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The smallest of the tunnel shelters could accommodate 2,000 people and the largest 3,850. It was subsequently expanded to take up to 6,500 people. [1] [2] In 1948, the shelters were sealed off from the public. [3] The largest of the Stockport Air Raid Shelters have been open to the public since 1996 as part of the town's museum service. [1]
Shortly before the Second World War in 1938, sections of the caves were excavated to construct air raid shelters, the first of which opened on 28 October 1939. As the threat of bombing has subsided by 1943, the shelters were no longer open every night. [5] The shelters were sealed off from the public in 1948. [3]
(Stockport was not bombed until 11 October 1940.) The smallest of the tunnel shelters could accommodate 2,000 people and the largest 3,850 (subsequently expanded to take up to 6,500 people.) The largest of the Stockport Air Raid Shelters are open to the public as part of the town's museum service. [17]
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Stockport Express. 2007. Archived from the original on 28 June 2009 – 40th anniversary articles about the accident "Stockport Air Disaster". BBC Inside Out. BBC. 28 October 2002 A new generation are learning how these long-forgotten heroes played a courageous role in Cheshire's darkest day.
Cities across China opened their air raid shelters to offer residents relief from the heat Friday as unusually high temperatures across parts of the country started claiming lives. Earlier this ...
Air raid shelters in the United States (7 P) Pages in category "Air raid shelters" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio was shut down for four hours due to drone activity, with no airplanes allowed in or out of the base, and officials have attempted to reassure the ...