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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.
Most of the raids were at night, so you were expected to get out of bed and take shelter in the Anderson in the garden. The shelters were delivered to each household before there were any actual ...
- Anderson shelters were named after the Minister of Home Security. In November 1938, while serving as Lord Privy Seal and Minister of Home Security, Sir John Anderson was asked by Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain to prepare Britain for defense against bombing raids.
- The shelters could fit up to 6 people. Anderson commissioned engineers William Patterson and Oscar Carl Kerrison to find a viable structure. Their design consisted of 14 steel panels – 8 internal sheets and 6 curved sheets bolted together to cover the structure.
- Anderson shelters were free for some people. Anderson shelters were provided free of charge for people with household annual incomes of less than £250 (equivalent to approximately £14,700 today).
- Anderson shelters were initially pre-emptive. Britain’s preparations for air raid shelters began in 1938, and the first Anderson shelter was set up in Islington, London, in February 1939.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
