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It's still in good condition-
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Two shelter stories in the same day?!
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That's really neat! I've never heard of these before!
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There are two in the back garden of a old house near where I live !
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a nice read there gordon thanks for that it would good to see this old shelter
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There are two in the back garden of a old house near where I live !
Same round here. Rosyth in Fife has allotments on the edge of town which are full of Anderson shelters being used as sheds!

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Double Anderson shelters were also available for bigger families, but are rarer. Here are a few more types-
The Morrison Shelter- Air Raid Shelters
Public shelters- Air Raid Shelters
Most of the bigger public shelters had Elsan chemical toilets inside them, and the end gable wall always had an 'emergency exit' comprised of a two foot square section of bricks laid with an over-sandy mortar; the idea was that a good hard kick would knock them out. Allegedly......
A lot of public shelters were built in the back gardens of flats (apartments), and still survive because they were converted into outbuildings postwar. There are lots in the neighbouring towns of Falkirk and Alloa because these were both heavy industry bases in wartime.
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Same round here. Rosyth in Fife has allotments on the edge of town which are full of Anderson shelters being used as sheds!

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While the Anderson shelter might have not been the best air raid shelter design, it appeared they made very good garden sheds


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