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GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton
Hockley Station: gwrhd732
Anderson Air-raid Shelters being distributed in Birmingham
by Great Western Railway cartage services in early 1939. The components of
these corrugated steel shelters were provided free of charge to householders
who lived in vulnerable areas if they had an income of less than £250 per
year, or they could be purchased by those on higher incomes for £7 each.
Across the UK, one and a half million Anderson Shelters were distributed
between February 1939 and the outbreak of war in September 1939, with another
two million distributed after the war had started.
The Scammell three-wheeled tractor No C3790 had a haulage
capacity of three tons and can be seen here with a demountable trailer painted
in the standard road fleet livery of the period. The tractor units were called
mechanical horses because they were designed to haul demountable trailers in
confined spaces and had an excellent turning circle. In front is a four wheeled
trailer with spoked wooden wheels. There are at least eight uniformed staff in
the photograph.
Robert Ferris
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