HISTORY
This Pillbox (military bunker) was constructed during the early years of WW2 in 1940 and was designated as a lookout to defend the former Stanley Park Municipal Airport which had opened in 1931.
The airport was commandeered in 1939 by the Royal Air Force as a Technical Training...
Still waiting for an invasion that never came. Nature is camouflaging these World War 2 relics more efficiently than they ever could have been when they were first built in an effort to protect the heartlands of England from a German invasion force being grouped in readiness to pile over the...
I don't know much about what the type of it is but I have found this information about it and it's a type FW3/28A. During World War II, these bunkers were used for the defense of the United Kingdom against a possible enemy invasion. They were built in 1940 and into 1941 possibly to protect the...
While working away in Peterlee, i had some spare time so I took a drive to Easington Colliery and found a small Pillbox(?) on the beach.
Its just off a public footpath that runs alongside the railway line.
Looked in pretty good condition structurally and it looked like someone may be living...
Monkton Farleigh Down old ammunition tunnel in Wiltshire, This location has been done to death but I guess I could add my own experience of it.
Had a long drive there and bumped into some builders just before the convenient parking area (quite a lot of broken glass though), I was worried they...
One of over 25,000 built in the UK but i noticed it a few months ago and finally decided to pop in!:thumb
some numbers on the side i dont know what they are used for
I have decided to update my post on my ongoing search for info regarding the Nuclear Monitoring Post that was situated on the West side of Frog Hall Lane, in Hadleigh, Suffolk.
With new information I can now update everything I know.
The Royal Observer Corps in the Second World War were of...
raf st athan ww2 underground headquarters and roadside pillbox not a huge amount to see unfortunatley the war headquaters was flooded to at least 6 ft deep as it was built on marshland but the pillbox is easy accesable but looka loke it is frequented by local kids
PILLBOX
Interested in the line of Pillboxes used to protect the Elstow Munitions Factory (also Wixams), there is only one left now.
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Evening all. Since I spotted this place when on the way home from work a few months ago, I decided it was time to get out exploring again. There's not much to see here, but it's a more interesting way to spend my evening taking photos than sat in front of the TV.
History:
This casemate is...
Went on a weekend break to visit Oxford . Stayed at the Bridge Hotel at Shillingford . We went for a walk down the Thames for about 3/4 of a mile and came across this building nestling in the trees about 100 yds from the River . Went exploring and it looks like WW2 building but with a massive...
This place has been done frequently so I wont go mad and make yet another report on the place! The pillbox however was really fascinating (to me anyway ) Id never been in one with an entrance like that and was informed it maybe the last one on the site. I did a scour of the place looking for...
StaffordShire has a wealth of miltary stuffs dotted around the place, I cant seem to go on a walk these days without finding some evidence of our past dotted around the place; thought I'd share some my discoveries....
Brick pillbox, Still in good condition side of layby near cannock chase...