Anderson Shelter Bunk Beds

Components for the bunk beds.

Anderson shelter bunk beds.

Uk wales swansea gower parkmill gower heritage centre world war 2 wartime anderson shelter exhibit. The candles used to burn up the oxygen in the air and you got sleepy. Add the two junior bunks across the end of the model shelter as shown. Cut a rectangle of thick card approximately a3 size.

Modelling the earth works. Inside our anderson shelter we had four bunk beds a bucket with a seat as a chamber pot and another bucket for drinking water. In 1939 sir john anderson the home secretary and the minister of home security commissioned the engineer william patterson to design a small and cheap shelter that could be erected in people s gardens 1 within a few months nearly one and a half million of these anderson shelters were distributed to people living in areas expected. The night light candles had to have a clay flower pot over them to reduce the light.

In this example there were three beds one was a bunk bed above another one. 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. The escape hatch at the back of the shelter and one of the original bunk bed frames remain pretty much as new. Anderson shelter in brockley.

Anderson shelter decorated by the house holders. The fact that it was overgrown for so many years and also set in concrete means that the shelter remains in near perfect condition. The beds were supplied by the government and the supports were up to the owner. Anderson shelter in watford.

The shelter is still being using used as a temporary store. The number of beds in the shelters depended upon how many were to sleep in there. Most people made their shelter a little home from home but the number of people in the family dictated how much furniture was required. 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.

In this leonard clow drawing the occupants look really cosy in their beds fast asleep. An original image from the 1960 s showing a semi. Furnishing the anderson shelter. There were also candles or oil lamps.