My brother in law worked for the National Glass Works York until it closed in the 1980s. He walked past a skip which was being used to dump records from the firm. He rescued a Minutes book from the works committee during the war years. This record dated 22nd October 1943 made me smile. “The Air Raid shelters are being used for irregular purposes during the hours of darkness. To discourage this bad practise on the part of some Employees the shop fitters and sorting Foreman should visit the shelter as much as possible.
The ones at school used to smell like this: http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ58YMIkzSeUCgwopsCUvFqqNI5-9pRZOrzx3bfSUpmdOf8TopsUA I never did go inside. Too late. Not there now.
good day pensioner1938.yesterday.02:01pm.re:irregular use of air-raid shelter.i had a quiet smile reading this post.in my day I suppose we used and abused the air raid shelters.but they became to popular.and us youngsters had to give way to the boys in kharky(mainly usa) those were the days.thanks for posting.regards bernard85
