Did you ever have a fallout shelter at your home?

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I did. I just came across the picture that was taken with my mom, dad, cousin and I for the town newspaper, as my family was the first in our town to install a fallout shelter after the threat of nuclear war. It was in 1961, and I can still smell the shelter and remember the hand crank that you had to use to bring in fresh air. We had to climb down a ladder into it as it was installed in the back yard. Do you remember that time and did you have a fallout shelter?