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Re: Hunslet Moor Bunker?
Posted: Wed 27 Oct, 2021 3:41 pm
by tilly
It says five on Hunslet Moor thats a surprise i can only remember one i wander where the others were.Is a trench shelter what we would call an air raid shelter.
Re: Hunslet Moor Bunker?
Posted: Wed 27 Oct, 2021 4:49 pm
by jim
Not the same as the known surviving shelters. Google "trench shelter WW2" for full details. I hadn't come across them before, very interesting.
Re: Hunslet Moor Bunker?
Posted: Wed 27 Oct, 2021 5:51 pm
by tilly
Thanks for your reply Jim.
Re: Hunslet Moor Bunker?
Posted: Sat 30 Oct, 2021 8:21 am
by tilly
It looks like a trench shelter was not bomb proof,it looks like it could have been more for defense thank god we never had to use them.
Re: Hunslet Moor Bunker?
Posted: Sat 30 Oct, 2021 6:06 pm
by TABBYCAT
tilly wrote: ↑Sat 30 Oct, 2021 8:21 am
It looks like a trench shelter was not bomb proof,it looks like it could have been more for defense thank god we never had to use them.
I believe the odd bomb or two did fall on Cross Flatts Park though Sid.
Re: Hunslet Moor Bunker?
Posted: Sat 30 Oct, 2021 7:21 pm
by tilly
Hi Fred I did not know that, i know there was some damage done in Leeds. I know there was bomb damage near the Woodpecker pub i was told they were after the gas holder near Quarry Hill flats i dont know if that was true or not, they seemed to know where the hot spots were.
Re: Hunslet Moor Bunker?
Posted: Sat 30 Oct, 2021 9:44 pm
by TABBYCAT
tilly wrote: ↑Sat 30 Oct, 2021 7:21 pm
Hi Fred I did not know that, i know there was some damage done in Leeds. I know there was bomb damage near the Woodpecker pub i was told they were after the gas holder near Quarry Hill flats i dont know if that was true or not, they seemed to know where the hot spots were.
Speaking only from my part of the world, Domestic Street copped a few as well as the Flaxtons.
Flaxton terrace is a definite as I remember playing in the bombed out area the house occupied, as a kid.
X roughly marks the spot with the more modern view shown above.