Green mound behind old church

tilly · Post by **tilly** » Sat 26 Jan, 2013 5:23 am

Phill_dvsn wrote: Hi Tilly.I've looked at all the old maps, and nothing is marked in that area until 1954, and if you view it close up it clearly shows the raised mound of earth where the shelter was. Nothing is marked on it though. It's the first time I've seen a shelter marked like that on a map. I'll check the other locations where they are if the 1954 map is available in that area. Hi phill What i dont understand is the size of the oblong on your map it takes up most of the width of the moor.If i had not known the area i would have thought it was a cricket pitch but it is too near the boundry wall of the old St Peters Church the wall would have been there since the late eighteen hundreds.The mound takes up only a small part of the oblong.Am i makeing a mountain out of a mole hill.? He. He.Ps I looked at the map on Hunslet Remembered and the oblong is not there.

uncle mick · Post by **uncle mick** » Sat 26 Jan, 2013 6:04 am

tilly wrote: Cardiarms wrote: Checked the work plans and the manhole is for a sewer. Thanks Cardiarms That still leaves the oblong on phills map.? Could the oblong be the childrens playground. I know it was there in the 60's & is still there today perhaps in a smaller way ???http://goo.gl/maps/YOA3L

tilly · Post by **tilly** » Sat 26 Jan, 2013 7:32 am

uncle mick wrote: tilly wrote: Cardiarms wrote: Checked the work plans and the manhole is for a sewer. Thanks Cardiarms That still leaves the oblong on phills map.? Could the oblong be the childrens playground. I know it was there in the 60's & is still there today perhaps in a smaller way ???http://goo.gl/maps/YOA3L Hi uncle mick The childrens playground when i was a kid was on the other side of Moor Road were the drinking fountain used to be.The small one that is there today replaced one that stood in the same spot.I go back to the fiftys and still can not recall anything being where the oblong is shown on the map except the shelter but this was only about thirty foot long.The oblong has got to be at least a hundred foot long.Its starting to get to me now.

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Sat 26 Jan, 2013 12:50 pm

It's most certainly the mound of earth for the air raid shelter. It's one of 4 or 5 marked off in the same way on the 1950's map. It's exactly the right shape, and locations where they stand today.

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Sat 26 Jan, 2013 1:10 pm

Here's the closer look at the map.And for comparison the Woodhouse Moor part of the map.And the size and shape of the Beeston shelter, which pretty much matches exactly the Hunslet Moor map.

tilly · Post by **tilly** » Sat 26 Jan, 2013 7:24 pm

Thanks for that phill i will sleep better tonight most of it must have been filled in prior to the part i saw it was nothing like has long as shown on the map.