An underground wartime shelter that could hold up to 800 people was found during works to revamp Lewisham town centre, The Greenwich Wire can reveal. The shelter managed to withstand a Nazi rocket attack on the high street that killed more than 50 people, but had been forgotten about over time – until work began […]
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Air-raid shelter set to go in plan for 20 flats at Charlton garage
A little-known World War II air-raid shelter beneath an MOT garage could be destroyed as part of a plan to build 20 flats in Charlton. The shelter, beneath the Riverside Garage on the corner of Rathmore Road and Victoria Way, would be wiped out to form a basement where a self-storage depot would be based. […]
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