A sprawling network of secret underground tunnels is being transformed into a major new London tourist attraction. Hidden 40m ...

Blitz' is an abbreviation ... Most people sheltered in corrugated iron Anderson shelters in their back gardens, brick-built public shelters or designated air raid shelters – usually the basement ...

Air-raid siren sounds ... the capital a year later during the height of the Blitz. When people heard the siren they would stop what they were doing and make for a shelter. These might be Anderson ...

The Blitz began on August 28 ... The tunnels were originally built as deep air-raid shelters during the Second World War, and were later sold to BT for the purpose of carrying cables under ...

The "time capsule" of times and dates of air raid ... during The Blitz, and the "physical discomfort and disruption they caused". "It is easy to imagine the writer taking shelter in this cramped ...

The remains of an air raid shelter with lettered pillars used ... Plans stated the basement would likely have sheltered people during the Baedeker Blitz of 1942. York was among the cities ...

During the conflict, civilians volunteered or were conscripted into jobs to help the war effort. Whether it was joining new organisations such as the Home Guard or existing ones including the ...