littlewoods

December 2024 Visited with @Mr Budge to finally explore a place I had wanted to see for a long time: the Littlewoods' Air Raid Shelter. After a brief walk around, we found ourselves in the middle of this huge shelter. It was clear that time has not been kind to the structure. Many parts of the...

The History: This air raid shelter was built before World War Two for the workers of the nearby Littlewoods Pools building. Several entrances were available for the staff. The factory building itself was used for several purposes during the war, including printing National Registration forms...

Explored last year back in May 2018 before the horrible fire that caused so much damage to this iconic building. Was a chilled out explore and amazing to see the vast scale of this place. Hard to imagine the hustle and bustle that must have gone on when it was full of staff. I think my mum...