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Iceboy53
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replied on: 2/27/2006 10:14:59 AM it's a derbyshire gov site,if you type in heanor air raid shelters in google it will give you an option of viewing html,this is what you have to click on.the heading is "2 proposed replacement juniour school on land off lockton ave". |
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WesleyLees
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replied on: 5/2/2007 3:03:52 PM I went to Langley Mill Junior Mixed (previously Langley Mill Girls School), which had two air-raid shelters still there when I was at the school 1958-60. They were just past the canteen which was built in a war prefab. They were the type that were half built into the ground, with steps down at both ends. I presume this was so there was two exits in case a bomb destroyed one entrance. |
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philfred
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replied on: 2/10/2008 12:59:12 AM Some thoughts on the 2 Shelters on the HGS playing field. On the opposite side of the footpath was Lockton Avenue Girls School, either one or two wooden buildings. The shelters would be very close to underground roadways in width and height so could have been used in the training of Bevin Boys. The accomodation would have been the school building(s) with theory training at the technical school at the other end of the footpath. The initial training of Bevin Boys was for six weeks then on to work proper, with lodging near to the pit. I've probably got it wrapped round my neck but someone will put it right. regards Phil |
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RMMee
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Air-raid Shelters
replied on: 2/10/2008 3:01:27 AM quote: Phil, I'm a bit confused re this. Was the Lockton Avenue Girls' School used for the accommodation of Bevin Boys? Were the HGS shelters used for training purposes for Bevin Boys? Or was this just a proposed activity? I have seen no reference to the shelters being so used in the HGS Governors' minutes, though it is possible that in wartime they would not have discussed it, but rather just got on with it. |
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Peter Chamberlain
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replied on: 2/10/2008 8:49:44 AM During the War[sound like Uncle Albert] The Miners Hostel was situated behind the Co-op Dairy At Eastwood later to become The Mushroom farm,And now Swallowed up by Warburtons Bakery. When i entered the mines(1950)training was at Shipley Woodside but this was a new concept previous to this training was at Hartsey colliery for new entrants from the Heanor and Langley Mill Areas |
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philfred
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replied on: 2/12/2008 3:39:10 PM Hello Robert, it just seemed to all fit together, in my mind, with the Technical School, shelters and school being so close together. regards Phil |
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Jenks
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replied on: 6/14/2008 9:51:02 PM There was an air-raid shelter at Commonside infants school on Thorpes Road. It was grassed over with steps going down at each end, very damp and smelly. This was around 1954/58. Jenks |
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annancliffe
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replied on: 6/15/2008 10:01:10 AM I remember that shelter very well. I attended Commonside School in 1958 and we were told by the teachers not to go near it - if I remember correctly, it had an iron gate across it and stories went around by us kids there was a dragon down there !!! Never went near it after that! Ann Marie |
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