Growing Anderson shelters

Romney huts were designed by The Directorate of Fortifications and Works who were housed at Romney House in London. The huts took their name from this.

Thanks very much Denis.

Romney huts were designed by The Directorate of Fortifications and Works who were housed at Romney House in London. The huts took their name from this.

The first photo looks a bit like my Grandad’s air raid shelter. He worked for Blue Circle Cement in Northfleet and he must have been a dab hand at making concrete with it as well. I bet it’s still in the back garden of his old house because when I was a kid it looked absolutely indestructible!

I have a question regarding types of huts. I was in Malta not too long ago and spent a couple of days at the fairgrounds in a modern hut that was similar in shape to a Nissen or Quonset hut but it was aluminum arch trusses covered in vinyl or plastic covering. It sits just a few hundred yards from the Malta Aviation Museum at Ta’ Qali where there are real Nissen huts of galvanized steel construction. The locals, particularly the older men insisted that it was a Romney hut. I’ve only heard British WWII vets speak of Romney huts, is the name taken from the company that first made them or where they were first constructed? Thanks.

Actually the site I linked to is fascinating with tons of Historical sites and crash sites.

In an attempt to get this somewhere near ‘historic aviation’ significance, here’s a set of similar pictures taken inside Paddock, Churchill’s wartime command centre on top of Dollis Hill.

http://www.pbase.com/lazy8pix/paddock

It was open during Open House Day a few years ago and I got on one of the tours.

…you may be able to get them up to Nissan Hut size.

…and it’s Nissen hut!:p
Not really sure what you’re getting at with the picture?

This is an Anderson Shelter

But that’s not an Anderson shelter.