Middlesbrough Air Raid Shelter Sign

Posted in Wartime Relics, Middlesbrough Heritage, Signs and Markers | Show On Map | Tuesday, August 18th, 2009 | Trackback

This painted sign has somehow survived 65 years and indicates the site of a likely still intact Second World War air raid shelter for 367 people.

Middlesbrough, Air Raid Shelter

7 Responses to “Middlesbrough Air Raid Shelter Sign”

  1. Matthew James Says:
    August 19th, 2009 at 7:17 am

    I suppose even more remarkable given the area’s considerable redevelopment over the years.

  2. Matt Falcus Says:
    August 19th, 2009 at 9:12 am

    Whereabouts is this?

  3. chris.twigg Says:
    August 19th, 2009 at 9:14 am

    Thats what the “Show On Map” button on every post is for :-)

  4. david walsh Says:
    August 20th, 2009 at 11:43 am

    A nice hidden sign (I hope it is still there) is / was on the East gable end side of the road that used to be Redcar Bus Staion where at the top was the faint shadow of a painted announcement for “United - Fast coaches to York Doncaster and London by the Great North Road - day or night”

  5. david walsh Says:
    August 20th, 2009 at 3:35 pm

    And (a pedant speaks) antoher sign that i know is still in place. On a door lintel beside the Yorskhire Bank in Church Street, Guisborough, there is a painted pub notice stating that’this house is open in the afternoons of a Tuesday for people attending the market and mart’. (that was for the cattle mart that used to be held at the rear of Patten Lane until the early 1970’s) The bank now occupies the building that was the old Red Lion pub. The sign must date from about about 1917 when the new licensing hours came into place. Before they were repealed in the 198o’s markets whihc enjoyed licensing exceptions were always a good bet for afternoon boozing at a timee when most pubs closed at 2.30 or 3.00 p.m. !

  6. Adam Says:
    September 10th, 2009 at 10:34 pm

    Wonder if there is still a shelter there? Theres a few old ghost signs around Middlesbrough including and old Esso one

  7. Michael Says:
    April 21st, 2010 at 10:10 am

    Just to let everyone know that it is still there. Would love a look around myself, something very creepy about a shelter like this I always feel, even more so when the area was actually bombed as well.

    http://rememberwhen.gazettelive.co.uk/2010/03/sheltering-from-the-blitz.html

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