Report - Brinksway Air Raid Shelters - November 2017

[paulpowers]

The legs were possibly used to transport the gas solar lights into the tunnels

 

[elhomer12]

The legs were possibly used to transport the gas solar lights into the tunnels

Might have been for when the wardens bike was out of action

 

[EOA]

I keep forgetting to come back to this, being a little distracted with writing letters to Matt Holmes and stuff

Wonder what purpose these served in the war, might send our Matthew a message and get an expert's opinion

Well, he is the foremost authority on anything that pops into his head!

Damn, this is something I've never seen before. All the deep shelters I've seen are either lined with corrugated Iron or have hints of it. Was this even lined in it's day?

I think it may be because the shelters up here were carved into the sandstone!

Top snaps fella

Cheers dude.

Glad you got to see the solar powered gas lamps mate

I was very pleased I saw the lamps. So many of them about. I did also manage to see the wardens wheel too!

nicely done mate, good report as your norm

Cheers Urbanz.

I was sad to see that you didn't photoshop yourself in any of your pics in the traditional MH toileting pose. Otherwise, these are really great photos and nice writeup. (Having recently also stood in the same spot as the Facebook explorer I know it can be overwhelming, but you coped well....) ;-)

I thought I'd save that and do it in traditional Matthew Holmes style for somewhere I didn't actually explore -

Interesting report, and quality pics, thanks.
However I do not believe that the lamps have anything thing to do with gas, and probably nothing to do with solar either.

Cheers, Mike. Always nice to get a bit of history on a place from an expert, even if I did prompt you into offering your wisdom with a piss take of Mr Holmes.

The legs were possibly used to transport the gas solar lights into the tunnels

I honestly thought they were for touching while you knocked one out?

 

[Ojay]

Oh the pram wheel lol

Matthew Holmes, curling out more History

 

[Garyjayuk]

I’ve been trying to get in these for years and can never find the entrance. Apart from those that are blocked on brinks and dodge.

The last time I went looking, I ended up in the caves of Brinksway talking to the homeless :-)

I know it’s not the done thing. But any pointers would be helpful?

 

[paulpowers]

I’ve been trying to get in these for years and can never find the entrance. Apart from those that are blocked on brinks and dodge.

The last time I went looking, I ended up in the caves of Brinksway talking to the homeless :-)

I know it’s not the done thing. But any pointers would be helpful?

The way in has been sealed up again after Matt Holmes decided to splatter it all over the internet along with a film of him going in

Dodge hill opens up periodically and all you have to do is walk over the footbridge near Lanky hill to check it

 

[Baggy trousers]

Crikey, not been in there for a long time, even though it's a 2 min walk from mine!
That Matt Holmes really knows his stuff doesn't he
Great report dude!

 

[Calamity Jane]

Great sharp shots here. Mint
Nice legs lol. Loving this report. The big shadow one is spooky , just how I like it lol.

 

[Garyjayuk]

Cheers Paul ;-)

 

[FreshFingers]

The way in has been sealed up again after Matt Holmes decided to splatter it all over the internet along with a film of him going in

Dodge hill opens up periodically and all you have to do is walk over the footbridge near Lanky hill to check it

Is that recently PP? I was shown a video of some guy squirting access all over the curtains of FB a few weeks ago. Selfishly, I found it annoying. We passed it whilst heading up the hill to look at something else last weekend, we did wonder if any action had been taken to secure it.

 

[Nickindroy]

Is that recently PP? I was shown a video of some guy squirting access all over the curtains of FB a few weeks ago. Selfishly, I found it annoying. We passed it whilst heading up the hill to look at something else last weekend, we did wonder if any action had been taken to secure it.

Everything was put back in it's place, and string was removed...I hear.

 

[Baggy trousers]

Everything was put back in it's place, and string was removed...I hear.

There was something going on last week when I walked past for a mooch round the derp above it.. there were folk all vizzed up wandering around the woods and the substation..

 

[Ojay]

There was something going on last week when I walked past for a mooch round the derp above it.. there were folk all vizzed up wandering around the woods and the substation..

Was only a matter of time really, we did our bit

 

[FreshFingers]

If I could offer a bit more historical detail on this one - OS maps dating from 1848 vaguely show a depression or cutting leading from Brinksway, but it isn't until 1851 where buildings of some nature have appeared.

From this point up until 1873, two rows of houses straddled the cobbled incline of Hunt Street.

The houses along Hunt Street just prior to the slum clearances in 1964.

 

[Baggy trousers]

Good bit of old school stockport history there fingers!