Were Air Raid Shelters?

These shelters were half buried in the ground with earth heaped on top to protect them from bomb blasts. They were made from six corrugated iron sheets bolted together at the top, with steel plates at either end, and measured 6ft 6in by 4ft 6in (1.95m by 1.35m).

What places were used as air raid shelters?

Underground tunnels were used if they were available. Examples of this were the use of some London Underground tunnels as air raid shelters and, not far from where I live, the use of a part of the Victoria Tunnel at Newcastle upon Tyne as an air raid shelter.

Are there still air raid shelters?

They were designed to be dug into people's gardens to protect families from air raids. More than 2m shelters were issued to families during the second world war. All these years later, some houses still have them in their gardens, while many more could still be submerged, awaiting discovery.