i know this is an old post but today i managed to get some photos of this underground air raid shelter including some shots of the inside of it made possible due to some of concrete that was missing from one end..the other end shows the entrance door...cant believe its still there..amazing...will get the photos on asapThis doesn't suprise me. The government always knows best.
robb128 shelters in Co op car park Wylde Green. Around here Robb?
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wont be long mort...just sorting out the best of the lot...keep yer head downLooking forward to these Lyn
we lived near the BSA factory armoury road, my family used the crypt , the church at the corner of walford road , one night a bomb fell opposite and demolished a row of houses plus set the gas main alight my mother said it was like daylight , you could see the BSA the next night they chose bomb shelter under burtons stratford rdPRIME TARGET
My Dad also told me that they used to stockpile ammunition under the Villa stand. There was the army 'base' at the back of the Villa, entrance off Witton Road, later used by Post office telephones.
What with I.C.I turning out bombs as well, I think it was a very dodgy area to live regarding bombing raids.
I don't recall anything but the wail of the warning siren, up and down, up and down, and then eventually, sooner or later, the steady note of the "All Clear" (accompanied in my memory with a sense of relief).
Chris