myself goldie87 and mr sam paid a visit to busm again with 2 things to do get up the water tower and find the air raid shelter we managed one of them here are my pictures. quite a big place no idea how many people it held one nice find was the air filtration chart behind the door. dated 1939
spy hole in entrance
main tunnel
old signs
air filter system
bought to you by the leicester explorers
just a bit of history for you during the war the big shelter was the main one for this side of leicester it had a crows nest for a look out you can see that on my picture below on the main building roof. they made sights for anti aircraft guns, 30mm shell casings and complete production of gear case for the RR merlin engines as used in spitfires and hurricanes.
i also now have the plans for the air raid shelters for the factory.
and this is how big the factory was
spy hole in entrance
main tunnel
old signs
air filter system
bought to you by the leicester explorers
just a bit of history for you during the war the big shelter was the main one for this side of leicester it had a crows nest for a look out you can see that on my picture below on the main building roof. they made sights for anti aircraft guns, 30mm shell casings and complete production of gear case for the RR merlin engines as used in spitfires and hurricanes.
i also now have the plans for the air raid shelters for the factory.
and this is how big the factory was
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