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Posted: Wed 28 Mar, 2007 2:10 pm
by floodland
there is a painted sign on the corner of the Estate Services building at the Uni, with an arrow pointing to the nearest shelter - where is/was the facility it leads to?
Posted: Wed 28 Mar, 2007 2:11 pm
by munki
Hello Floodland, welcome to the site!I don't know where the shelter is, but here is the sign (from elsewhere on the site). Is this the same one that you have seen? If there is more than one, we could 'traingulate'.
Posted: Wed 28 Mar, 2007 6:04 pm
by floodland
hi. yeh i think that's the same one (can't remember which direction the arrow was pointing in though). i have emailed Estate Services to see if they can shed any light on it.
Posted: Wed 28 Mar, 2007 6:06 pm
by munki
Pointing roughly north...
Posted: Wed 28 Mar, 2007 11:00 pm
by rikj
I'm just hazarding a guess that the ARP shelter would have been in basement accomodation at the university. Quite a few places in the city centre (the Town Hall for one) had the basments marked as shelters.Just my 2p.
Posted: Thu 29 Mar, 2007 12:38 pm
by floodland
Estate Services say that 'the air raid shelter is now a boiler / plant room'. it's quite likely it is in a basement, possibly reinforced - have asked for more info.