busm air raid shelter leicester june 2008

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

this was a find and a half after hearing hearing about the 'underground' parts on here a while back

ill sort through mine in a minute

Good to finally confirm that they do exist! There were a lot of newish looking fire exit signs and light fittings, however turned them on and evidently they had been there a while as only half worked properly. Shame its been cleared out and all the ventilation plant has gone, but still an excellent find!

this was our exit.....right under a camera OOPS



old stores



seems it has been used in recent times



a ghost



we never did see the spider

Fabulous find, guys. Well done for getting into them. They have a really nice feel about them...love the wooden doors and the signage.

Good find there lads, any plans to demolish/reuse this place any time soon?

Nice find! Some good pics too! well done.

Nice work. Was out reccying this place last night

An excellent find! Nice detective work

Looks in good condition too. Thanks for sharing.

Lb:jimlad:

P.s. -did you check ya bag for that spider when you left?!

Very nice, seems to be quite intricate.