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escotregen wrote:............................
It was very common for the owners of bungalows and semis to have their own shelters in the back garden. One mystery I'm seeking to clear up is why some had the more widely known 'Anderson' shelter made up of corrugated steel, while others had the brick built ones. The Anderson was standard issue form the government for individual houses. In 1939/40 there was a long waiting list for Anderson shelters. I'm told that brick shelters were mostly for more communal use for the likes of tenement residents or in commercial or industrial areas (like the public one you refer to).
I can add another incidental piece to this story of shelters as it applies to the Rutheglen area. At the corner of Dryborough Avenue and Stonelaw Road there is a four-in-a-block of flats. While the occupants were in their shelter during a raid, the block took a direct hit and sustained heavy damage. A photograph of the bomb damage used to be displayed in the Peoples Palace. Also, Fossil posted a photograph sometime in the past year of an 18 tram going down Stonelaw Road; I reckon this must have been taken during or just after WW2, because you can see the white rings painted around the tree trunks to help guide motorists during the blackouts.
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escotregen wrote:
One mystery I'm seeking to clear up is why some had the more widely known 'Anderson' shelter made up of corrugated steel, while others had the brick built ones. The Anderson was standard issue form the government for individual houses. In 1939/40 there was a long waiting list for Anderson shelters. I'm told that brick shelters were mostly for more communal use for the likes of tenement residents or in commercial or industrial areas (like the public one you refer to).
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