The very wonderful Subterranea is out for September and is jam packed with articles of all sorts of interest (not just bunkers, that is!) including news of Dollis Hill and Fort Halstead - and articles describe visits and tunnels in many parts of Europe, and indeed China. Nearer home is a fascinating article on the Mayor of Ramsgate's work on wartime tunnels now being renovated.
Among the news items are two of Greenwich interest
- the air raid shelter at Waverley Road, Plumstead - they note that the journal British Archaeology has featured this as one of six important threatened sites. They note that the shelter is built in an unusual way with benches, ventilation, electrical fittings and a urinal. (they quote from Brit. Arch. May/June 2011)
- Woolwich Crossrail Station - there is a short article about the proposed station and its funding, and in a different article note the timescale and methods for the tunnel to it.
Subterranea is the journal of Subterranea Britannica and impressively edited by Nick Catford (editor@subbrit.org.uk) http://www.subbrit.org.uk/
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A sad day, I saw watched the demolition of the Waverley Road air raid shelter today by a drill tooled excavator. It survived the Blitz but not property developers...
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