devonport park air raid shelter

one of the five known public underground air raid shelers of world war 2 in the park. the pick axe is of interest as they were issued to underground shelters in case a near miss bomb entombed the occupants - they could dig themselves out. Also found was a periwinkle shell - a valuable source of protein to those on wartime rations - such remains of locally harvested sea foods are sometimes found in air raid shelters.

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Education

Tags:

• blitz
• air
• raid
• bomb
• war
• plymouth
• devonport

[brucektrain1]

did trolls or ghost or demon or things smash the lights?

[TheEliteCobra]

Damn thats is soo creepy



[updougdown]

@ashie1978 Yes, people would love to go down there - but as you may guess the council will wave their health and safety flags in front of the idea. Be different story if bombs were still raining down.

[TheMoogle3]

I dont think it would do good in a nuke bombing if it could not withstand basic cunstruction tools

[wallzac13]

if the counsil or whatever dont alow entry to it for the public it would make a dman good wine cellar :P

[tacticalbattledroid]

some nice footage good to see inside is still so good';-)

[stanners222]

The beeping is a gas monitor used for confined space entry.

[vw0chick]

wot is the beeping?

[souch13]

health and safety wudnt allow it.

[ashie1978]

Itll be class if the City Council restores these to their former glory and arranges tours to the public.

but they probrably wont, just like the Forts and Battery's around Plymouth they will be bulldozed or just left to deteriorate.