Your description reminds me of Threads ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threads http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threads ), which is set is nearby Sheffield. At the

Your description reminds me of Threads ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threads http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threads ), which is set is nearby Sheffield. At the time (1984) the centre of much industry. The film itself is terribly bleak, I'm glad to have not consciously lived through always worrying of nuclear war.