Defending Dorset in 1940: the Maiden Newton - Poole Harbour Stop Line (97)
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Defending Dorset in 1940: the Maiden Newton - Poole Harbour Stop Line (97)
Image: © Mike Searle Taken: 18 Feb 2016
- Anti-tank Block: DoB ID: e24910 Poole - Sandbourne Road - Cube. The sole survivor in an alley off Sandbourne Road of a continuous line of similar concrete anti-tank blocks along this street that once extended from Poole Park to Creekmoor. This is the last photo in the series recording mostly pillboxes and anti-tank cubes on the Stop-Line covering a distance of some 25 to 30 miles, and inevitably ending here in Poole. The Maiden Newton to Poole Harbour Stop Line was but a small part of a colossal anti-invasion undertaking that during 1940-41 embraced the entire country from Lands End to John O'Groats, lines of defence that thankfully never saw a shot fired in anger. ************ BACK TO START: Image
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