THE IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM NORTH
on friday I visited the imperial war museum north to see if I could find out any information on bomb shelters and fallout shelters . on my last visit i recalled it having a section on the topic but i didn't give it my full attention with the impressive harrier jump jet hanging over head. to make the experience more like an adventure i decided to walk to the museum , this proved to be quite a big mistake as it left me horribly lost wondering around salford despite navigating with GPS. I ended up waisting 3 hours trying to find the place just because i didn't trust modern technology , on the other hand in my search for the museum i found some very interesting corners of manchester and an architectural reclamation shop which i will defiantly be visiting again , so all in all it balances out .
At the museum I found no information about bomb shelters but there was the video on fallout which had some valuable information. I also found another interesting example of a shelter called a fire watchmans shelter . used by fire wardens in the blitz to take shelter from flying debris and bomb blasts so they could be in the middle of the action and ready to start fires . After getting back home ( now i knew my way around ) I spent the rest of my time watching public information films on fallout shelters . Overall a very interesting day .
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