Anderson Shelter Bunk Beds

An original image from the 1960 s showing a semi.

Anderson shelter bunk beds.

There were also candles or oil lamps. The night light candles had to have a clay flower pot over them to reduce the light. Furnishing the anderson shelter. The beds were supplied by the government and the supports were up to the owner.

In this example there were three beds one was a bunk bed above another one. Uk wales swansea gower parkmill gower heritage centre world war 2 wartime anderson shelter exhibit. Anderson shelter in watford. Simple homemade bunk beds were universal as not only could you sit on them but also if it was to be a long night you could lie down.

Modelling the earth works. Similarly cut 2 rectangles of 1cm squared paper or card or open mesh of some kind and glue to the top of the two adult bunks to simulate bed springs. Add the two junior bunks across the end of the model shelter as shown. In 1939 sir john anderson the home secretary and the minister of home security commissioned the engineer william patterson to design a small and cheap shelter that could be erected in people s gardens 1 within a few months nearly one and a half million of these anderson shelters were distributed to people living in areas expected.

Most people made their shelter a little home from home but the number of people in the family dictated how much furniture was required. The shelter is still being using used as a temporary store. Building an anderson shelter arp training exercise during ww2. Components for the bunk beds.

Anderson shelter with bunk beds at the 1940s swansea bay reenactment. The candles used to burn up the oxygen in the air and you got sleepy. The fact that it was overgrown for so many years and also set in concrete means that the shelter remains in near perfect condition. Anderson shelter decorated by the house holders.

In this leonard clow drawing the occupants look really cosy in their beds fast asleep. Anderson shelter in brockley. Inside our anderson shelter we had four bunk beds a bucket with a seat as a chamber pot and another bucket for drinking water. The escape hatch at the back of the shelter and one of the original bunk bed frames remain pretty much as new.