WOW £5 a week was a lot of dosh thenAt the very beginning of 1939, Manzoni was advertising in the Birmingham Gazette for engineers to survey buildings whose basements could be made to serve as air raid shelters.
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i looked a few times. there has to be some kind of roof to hold the sand.prob that is what the timber is for on the lft side.Not too sure what to make of this structure at the Longbridge works. It says that sand will be shovelled over the roof. Is that It? Nothing else ? Hopefully it did what it claims to have been able to do. Viv.
Source: British Newspaper Archive
wonder if that is just the front of the shelter it does say 400 ft.the rest might have been coverd in soil. dont think we will ever know Viv.Must be Pete. I thought the wood at the side was supporting the side, but looking closer yes it looks like it’s just resting there. Interesting that the shelter was carved out of an old sandpit. Viv.
I think that must be it. I would think even the tree in the background is not 400 ft above the Lord Mayor.wonder if that is just the front of the shelter it does say 400 ft.the rest might have been coverd in soil. dont think we will ever know Viv.
Post in thread 'The Austin's aero industry in the 1940's'Yes there was. I’ve seen photos of a Royal Visit to the shadow factory. They were making ‘fairy’ something or others. Must try and find the details. Viv.