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Ellen Wilkinson was made responsible for air raid shelters and was instrumental in the introduction of the Morrison Shelter in March 1941. Named after the Home Secretary, Herbert Morrison, the shelters were made of very heavy steel and could be put in the living room and used as a table.
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The Morrison Shelter ... Using the Morrison shelter as a table. The Morrison shelter was approximately 6 feet 6 inches (2m) long, 4 feet (1.2m) wide and 2 feet 6 inches (0.75m) high. When not in use as a shelter it could be used as a table (see illustration) by temporarily removing the welded wire mesh sides.
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REME Museum of Technology, Details of Museum Education Facilities ... To learn about the Blitz and the Morrison Shelter. To experience a re-enactment of an air-raid. ... Short introduction on construction of the Morrison Shelter, followed by practical role playing re-enactment of an air-raid.
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Message 1 - Morrison Shelter ... Dear Daphne, I thoroughly enjoyed reading about your father's fight with the Morrison shelter. And to think after all that you didn't make use of it. My family had a smelly, damp Anderson, which was horrible and full of spiders.
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Morrison Shelter Birth. The war was on and we had a Morrison Shelter in our front room. ... ... The year was 1944. The war was on and we had a Morrison Shelter in our front room. My husband and I had two little girls and I was expecting any day. A mattress was put on top of the shelter and the mid-wife was called.
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Sci-Tech Dictionary: air-raid shelter ... 3.7 Morrison shelter ... The Morrison shelter, officially termed Table (Morrison) Indoor Shelter, was designed by John Baker and named after Herbert Morrison, the Minister of Home Security at the time.
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www.answers.com/topic/air-raid-shelter-1
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The Home Front was the name given to what was happening in Britain while the war was fought. The Home Front includes topics such as evacuation, rationing, gas masks, the home guard (Dad's Army) ... Online College and University Degree Guide ... History Learning Site > World War Two > Britain's Home Front in World War Two...
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A morrison shelter was found in many houses in World War 2. Being only the size of a table, four people were meant to be able to hide underneath them... Continued Below ... Keywords: Morrison shelter world war 2 aviation museum flixton air raid shelter;
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