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bungle666
30-05-2010, 08:57 PM
I spotted this a good long time ago, but never really got round to giving it a closer look.

the location of, what i presume, is an air raid shelter. is on the site of the former haugh hey colliery in Newhey which is just out of rochdale.
its location seems a bit odd TBH and the colliery was well closed by the war so im not really 100% certain what it was there to serve.

it features 2 rooms and a short linking corridor at one end, but there is no evidence of anything else inside. its a bit of a mystery TBH, so any more info would be appreciated!!

located here:- http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=53.602995&lon=-2.087963&z=18.4&r=0&src=msl

visited with ojay.

as you walk too it you are met with this..

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o310/bunglebiker/newhey%20air%20raid/DSC_5803.jpg

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o310/bunglebiker/newhey%20air%20raid/DSC_5804.jpg

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o310/bunglebiker/newhey%20air%20raid/DSC_5805.jpg

1st room
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o310/bunglebiker/newhey%20air%20raid/DSC_5797.jpg

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o310/bunglebiker/newhey%20air%20raid/DSC_5799.jpg

2nd room
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o310/bunglebiker/newhey%20air%20raid/DSC_5802.jpg

ojay in a hole
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o310/bunglebiker/newhey%20air%20raid/DSC_5801.jpg

corridor
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o310/bunglebiker/newhey%20air%20raid/DSC_5800.jpg

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bungle666
30-05-2010, 09:20 PM
Probably an explosive store for the colliery, can't see any evidence of seating:confused:

im not sure mate, it looks too new to be related to the colliery, and TBH the colliery was VERY small and worked by hand!! it only had 3 workers listed as working underground in 1896!!

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boxfrenzy
31-05-2010, 08:13 AM
It looks very similar from the outside to one in a park just outside Leeds. THe whole construction does look ww2 type. Is there anything on Defence of Britain database?