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Anderson shelter
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- a small prefabricated air-raid shelter of World War II consisting of an arch of corrugated metal and designed to be partly buried in people's gardens and covered with earth for protection
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of Anderson shelter1
C20: so named because its use was adopted while Sir John Anderson was Home Secretary (1939–40)
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Sit impossibly deep, dig holes in the turf and hide, pull the roof in on the Anderson shelter; then attack with a preternatural precision.
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She said the Anderson shelter was "tucked away" on the driveway of a local business.
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He said: "Everybody knew each other. "People died together in air raid shelters, whether it was the Anderson shelter in the garden or under the kitchen table.
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But their Anderson shelter could not protect them from every attack.
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Dave Miller, 87, was fortunate because his family had an Anderson shelter in the back garden of their council home in Bromley.
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