Evenin` Chaps,
This won`t be of interest to many,but i thought it worth posting up.
My Mum lives in Plymouth,in an area called "St,Judes".... during WW2 Plymouth suffered an horrendous Blitz,(Which is largely glossed over when watching tv documentaries about this subject
),and pretty much the entire Town was obliterated,(It was a "Town" in those days due to not having a Cathedral !), my Gran,in 1938 moved into an area called "Peverell" and is plainly seen in the 1939 census
).....
ANYWAY .... Back in my Mum`s road during the build up for D Day,just like LOADS of towns and cities back then,ALL of the back lanes,(They were still cobbled alley lanes back then)were CHOCABLOCK with ALL types of armoured stuff,with the troops,getting ready to embark to their designated sea borne craft!!
Pics of that later if anyone is interested
.....
For now though,BACK TO THE BLITZ TYPE STUFF ......
A LOT of the houses in my Mum`s road,had Basements,(Mostly built in 1920`s on 3 Tiers to accommodate a couple of servants .... Don`t get me wrong... She ain`t Rich,just that these places have been altered over the years!!),l
What all this drivel is alluding to is.... my Mum`s middle floor garden has an ANDERSON SHELTER in it,(A PROPER 1939 one BTW),but she wants it gone so she can have a little Summer House put in so she can do her paintings.... she is nearly 80
!!
Here`s where i started at.....
That`s the inside wall... a bit hard to see i know......
....There`s a door in there... SOMEWHERE!!
.....
... and from the outside ..... not sure who those two mad women are mind!!
... I spent 6 hours in 25 - 27 degrees fighting this nightmare Triffid type stuff
.....
Haven`t taken pics of the progress,but trust me.... it`s looking A LOT better
My Mum`s chuffed to bits,which is all that matters really,although i wanted to achieve more!!
I`ll show pics of the Armour build up from back then if anyone`s interested.... I always have been.... but that could be just because it was a local thing!!
Andy
This won`t be of interest to many,but i thought it worth posting up.
My Mum lives in Plymouth,in an area called "St,Judes".... during WW2 Plymouth suffered an horrendous Blitz,(Which is largely glossed over when watching tv documentaries about this subject
),and pretty much the entire Town was obliterated,(It was a "Town" in those days due to not having a Cathedral !), my Gran,in 1938 moved into an area called "Peverell" and is plainly seen in the 1939 census).....ANYWAY .... Back in my Mum`s road during the build up for D Day,just like LOADS of towns and cities back then,ALL of the back lanes,(They were still cobbled alley lanes back then)were CHOCABLOCK with ALL types of armoured stuff,with the troops,getting ready to embark to their designated sea borne craft!!
Pics of that later if anyone is interested
.....For now though,BACK TO THE BLITZ TYPE STUFF ......
A LOT of the houses in my Mum`s road,had Basements,(Mostly built in 1920`s on 3 Tiers to accommodate a couple of servants .... Don`t get me wrong... She ain`t Rich,just that these places have been altered over the years!!),l
What all this drivel is alluding to is.... my Mum`s middle floor garden has an ANDERSON SHELTER in it,(A PROPER 1939 one BTW),but she wants it gone so she can have a little Summer House put in so she can do her paintings.... she is nearly 80
!!Here`s where i started at.....
That`s the inside wall... a bit hard to see i know......
....There`s a door in there... SOMEWHERE!!
........ and from the outside ..... not sure who those two mad women are mind!!
... I spent 6 hours in 25 - 27 degrees fighting this nightmare Triffid type stuff
.....Haven`t taken pics of the progress,but trust me.... it`s looking A LOT better
My Mum`s chuffed to bits,which is all that matters really,although i wanted to achieve more!!
I`ll show pics of the Armour build up from back then if anyone`s interested.... I always have been.... but that could be just because it was a local thing!!
Andy
.
.... They are cool little things!!
.... She then contacted the Trust that Refurbish and collect original examples,they appear to be interested,but they want pics once we`ve cleared it all before commitment,fair enough i guess..... but i just HATE the way all of our History is so readily given up in our Chavvy, disposable,and thoughtless England!
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