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Nov 15, 2021 · 6. Anderson shelters were tough to endure during winter. While the corrugated steel sheets provided protection from bomb blasts, they offered little protection from the elements. Anderson shelters were bitingly cold during the winter months while rainfall often led to flooding and sometimes the collapse of structures.
The first ‘Anderson’ shelter was erected in a garden in Islington, London on 25 February 1939 and, between then and the outbreak of the war in September, around 1.5 million shelters were distributed to people living in areas expected to be bombed by the Luftwaffe. During the war a further 2.1 million were erected, making a total of 3.5 million.
Nov 3, 2005 · A6661514. Contributed on: 03 November 2005. The Anderson Shelter. Towards the end of August 1939 a Plymouth Corporation lorry came along making deliveries at every house both sides of the street ...
Jan 7, 2021 · The first Anderson shelter was erected in a garden in Islington, London, on 25 February 1939. By the time the war broke out in September, around 1.5 million shelters were in place in areas expected to be bombed by the Luftwaffe. During the war a further 2.1 million were erected. The shelters were made of six curved panels of corrugated steel ...
Oct 6, 2005 · Life in the Anderson Shelter — 1941. By. Beryl Donaldson. By December 1940, I had become bored and restless at the schooling, which was on offer and felt the time had come to leave and seek a ...
Contributed on: 26 April 2005. One day our father got all the family together and explained that war seemed to be on the way and so the powers that be had decided to issue every family with a ...
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View full image. Photograph inside an Anderson Shelter, 1941-1943, Catalogue ref: HO 207/469. Experts said that bombing would kill hundreds of thousands of people. So new plans were made for mass evacuation, the construction of large public shelters, and the erection of small units in private gardens (“Anderson” shelters) and inside houses ...
