Wartime defences

It seems odd to be talking of underground bunkers/fall-out shelters today, with the recent reports of North Korea in the headlines, for it was North Korea/Russia-Communism in 1950 that made us build them in the first place. At the end of WW2 it took three years to get all the troops back home that had been enlisted men, but the MoD did not let go, a number of the forces were placed on reservist list for a number of years - one telegram and you were back to military life regardless of employment, marriage etc. I believe 1950, Civil Defence started to build fall-out shelters and started drills for such etc, maybe Radford Kid may know? But the build up of troops to Korea at one time had me expecting a telegram, fortunately for me it never came, but the cold war became worse. Through the years we had the Bay of Pigs, Vietnam, Greenham Common etc. It still goes on. AB was 'Alternative to Bread'. Me, I preferred the Dark Chocolate army ration.

1939 to 1945 bread and flour was not rationed so biscuits to soak was never mentioned to my knowledge.

I'm hoping this will be viewable to all - please let me know if not. The Earlsdon History Facebook page has just shared these amazing images of an air raid shelter in a garage in Stoneleigh Avenue! Earlsdon History FB Page

Hi Neil Does Stoneleigh Avenue back onto Warwick Avenue?

Not quite Rosemary It runs parallel with Woodland Ave - the houses on the westside back on to Hearsall golf course. It 'meets' Warwick Ave at the crossroads with Beechwood Ave. I live right by there

Thanks Neil, I think I can picture it. Unfortunately I disposed of my old A-Z of Coventry when I moved down here!