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Apr 20, 2023 · The reality of wartime Britain is brought into focus with the role of the Anderson Shelter during World War II aerial bombings. This eye-opening clip from ep...
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Original WW2 Anderson Shelter As war in Europe loomed in 1938, the Anderson shelter was designed to offer UK householders rudimentary protection during air r...
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The corrugated iron roofs of most of the shelters were collected by the authorities at the end of the war. Others were sold to the householders for either 15 shillings or £1, depending on the size. People who bought their shelters often dug them up and re-erected them above ground, fitted them with proper wooden doors, and used them as workshops or...
This steel making company had a large steel mill at Shotton in North Wales. Its official history records that: The company even designed its own shelters, improving on the standard Anderson design by manufacturing semi-circular sheets which did not need to be bolted at the top, and so could be constructed more easily.
German strategic bombing of the UK between 1939 and 1945 killed around 50,000 people. London, Liverpool and Birmingham were the most bombed cities, in that order. Here, above, is a 1945 view of the area around St Paul’s Cathedral in London. Similar attacks on German cities killed around 500,000 – ten times as many. Many of the later attacks were ca...
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 ...
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.
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Jun 13, 2024 · On 11 January, a bomb hit the booking hall of Bank Station causing the escalators to collapse and a blast wave that swept people sheltering on the platform below into the path of a train. 111 people were killed in the incident. People dashed to their garden shelter with pre-prepared bags of essential items.
