Extinction made the Dorset village of Tyneham famous. When Churchill evacuated it to make a tank gunnery range he vowed the people could return. Attlee broke that promise and Tyneham became a poignant symbol of a vanished rural England and of unrewarded patriotic sacrifice. The village became the focus of campaigns by landowners, ecologists and cranks, a cult for architects, artists and film makers. Preserved perfectly by the British army, the empty village became filled with fantasies and utopias.
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Extinction made the Dorset village of Tyneham famous. When Churchill evacuated it to make a tank gunnery range he vowed the people could return. Attlee broke that promise and Tyneham became a poignant symbol of a vanished rural England and of unrewarded patriotic sacrifice. The village became the focus of campaigns by landowners, ecologists and cranks, a cult for architects, artists and film makers. Preserved perfectly by the British army, the empty village became filled with fantasies and utopias.
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