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Podcast: Today In History with The Retrospectors
Episode: Britain's Backyard Bunkers
Description: The Anderson Shelter, the pop-up sheds distributed to millions of Londoners during the Blitz was first erected on February 25th, 1939 - in the garden of Mrs. Spong, in Carlsbad Street, Islington.Devised to protect civilians from Nazi air raids, and handed out free to those who earned under £5 per week, the shelters were dug four metres into the ground and covered with earth, provided cramped but potentially life-saving cover for families during bombings.In this episode, The Retrospectors reveal why, nonetheless, millions of L...