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The [[Boston Grammar School]] World War II '''air raid shelters''' seem to have been in two groups, one between the school and the playing field, which were demolished in the 1960s to make way for [[Mobiles|mobile classrooms]], and another between the school and Rowley Road, demolished for the eventual construction of the [[Science Blocks#Second Science Block|Second Science Block]]. | [[File:Speech1965.jpg|frame|Photo taken of [[Second and Third Year Prize Winners c1965]] beside one of the air raid shelters between the school and the playing field]]The [[Boston Grammar School]] World War II '''air raid shelters''' seem to have been in two groups, one between the school and the playing field, which were demolished in the 1960s to make way for [[Mobiles|mobile classrooms]], and another between the school and Rowley Road, demolished for the eventual construction of the [[Science Blocks#Second Science Block|Second Science Block]]. | ||
[[Richard Harris]] remembers one of the sets of shelters being demolished. | [[Richard Harris]] remembers one of the sets of shelters being demolished. | ||
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I was at BGS from 1956 to 1960. One of the occurrences that made an impression during that period was the enormous effort expended in demolishing the WW2 air-raid shelters which were in a line along the left side of the school viewed from the front. Most were made of a type of concrete that would have survived a nuclear attack and they seemed to need that scale of energy delivered for weeks on end by various means that dispersed most of it in the form of noise. The shelters eventually made way for a new science block (the pride and joy of deputy head [[Herbert Matthew Dickson|Dickson]]). | I was at BGS from 1956 to 1960. One of the occurrences that made an impression during that period was the enormous effort expended in demolishing the WW2 air-raid shelters which were in a line along the left side of the school viewed from the front. Most were made of a type of concrete that would have survived a nuclear attack and they seemed to need that scale of energy delivered for weeks on end by various means that dispersed most of it in the form of noise. The shelters eventually made way for a new science block (the pride and joy of deputy head [[Herbert Matthew Dickson|Dickson]]). | ||
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Latest revision as of 00:04, 5 April 2021
The Boston Grammar School World War II air raid shelters seem to have been in two groups, one between the school and the playing field, which were demolished in the 1960s to make way for mobile classrooms, and another between the school and Rowley Road, demolished for the eventual construction of the Second Science Block.
Richard Harris remembers one of the sets of shelters being demolished.
I was at BGS from 1956 to 1960. One of the occurrences that made an impression during that period was the enormous effort expended in demolishing the WW2 air-raid shelters which were in a line along the left side of the school viewed from the front. Most were made of a type of concrete that would have survived a nuclear attack and they seemed to need that scale of energy delivered for weeks on end by various means that dispersed most of it in the form of noise. The shelters eventually made way for a new science block (the pride and joy of deputy head Dickson).