Between visiting the bluey-green lake opposite High Peak College and going back to visit High Peak College itself earlier this month, ekp09, Apopcalyptic, JCB Man and myself took a trip to Stockport where there are some air-raid shelters. There were 6 in total but 3 got demolished, and 1's a museum. We wanted an adventure so went to the derelict ones.
For history of those air-raid shelters, here's a link - http://www.derbyscc.org.uk/caving/otherug_stockport.htm.
The first one we visited was Dodge Hill.
Once we'd got in, we found ourselves in a dark and damp environment. First, we headed to one of the main entrances. There were 5 in total.
What I found really strange about this entrance was that you could hear people talking outside, so imagine what they thought when they heard voices from inside if they didn't know this was an air-raid shelter?!
There were still some original features in it, such as bedstands. There was some rubbish too, and some old crisp packets.
My photo's of bedstands...
This wasn't original rubbish
Apopcalyptic does some lightpainting.
After wondering around for a while, we found another bricked up entrance. On the otherside of this entrance would be a cobbled road.
Even though this photo was an accident, I like the way it came out.
The toilets were numbered. Also, they weren't that luxurious either, just a bucket.
When we had finished looking around, we then went to see where two of the entrances were on the outside.
The air-raid shelter ran across from just out of shot in the trees on the left, through to again out of shot on the right. As you can see, the M60 runs right past it.
After having a bite to eat, we went to Brinksway.
Apopcalyptic had been warned about the air in this shelter which made us wary of it. After we got in and found our bearings, we started to wonder around. First of all, we came to the toilets, which were more luxurious than those at Dodge Hill.
We could tell that bad people had been in before us as a few bedstands were overturned, which made navigating around more interesting. We had torches, so all was good.
Some exposed springs.
An old crisp packet.
Anyone for a part of an old bike? Might be a mini unicycle, even.
Close-up of rust on a bedstand.
There were other signs of people here before us, grafitti on the walls.
There were arrows such as the one above, they were helpful in finding our way around. We loved the word Zoinks.
JCB Man stands guard outside an entrance incase anyone tries to get in through a solid brick wall
Then we saw a plane flying overhead! ...luckily it wasn't a bomber, so we were alright
Thanks for reading
I think Apopcalyptic will be adding photo's to this thread in the near future.
For history of those air-raid shelters, here's a link - http://www.derbyscc.org.uk/caving/otherug_stockport.htm.
The first one we visited was Dodge Hill.
Once we'd got in, we found ourselves in a dark and damp environment. First, we headed to one of the main entrances. There were 5 in total.
What I found really strange about this entrance was that you could hear people talking outside, so imagine what they thought when they heard voices from inside if they didn't know this was an air-raid shelter?!
There were still some original features in it, such as bedstands. There was some rubbish too, and some old crisp packets.
My photo's of bedstands...
This wasn't original rubbish
Apopcalyptic does some lightpainting.
After wondering around for a while, we found another bricked up entrance. On the otherside of this entrance would be a cobbled road.
Even though this photo was an accident, I like the way it came out.
The toilets were numbered. Also, they weren't that luxurious either, just a bucket.
When we had finished looking around, we then went to see where two of the entrances were on the outside.
The air-raid shelter ran across from just out of shot in the trees on the left, through to again out of shot on the right. As you can see, the M60 runs right past it.
After having a bite to eat, we went to Brinksway.
Apopcalyptic had been warned about the air in this shelter which made us wary of it. After we got in and found our bearings, we started to wonder around. First of all, we came to the toilets, which were more luxurious than those at Dodge Hill.
We could tell that bad people had been in before us as a few bedstands were overturned, which made navigating around more interesting. We had torches, so all was good.
Some exposed springs.
An old crisp packet.
Anyone for a part of an old bike? Might be a mini unicycle, even.
Close-up of rust on a bedstand.
There were other signs of people here before us, grafitti on the walls.
There were arrows such as the one above, they were helpful in finding our way around. We loved the word Zoinks.
JCB Man stands guard outside an entrance incase anyone tries to get in through a solid brick wall
Then we saw a plane flying overhead! ...luckily it wasn't a bomber, so we were alright
Thanks for reading
I think Apopcalyptic will be adding photo's to this thread in the near future.
