Courtauld's Textile Mill Air Raid Shelters, Bocking, Essex -1990
Dug-out these photos whilst sorting through another box-load of pics
About 5 years previous to this visit, the original Textile Mill and Factory Buildings sadly were demolished. Today, a new housing estate stands on part of the site, with just a few 1930's buildings remaining, now used as a Gym and for Industrial / Offices. We were told at the time by an old Village Resident that these Shelters were built for the Mill and Factory Workers.
My and me friends used to mess around in these old shelters, and there were rumours of old Plague Tunnels nearby. There were 2 types. A "single" (type 1) and a double "two-way" (type 2).
Sadly all these were removed when they re-developed the site.
Type 1
Type 2
Hope that these were of some interest to y'all
Lb:jimlad:
The development.....
http://www.barratthomes.co.uk/Find-a-Home/New-Developments/H2869-Bocking-Mill/?mode=2
Some history about Courtauld's Textiles.....
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/TEXcourtauldS.htm
http://images.google.com/imgres?img...ocking&um=1&hl=en&rlz=1T4SUNA_en___GB243&sa=N
Dug-out these photos whilst sorting through another box-load of pics
About 5 years previous to this visit, the original Textile Mill and Factory Buildings sadly were demolished. Today, a new housing estate stands on part of the site, with just a few 1930's buildings remaining, now used as a Gym and for Industrial / Offices. We were told at the time by an old Village Resident that these Shelters were built for the Mill and Factory Workers.
My and me friends used to mess around in these old shelters, and there were rumours of old Plague Tunnels nearby. There were 2 types. A "single" (type 1) and a double "two-way" (type 2).
Sadly all these were removed when they re-developed the site.
Type 1
Type 2
Hope that these were of some interest to y'all
Lb:jimlad:
The development.....
http://www.barratthomes.co.uk/Find-a-Home/New-Developments/H2869-Bocking-Mill/?mode=2
Some history about Courtauld's Textiles.....
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/TEXcourtauldS.htm
http://images.google.com/imgres?img...ocking&um=1&hl=en&rlz=1T4SUNA_en___GB243&sa=N
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