Anderson Shelter Bunk Beds

However the new owners hope eventually turn it into how it would have been during the war complete with bunk beds cabinet for tea etc.

Anderson shelter bunk beds.

Inside our anderson shelter we had four bunk beds a bucket with a seat as a chamber pot and another bucket for drinking water. Add the two junior bunks across the end of the model shelter as shown. The fact that it was overgrown for so many years and also set in concrete means that the shelter remains in near perfect condition. Anderson shelter in watford.

The shelter is still being using used as a temporary store. Furnishing the anderson shelter. There were also candles or oil lamps. Modelling the earth works.

The beds were supplied by the government and the supports were up to the owner. Simple homemade bunk beds were universal as not only could you sit on them but also if it was to be a long night you could lie down. Uk wales swansea gower parkmill gower heritage centre world war 2 wartime anderson shelter exhibit. In this example there were three beds one was a bunk bed above another one.

The escape hatch at the back of the shelter and one of the original bunk bed frames remain pretty much as new. Most people made their shelter a little home from home but the number of people in the family dictated how much furniture was required. The night light candles had to have a clay flower pot over them to reduce the light. Cut a rectangle of thick card approximately a3 size.

Anderson shelter in brockley. Anderson shelter decorated by the house holders. The number of beds in the shelters depended upon how many were to sleep in there. The candles used to burn up the oxygen in the air and you got sleepy.

In this leonard clow drawing the occupants look really cosy in their beds fast asleep. Components for the bunk beds. An original image from the 1960 s showing a semi. Similarly cut 2 rectangles of 1cm squared paper or card or open mesh of some kind and glue to the top of the two adult bunks to simulate bed springs.