What are facts about the Anderson shelter?

Answer 1

- In November 1938, Britain Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain placed Sir John Anderson in charge of Air Raid Precautions. He immediately commissioned the engineer, William Patterson, to design a small and cheap shelter that could be erected in people's gardens.

-The first 'Anderson' shelter was erected in a garden in Islington, London on 25 February 1939.

-Between February 1939 and the outbreak of the war in September, around 1.5 million shelters were distributed to people living in areas expected to be bombed by the Luftwaffe.

-Anderson shelters were issued free to all householders who earned less than £250 a year, and those with a higher income were charged £7.

-Made from six curved corrugated sheets bolted together at the top, with steel plates at either end, and measuring 1.95m by 1.35m, the shelter could accommodate six people. The shelters were half buried in the ground with earth heaped on top.

-Many household placed extra earth on top of the shelters to grow food on during the "Dig For Victory Campaign".

Answer 2

poor people get it for £5

rich people get it for £7

half buried into the groud