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Bearing in mind that food was strictly rationed (unless you knew someone who could get you something at a price - black market and spivs) in Great Britain during World War II, there would be nothing like the amount of food, or variety, we enjoy today. The British Government sent out advice leaflets and poster giving advice on how to make do and mend. So, a family may sit down in the evening to mashed potato (filling) and a sausage each, or the last of the meat ration, with maybe a bit of cabbage, or even nettles for greens, or something from the vegetable patch, and then the air-raid sirens would sound. Obviously, the family would head for the Anderson Shelter in the back garden, with the sensible members taking their plate of food with them. In the shelter they would be fairly safe from the shrapnel from exploding German bombs, but would not survive a direct or a very close nearby hit.
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What was the 3 air raid shelters called in ww2?
there where two air raid shelters one was the Morrison shelter which looked like a table the other was the Anderson shelter which was underground
Were did people in London sleep for safety?
During WW2 many Londoners slept on the platforms of London Underground stations. Basements of buildings were used as communal air raid shelters. Morrison shelters and Anderson shelters for individual families were also used.
Who made anderson shelters in world war 2?
Over 3 million of these small iron shelters were erected in England before and during World War 2. They were distributed free to low income families and for a nominal fee to those that had a higher income. They were about 6 feet high, 4 1/2 feet wide and 6 1/2 feet long. They were designed to buried four feet deep and have earth piled over them. After the war, they were reclaimed for scrap metal. Some are still used, having been dug up and re-purposed as garden sheds.
When was the Anderson shelter created?
Because the man who invented the Anderson shelter his surname was Anderson its just the same as the Morrison shelter too!!!
A fixed allowence of food in World War 2 is called?
A fixed allowance of food in WW2 was called a ration. Every soldier had their specific ration of food each day.
