Bunkers

LS1 · Post by **LS1** » Mon 23 Jul, 2007 10:44 pm

2nd pic

Phill_d · Post by **Phill_d** » Tue 07 Aug, 2007 9:35 pm

Motley wrote: The bunker (as viewed from the road). Whatever hapened to this Motley???? Ignore this! Wrong quote!

Phill_d · Post by **Phill_d** » Tue 07 Aug, 2007 9:36 pm

Motley wrote: The Barwick Bunker open day has not happened for several reasons...1) I've been working away a bit lately2) I had to visit a relative on the weekend I'd pencilled in3) The bad weather over recent weeks.It's now looking like the middle of July (when hopefully the weather will be kinder) before I can re-organise. Perhaps Sunday the 15th but I will confirm nearer the time.Please don't go up there without me as the farmer will get pretty worried if people start walking over the crops. It's not a problem if I am there to guide across my part of land.Thanks. Whatever happened to this trip Motley?

LS1 · Post by **LS1** » Mon 13 Aug, 2007 7:35 pm

Just been digging about some old photos that I have and noticed one of an aerial view of Allerton High School.I noticed Phil mentions something about an air raid shelter in the corner of Nursery Lane and King lane that appears as an earthwork on google maps. The photo i have is too large to go on here (not sure how to scale down) but clearls shows structures that were barracks in the same corner, but alas, it is too unclear to see the air raid shelter. It is from about the late 30s early 40's, just after the school was completed. Not sure whether it is anything to do with the school or what really, but is quite interesting. As a former pupil I hadn't realised anything was there other than trees!!

Phill_d · Post by **Phill_d** » Mon 13 Aug, 2007 7:43 pm

It would be good to see that Ls1. Download this image resizer & you should be able to post it mate! http://download.microsoft.com/download/ ... ySetup.exe

LS1 · Post by **LS1** » Mon 13 Aug, 2007 7:48 pm

Phill_d wrote: It would be good to see that Ls1. Download this image resizer & you should be able to post it mate! http://download.microsoft.com/download/ ... ySetup.exe Phil, I noticed on some of your Flickr pics that one seems to be of the "cellar" like structure that must have been part of Scotland Mill in Adel. (just after the cow tunnel under the ring road) there are lots of stones about there and all sorts, you can see by my prev. pics that there were cottages also. A guy on Leodis comments he lived there until 1961 untill they were demolished. Any ideas waht the hole was for? It seems not to go anywhere and doesnt seem to have been bricked up at all at the bottom (although it is really wet!)

Phill_d · Post by **Phill_d** » Mon 13 Aug, 2007 8:04 pm

Yeah the arch passed the cows tunnel. It's only an old cellar, Not very big & doesn't go anywhere! I don't think i have those pics anymore, I'm having a big clear out & been rather ruthless some get binned. Rik has posted a pic of it somewhere on here & added some info about the place although finding it again is the tricky bit!!

LS1 · Post by **LS1** » Mon 13 Aug, 2007 10:00 pm

Ah, thought as much! Thanks for confirming though.

rikj · Post by **rikj** » Mon 13 Aug, 2007 10:11 pm

I guess the cellar or whatever could have been used for a myriad of things. Possibly an ice-house, though it is an odd shape as the bottom section would have been difficult to access.I've heard of "flax pits" used in the preocessing of flax, where I think it is left to stand in water for a long time. Just guessing here.

LS1 · Post by **LS1** » Mon 13 Aug, 2007 10:17 pm

rikj wrote: I guess the cellar or whatever could have been used for a myriad of things. Possibly an ice-house, though it is an odd shape as the bottom section would have been difficult to access.I've heard of "flax pits" used in the preocessing of flax, where I think it is left to stand in water for a long time. Just guessing here. Could be Rikj, but I would have thought it a bit deep for that maybe. I always thought (probably wrongly!) that the big stone structure next to the cellar was part of one of the pits for the flax. Its a wierd site. Really hard to picture how it once was. Whhen you were there did you notice the stone building that is still there near the bridge. There is a tree there that is almost growing into it! Found the attached on Leodis. I wonder if the little stone srtucture is the same one?? (leodis ref http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?reso ... SPLAY=FULL )