Shelter Collection

An Anderson air raid shelter in the back garden of a Bristol home during the Second World War, with sandbags for extra protection against the falling bombs. Circa October 1939

WW2 A family seeks refuge inside an Anderson Air Raid shelter during the blitz. These shelter came in kit form, they were made of corrugated iron

The old South Shields lifeboat Tyne built in 1833. The Tyne Lifeboat, the worlds second oldest lifeboat in existence and one of the North Easts most important examples of maritime heritage

An indoor air raid shelter. Liverpool This indoor shelter is believed to be strong enough to withstand the collapse of an ordinary house. It has been made by an Liverpool engineer

Blasted from their homes in Londons East End, Kartar Singh and his family in the crypt of Christ Church, Spitalfields. The walls are decorated with Christmas decorations. 8th December 1940

Picture shows a Morrison Shelter, after an air raid over Merseyside. Of the two Morrison shelters, six people were taken out after the blast, and all of them had only slight injuries

People of James Reckitt Avenue, Hull, Yorkshire, look as the men dig the garden. It is likely that they are digging to build an air raid shelter

Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, Prince Charles (The Prince of Wales) and his sister Princess Anne pictured during a visit to Tuktoyaktuk

Alex Higgins. Snooker player. Alex is pictured here in December 1975 with an unnamed lady. Alex did marry a lady in April 1975, Cara Hasler, and they had a daughter Christel

Nurses giving tube shelterers Garole for prevention of flu as they take cover in at St Johns Wood tube station during the Blitz. January 1941 P011595

Many months of bombing have proved the worth of surface shelters. Time and again properly built surface shelters have kept thousands of people safe, even when surrounding buildings have been wrecked

Because of anti-personnel bombs, everybody digs in. Pte. W. Major helps build a bivvy hole. 2nd March 1944

Mrs Miller with her 4-month-old baby at her house at Crowhurst Road, Brixton. September 1940

A Shelter Party in Bedminster, South of the city of Bristol. Somerset and Avon area. Bristol was Englands fifth most heavily bombed city, from 24th November 1940 to 15th May 1944

Air raid victims together in a hall or lounge during a local event or speech regarding the local situation. Bristol, England during The Blitz of world War Two. Somerset and Avon area

Homeless civilians after a bombing raid. Exact location unknown. Somerset and Avon area. Bristol was Englands fifth most heavily bombed city, from 24th November 1940 to 15th May 1944

Air raid shelter in Malta. Malta has 30 long underground galleries of great antiquity now in use as shelters. December 1941

Deep shelters in Malta to protect convoy carried supplies. Pictured, Maltese workmen busy in one of the large supply shelters. Circa October 1941

Civilians collect at the entrance to an air raid shelter as the sirens sounds, Valetta, Malta. April 1942

The flying Magic Carpet of the Arabian Nights has nothing on the Anderson shelter you see battered and bent, but still taking it, in the picture

A line of prams parked outside a tube station in London as people take cover underground during the blitz. 10th October 1940

Air raid shelter in College Green, in the centre of Bristol. 1939, only a few weeks into the war with the whole country on alert with towns building air raid shelters at pace. Somerset and Avon area

Yugoslav people settle down to life in a refugee camp operated by the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration in the Middle East during the Second world War. April 1944

The new indoor Table shelter announced by the Minister of Home Security in the House of Commons. 11th February 1941

Infantry of the 1st Battalion The Suffolks in the dugouts on the banks of the River Ms. 27th November 1944

These people have taken heed of the Minister of Home Securitys warning to " prepare for winter raids". They have made a refuge room with a Morrison shelter in it

Tests of the new table-type indoor air raid shelter. A two-storey house was brought down by explosives to reproduce the collapse of such a house caused by a heavy bomb falling close by

The new indoor Table shelter announced by the Minister of Home Security in the house. 11th February 1941

Tests carried out by the Research and Experimental department on a Flat-topped shelter Type T. This shelter was first tested by dropping a heavy block of concrete weighing 350 lbs from a height of 6

A bomb fell between two houses in a Merseyside town causing both of them to collapse. The Morrisons were in a ground floor room in each of them

A two storey house was brought down by explosives to reproduce the collapse caused by a heavy bomb falling nearby. The debris support erected-was in one of the ground floor rooms

British soldier shelters from the rain under the tracks of a disabled Mark 6 German Tiger tank on Route 6. Circa June 1944

Air raid shelter in the London area. It is an official shelter, a disused underground railway tunnel. September 1940

An ARP shelter in a haystack. 23rd October 1939

Air Raid Precautions, construction of air raid shelters. October 1938

Deep shelter wardens transferring bedding in the first shelter to be opened tonight (Stockwell). July 1944

The new indoor table style air raid shelter. For use inside the house. A person would lay inside it. Picture taken 29th March 1941

This public air raid shelter made of bricks was damaged in an air raid. Though no one was hurt. Sadly a man standing by the doorway was killed. Liverpool. Merseyside. Picture taken 7th September 1940

Queen Elizabeth II (right), Prince Charles (The Prince of Wales) and his sister Princess Anne (left) pictured during a visit to Tuktoyaktuk

Fashion (For use in air raids). Shown by women from a Birmingham shop. 16th October 1939

Fashion (For use in air raids). Shown by a Birmingham shop. On the left is a bib overall with a sweater. Beside it is a wadded bed quit that can be be used as a wrap with a hood

Sir John Anderson visited the standard telephone company, Southgate to inspect the A. R
Sir John Anderson visited the standard telephone company, Southgate to inspect the A.R.P demonstration this afternoon. 7th July 1939

Mr. W. S. Warne, of Alderney Avenue, Hounslow, Middlesex, believes in comfort. He didn t fancy the idea of sleeping in a shelter in his garden during the winter months

A. R. P. Mr C W Milsom Lofting Road Barnsbury (London), is an artist
A.R.P. Mr C W Milsom Lofting Road Barnsbury (London), is an artist. His art is garden decoration. For years his gardens have been famous in Barnsbury. Then along came A.R.P. and Mr

Mrs. J. Owen, mother of seven (4 evacuated) has lost two homes from bombs
Mrs. J.Owen, mother of seven (4 evacuated) has lost two homes from bombs. A bomb demolished the second. A Morrison table shelter saved her

Three female old age pensioners sit out in the sun, cooling their feet in buckets of water, with newspapers on their heads for shelter form the hot sun. Picture taken circa 1st July 1985

Roe Street, Liverpool, L1, Merseyside. England. Buses at Roe Street, City Centre, Liverpool. Picture taken 28th August 1995

Rainy day at the Centre, Bristol, from Baldwin Street, Circa 1947

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