Anderson Shelter Bunk Beds

Most people made their shelter a little home from home but the number of people in the family dictated how much furniture was required.

Anderson shelter bunk beds.

There were also candles or oil lamps. Add the two junior bunks across the end of the model shelter as shown. Anderson shelter decorated by the house holders. Components for the 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. Cut a rectangle of thick card approximately a3 size. The beds were supplied by the government and the supports were up to the owner. 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 candles used to burn up the oxygen in the air and you got sleepy. Anderson shelter with bunk beds at the 1940s swansea bay reenactment. Anderson shelter in brockley. Uk wales swansea gower parkmill gower heritage centre world war 2 wartime anderson shelter exhibit.

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. 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. In this example there were three beds one was a bunk bed above another one. 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.

The number of beds in the shelters depended upon how many were to sleep in there. Furnishing the anderson shelter. The night light candles had to have a clay flower pot over them to reduce the light. Anderson shelter in watford.

Building an anderson shelter arp training exercise during ww2. An original image from the 1960 s showing a semi. 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.