Inside An Anderson Shelter

Inside An Anderson Shelter. How to construct an Anderson Shelter The National Archives As war in Europe loomed in 1938, the Anderson shelter was designed to offer UK householders rudimentary protection during air raids Photograph inside an Anderson Shelter, 1941-1943, Catalogue ref: HO 207/469

The confined space inside an Anderson shelter Inside our Anderson shelter, we had four bunk beds, a bucket with a seat as a chamber pot and another bucket for drinking water Flat corrugated steel panels were bolted on to form the sides and end panels (one of which contained the door)

Inside the Anderson Shelter, Dumfries... © David Dixon Geograph Britain and Ireland

Britain's preparations for air raid shelters began in 1938, and the first Anderson shelter was set up in Islington, London, in February 1939 Locals inspect an Anderson shelter next to a bomb crater By the outbreak of World War II in September 1939, Anderson shelters had been installed in the gardens of around 1.5 million houses in the areas most expected to be targeted by the Luftwaffe

Faces of The Blitz and England in World War 2 (40 Photos) 19401944 Anderson shelter, The. Despite the proximity of the blast, the two occupants of the shelter survived with minor bruises An Anderson shelter remains intact amidst destruction and debris in London, after a land mine fell a few yards away

Inside a replica Anderson shelter, Thorpe Camp Visitor Centre, a WWII Royal Air Force barracks. So my brother Eric, sister Betty and I went to stay in next door's. The Anderson air raid shelter, made of curved corrugated steel sheet, saved many lives during the Blitz of the major cities.