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<blockquote data-quote="Wrench" data-source="post: 366156" data-attributes="member: 44536"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><u>Just a few pics and a short report for Spectre</u></strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 26px"><u><strong><strong><u>History </u></strong><u><strong>(stolen from someone else)</strong></u></strong></u></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong><u>The Brinksway deep level shelter is one of three deep level shelters in Stockport. The air raid shelter tunnels were for civilian use, and were dug into the red sandstone on which the town centre stands on. Work started on the tunnels in 1938 and the first set of shelters was opened on 28 October 1939. Stockport was first bombed on the 11th October 1940 The smallest of the tunnel shelters could accommodate 2,000 people and the largest 6,500 people.</u></strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>My visit and pics were from 2016<u>,</u> didn't take many pics as I thought it was a bit poo to be honest<u>.</u></strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><u></u></strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><u><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51099763773_c9dbe7f35b_h.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></u></strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><u></u></strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><u><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51099304839_6622123991_h.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></u></strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><u></u></strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><u><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51100030055_c9185843b0_h.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></u></strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><u></u></strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><u><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51099764373_dcc1e46dbd_h.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></u></strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><u></u></strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><u><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51099319687_8865656f70_h.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></u></strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><u></u></strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><u><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51099222906_5d8caceed3_h.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></u></strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong></strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>I know some folk like the underground thing but its not really for me</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong></strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>4/10 from me on this one but at least I was lucky enough to see it when I could</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><u><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><u>Stay safe Umbexers</u></strong></span></u></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wrench, post: 366156, member: 44536"] [CENTER][SIZE=5][B][U]Just a few pics and a short report for Spectre[/U][/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=6][B][/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=7][U][B][B][U]History [/U][/B][U][B](stolen from someone else)[/B][/U][/B][/U][/SIZE] [SIZE=6][B][U]The Brinksway deep level shelter is one of three deep level shelters in Stockport. The air raid shelter tunnels were for civilian use, and were dug into the red sandstone on which the town centre stands on. Work started on the tunnels in 1938 and the first set of shelters was opened on 28 October 1939. Stockport was first bombed on the 11th October 1940 The smallest of the tunnel shelters could accommodate 2,000 people and the largest 6,500 people.[/U][/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=5][B]My visit and pics were from 2016[U],[/U] didn't take many pics as I thought it was a bit poo to be honest[U]. [img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51099763773_c9dbe7f35b_h.jpg[/img] [img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51099304839_6622123991_h.jpg[/img] [img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51100030055_c9185843b0_h.jpg[/img] [img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51099764373_dcc1e46dbd_h.jpg[/img] [img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51099319687_8865656f70_h.jpg[/img] [img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51099222906_5d8caceed3_h.jpg[/img][/U] I know some folk like the underground thing but its not really for me 4/10 from me on this one but at least I was lucky enough to see it when I could[/B][/SIZE] [U][SIZE=5][B][U]Stay safe Umbexers[/U][/B][/SIZE][/U][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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