Papav66 Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 This is another one of Bob James's finds for his WW2 camp near Evesham. Located near what was Honeybourne airfield, Worcs, the landowner had already demolished two but said we could have this one, but boy it was a hard graft. Looking at the surrounding fields I was surprised to see so many others. Took five of us all day to dismantle & remove several tons of concrete & couldn't have done it without Bob's JCB & jack hammer, as we also had to remove several tons of soil & parts of the original blast walls along with a lot of cow crap inside. 18 Sections either side, bolted together resting in a concrete channel. So here's a few pics of it being dismantled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
private mw Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 great work guys but what about the brick built air raid shelter on e bay now at 99p i will buy it if you guys dismantle and erect it ,,,, cant be fairer than that ,,,, keep up the good work ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,:sweat:......:cool2:,,,:coffee: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 So a good pressure washing of each section inside and out , would you then be painting the interior side? or applying a water proofing to the exterior before reassembling the shelter ? Nice to see another bit of History has been saved from distruction , not at all bad for a days work ...would have thought it would have taken longer . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papav66 Posted May 3, 2008 Author Share Posted May 3, 2008 Think the plan is to wash inside, then place waterproof membrane outside as will be part buried & partly hidden by a cotswold stone wall. But thats going to take more than a day to put back up. Apart from the cow cr4p its was dry inside as they had sealed all the joints with bitumen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 a great Find looking foreward to seeing it assembled at its new home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papav66 Posted May 3, 2008 Author Share Posted May 3, 2008 for those interested in its location here is an aerial view from multimap http://www.multimap.com/maps/?hloc=GB|weston%20subedge#map=52.07146,-1.8185|20|32&loc=GB:52.06959:-1.81828:14|weston%20subedge|Weston-sub-Edge,%20Chipping%20Campden,%20Gloucestershire,%20England,%20GL55%206 then if you zoom out & go North West for about a mile you see the airfield, or go South East to the other side of the road & zoom in, you'll see more shelters in the field. I just enjoy roaming on these maps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 Thank you for the Link , yes many points to wonder about and see . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 Crikey lads what do they feed you on up there.great work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 Extreme dedication lads! Well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 I cant think of many people who would take on a task like that. It is wonderful that you do, so well done everybody. Tim (too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papav66 Posted May 7, 2008 Author Share Posted May 7, 2008 Took a few loads to bring back to camp as we reckon the whole lot weighs about 20tons! Concrete base has gone down today and bought new bolts, then planning to erect again on the Saturday so will post our efforts then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
private mw Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 great work again there lads keep it up ..............:yay::yay::yay::coffee: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 Outstanding ! fast and firstclass workmanship I think it could be said for such a job to be completed so fast ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papav66 Posted May 11, 2008 Author Share Posted May 11, 2008 Yesterday, Sat 10th May we started to re-build the Stanton. Good job we numbered all the pieces. But after 68 years it was a bit of a bugg3r lining some of them up so we had to use the diggers for a little push here & there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 Great stuff - would these of been white washed inside? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papav66 Posted May 11, 2008 Author Share Posted May 11, 2008 Halfway there, but we made a slight change by putting the escape hatch in the middle instead of the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papav66 Posted May 11, 2008 Author Share Posted May 11, 2008 When you walk in it is quite light inside but must have darkened when packed with 50 men, but don't think they used white w. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papav66 Posted May 11, 2008 Author Share Posted May 11, 2008 Last piece finally on and almost finished. Certainly another interesting addition to the camp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 WoW one day to dismantel and another day to reassemble , you didnt waste anytime , Great work all the way around . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papav66 Posted May 11, 2008 Author Share Posted May 11, 2008 Its quite satisfying when we look back and work out that we've moved/lifted a combined weight of 80 tons. Bob James is then going cover it up again & tarmac inside and another member is going to arrange for some sounds effects, so yes its a great team effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirhc Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 Why is it called a Stanton shelter? I presume it's because these were made at Stanton Ironworks, which also made concrete? I only ask this because I live very near to Stanton Ironworks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papav66 Posted May 11, 2008 Author Share Posted May 11, 2008 Yes thats correct, the iron connection is in the mould pattern. Interesting history as they also made shell & bomb casings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 Excellent job. Well done everyone involved. Probably the only preserved one in existence (as opposed to staying in situ). Tim (too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 Is that up at Eden Camp??? Only we're going there in two and a bit weeks time!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papav66 Posted May 12, 2008 Author Share Posted May 12, 2008 Hello Neil, This is located on Bob Jame's place at Badsey nr Evesham, Worcs, & is also the clubhouse for the South Midlands MVT where we have three shows with the next two in August. And you might be interested to know that one of our members has a vehicle similar to your OT-90, he has the Russian BMP1 but it needs an engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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