ink and stencil copier – the precursor to the modern photocopier!

Some effort was made to ease the problems caused by working for long hours without ever seeing daylight and typists were given regular ultra-violet sunlamp treatment.