Pupils Visit Stockport Air Raid Shelters and the Stockport Story

To enhance their World War 2 history topic, Lower Park children from Year 5 and 6, teachers and helpers dressed in period clothes and spent a day at the Stockport Air Raid Shelters and the War Museum.

The youngsters imagined what it would be like to be evacuees and travelled back in time to discover what it would have been like to live during the war years. They also found out how children during World War 2 would have coped with food rationing, the Blitz and home life. Tom, Mr Marshall and Mrs Hodgkins were their war time guides.

More galleries - There are several more pages of photographs from the visit. Click on any of the following links for more. ***Watch Singing Video Clip Here***

Air Raid Shelters | Introductions | Rationing | Lunch | Gas Mask & Bombs | Make & Make Do | Singing | Year 3/4 Photos


GALLERY 1 - The Air Raid Shelters

The entrance sign to the Air Raid Shelters	The entrance tunnel to the shelters
Tunnels disappear into the distance	The tunnels are like a rabbit warren
All the tunnels are numbered so no-one gets lost.	A genuine World War 2 siren - thankfully no longer needed
The door to the Warden's 'office'!	The Warden's store
The First Aid Room	Basic first aid equipment
First aid equipment and the old wireless	The small kitchen
The mother and baby unit	Cradle, bed and top right a baby's gas mask
Toilets with only a piece of material for privacy and newspaper instead of toilet rolls	An Anderson shelter used mainly in the countryside
Anderson shelter
Choose Another Gallery from the choices below Air Raid Shelters | Introductions | Rationing | Lunch | Gas Mask & Bombs | Make & Make Do | Singing | Year 3/4 Photos