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Southern Railway Pillboxes, Farnborough.
Ngr SU832554 This type 22 variant pillbox situated alongside the main south coast line at Cove near Farnborough […]

January 24, 2013 in Home Front Sites by colin

Flame Fougasse
Key Facts The Flame Fougasse is a method of projecting a beam of burning sticky fuel in a […]

January 3, 2013 in Home Front Sites / WWII Defensive Structures by colin

Roadblocks
When invasion panic ensued in 1940 road blocks were thrown up everywhere, mainly to the detriment of the […]

December 20, 2012 in Home Front Sites / WWII Defensive Structures by Tim Denton

Stanton Air Raid Shelter
The Stanton air-raid shelter was manufactured by the Stanton Ironworks Co Ltd near Nottingham (the iron connection is […]

December 20, 2012 in Home Front Sites / WWII Defensive Structures by Tim Denton