The James Miniman Govinda Gya Gya shelter, leicester

[MD]

The James Miniman Govinda Gya Gya shelter, leicester is a large 4 entrance WW2 air raid shelter

entrance-C by M D Allen, on Flickr


ladder by M D Allen, on Flickr


_MG_5255 by M D Allen, on Flickr


airpalnt by M D Allen, on Flickr


door by M D Allen, on Flickr


escape by M D Allen, on Flickr


D10 by M D Allen, on Flickr


crest by M D Allen, on Flickr


gas by M D Allen, on Flickr




E-D-C-B-A by M D Allen, on Flickr


all all in a good night and another one ticked off a large list

 

[night crawler]

Impressive just a shame it is not looked after

 

[PaulPowers]

Nice, good to see some of the original features remain

 

[UrbanX]

Nice find sir!

 

[chris]

Nice one - interesting features there. The gas curtain support is really classy Bay markings look post-war though can't see why anyone would have added them then

 

[Goldie87]

An excellent shelter this one, the best preserved Leicetser public one i've been in so far. Very good condition with lots of original features remaining including light fittings and wiring, ventilation fans, toilet buckets, and gas curtains. Built in Leicester Corporations favoured method of pre cast concrete sections, the shelter was used by a school and also the general public. The shelter is located in an area of the city with many large victorian houses and open spaces, so the size of the shelter is quite surprising. However apparently during air raid warnings people from the densely populated terraced areas would trek over to this shelter, which for some would have been quite a long walk. The area where these people came was bombed quite badly, so I guess people must have felt it was safer to travel further to this shelter well out the way.


Shelter Corridor by Goldie87, on Flickr


Loos by Goldie87, on Flickr


Keep Still by Goldie87, on Flickr


Ventilation by Goldie87, on Flickr


Gas Curtain by Goldie87, on Flickr


Light Fitting by Goldie87, on Flickr


Wires by Goldie87, on Flickr


Roadwork Lamp by Goldie87, on Flickr

 

[flyboys90]

What a treasure and it dont look like its had many visiters?great pics thanks for sharing both.

 

[Goldie87]

Indeed there wasn't much sign of the usual rubbish collected up over the years. One side looked like it might have been used for training the fire brigade long ago, thats about it.

 

[wherever i may roam]

Brill find...

 

[Bad wolf]

Nice one Matt, Give youself a screwball!.

 

[alex76]

cracking stuff lads

 

[Chris34]

A nice find that chaps!

 

[old git]

My company has been asked to assist in plans to fill them.
I take it from peoples comments on here that there are a few of these in Leicester.

 

[MD]

My company has been asked to assist in plans to fill them.
I take it from peoples comments on here that there are a few of these in Leicester.

there are a few around yes
its a shame they are being filled but thats progress i suppose
glad we got the shots before its to late

 

[ThenewMendoza]

Should imagine most cities in reach of the Luftwaffe had copious air-raid shelters, suspect you are scratching the surface here Matt. Keep it up.

M

 

[Big Bill]

Looks amazing!

I've recently been told that none exist in Leicester, seems I was badly informed!

 

[georgie]

crackin pics them goldie87