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Title: PORTLAND SQUARE AIR RAID SHELTER IN PLYMOUTH ENGLAND View count: 3437 Rating: 5.0 (7 ratings) Description: THIS PUBLIC UNDERGROUND AIR RAID SHELTER SAW THE BIGGEST CIVILIAN LOSS OF LIFE IN A SINGLE INCIDENT IN WARTIME PLYMOUTH. MARCH 1941 WAS A BLACK DAY WITH OVER 70 LIVES LOST - BUT MANY SAVED - THE SHELTER WORKED WELL BY LIMITING THE DEATH TOLL - "LIMIT" WAS WHAT IT WAS DESIGNED TO DO IN A DIRECT HOUSE - THERE MAY HAVE BEEN 800 PEOPLE HERE - SO IT DID ITS JOB WELL.NOVEMBER 2007 SEES IT FOUND 66 YEARS AFTER THAT BLITZ - THE GROUNDS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH HAVE RISEN ABOVE THE SHELTER. Tags: air, raid, shelter, bomb, blitz, plymouth, Author: leighammanor |
