WW1 air raid shelter
Introduction
The photograph on this page of WW1 air raid shelter by Richard Croft as part of the Geograph project.
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WW1 air raid shelter
Image: © Richard Croft Taken: 3 Apr 2008
Believed to be the earliest civilian air raid shelter in Britain. Following a Zeppelin raid on 31st March 1916, enterprising resident Joseph Forrester of Yarra Road built this shelter behind his property. This grade II listed building https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1103483 has 0.5m thick walls and is now used as garage.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.558486
Longitude
-0.029078