Air Raid Shelter Sign, Leeds University

floodland · Post by **floodland** » Wed 28 Mar, 2007 2:10 pm

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?

munki · Post by **munki** » Wed 28 Mar, 2007 2:11 pm

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'.

floodland · Post by **floodland** » Wed 28 Mar, 2007 6:04 pm

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.

munki · Post by **munki** » Wed 28 Mar, 2007 6:06 pm

Pointing roughly north...

rikj · Post by **rikj** » Wed 28 Mar, 2007 11:00 pm

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.

floodland · Post by **floodland** » Thu 29 Mar, 2007 12:38 pm

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.