by Socceroo » Mon Feb 20, 2006 11:07 am
Sell them after the war - If you wanted one during the war you had to pay for it!
Yes, Glasgowken, i think i read and an article in one of the newspaper archives that stated they were basically getting used as lawnmower sheds from 1944 onwards, and also that the Local Authorities were selling them off to Contractors for fitting to the back of open back Lorries and also the public for for storing tools etc.
Ideal for fastening onto the back of your Lorry to have a brew in if you were working with a roads squad or placing over your hole in the road to keep the weather out.
I really wonder how effective an Anderson shelter was if a 250lb bomb landed within 50ft of you.
I noted in another newspaper article, and i think i mentioned in another post that it was a 500lb bomb which landed next to the bridge at the bottom of Kelvin Way, yet it took out all the windows on the the south facing elevation of the University on Gilmorehill a fair distance away.
Anderson shelters were great at protecting people from blast and debris, and there is no doubt they saved many lives, but i really wonder how many people died as a result of being in shelters which were inadequate when the bombs fell close.