As Protection against air raids, Anderson shelters
were distributed free to the less well off. They came
in a kit of 20 pieces for assembling in the back garden
sunk four feet below the surface with earth piled on top.
In 1941 Morrison shelters made of steel, which could be
used inside houses were introduced. There were also public
shelters. Trench-type shelters were dug at Carville Hall
North, Carville Hall South Boston Manor Park and St Paul's
Recreation Ground; Basements in Boston Manor Rd, the Butts
and Layton Rd were used for shelters. The stand at Brentford
Football Ground in Brook Road South Rd was also a public
shelter as were the arches under the great Western Railway
line in the Ham and arches under Kew Bridge (this was the
largest shelter in Brentford with accommodation for 368).
Public shelters were only intended initially for people
caught in the street during an air raid, but as the Blitz
made all too clear, they were needed for overnight. In 1942
brick-built shelters with sleeping accommodation were put up
in Boston Manor Rd, Enfield Rd, Ealing Rd, Carville Crescent,
the Great West Rd by Lionel Rd, the Butts, Catherine Wheel Rd
Mafeking Ave and at the junction of the High Street and
Running Horse Yard.
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