STOCKPORT AIR RAID SHELTERS TOUR | WORLD WAR 2 HERITAGE | STOCKPORT MANCHESTER |

The Stockport Air Raid Shelters are a system of almost 1 mile of underground air-raid shelters dug under Stockport, 6 miles south of Manchester, during World War II to protect local inhabitants during air raids.
Four sets of underground air raid shelter tunnels for civilian use were dug into the red sandstone rock below the town centre. Preparation started in September 1938 and the first set of shelters was opened on 28 October 1939; Stockport was not bombed until 11 October 1940. The smallest of the tunnel shelters could accommodate 2,000 people and the largest 3,850. It was subsequently expanded to take up to 6,500 people.
In 1948, the shelters were sealed off from the public.
The largest of the Stockport Air Raid Shelters have been open to the public since 1996 as part of the town's museum service
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☞ Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
00:11 - History
2:32 - Entering the tours
03:35 - Free self guided tour audio device
04:17 - Warden, tools, exploring
05:32 - History, location, popularity of the Chesterfield hotel
07:39 - First Aid Post
08:37 - Nurses Toilets
09:05 - Canteen
10:13 - Men's and Women's Toilets
11:46 - Historical Facts
12:52 - Explorer Tour: Going Underground
14:12 - Final Thoughts
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For all the blitz that Stockport got ,people could have stayed at home, their was only two or three bomb hits ,of course people didn't know at the time Stockport would only have it so mildly. 😉