Pill Box Hunt Great Waltham

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Pill Box Hunt Great Waltham

Post by scringewobbler » Tue Mar 13, 2012 3:48 pm

Ask a landowner "can I ride my bike across your land?" NO!" "Can I please photograph the stopline bunkers across your land by bike?" YES!" :P Image

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Re: Pill Box Hunt Great Waltham

Post by Franc » Tue Mar 13, 2012 4:58 pm

Some great finds, I know of a few in the local area, I will have to try and get some photos.
Maybe turn this thread into a bimbles photo hunt/run. :D
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Re: Pill Box Hunt Great Waltham

Post by scringewobbler » Tue Mar 13, 2012 5:38 pm

Hope so,Chelmsford has dozens of these,many have been demolished during development,I notice the more out of the way,the more pristine and graffiti free the interior.
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Pill Box Hunt Great Waltham

Post by SKAGS MCC » Tue Mar 13, 2012 5:41 pm

Would love to own one in my back garden
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Re: Pill Box Hunt Great Waltham

Post by Franc » Tue Mar 13, 2012 5:51 pm

I used to be a site manager for a modular building firm, we installed a lot of buildings in and around the Croyden area south London during 2009.
We uncovered an entire network of tunnels and underground bunkers in the grounds of one school. recovered some amazing artifacts for the local museum, and managed to map some of them before having to fill them in.
Some still had bunk beds, tables, chairs, teapots, plates etc.......not to mention loads of old pop, and medicine bottles, rusty cans of food, etc.....It was like stepping back in time. 8-)
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Re: Pill Box Hunt Great Waltham

Post by Greybeard » Tue Mar 13, 2012 6:07 pm

Its also a hobby of mine, I post in several forums on them,

Have you seen the DOB database ? ( Defence of Britain )



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Re: Pill Box Hunt Great Waltham

Post by scringewobbler » Wed Mar 14, 2012 8:13 am

That's some nice pics Greybeard! Tey must grow 'em bigger down your way ;) Here's another couple-not sure about the first one,looks more like a ceptic tank :( The second one aparently was bricked up by the owner to stop fishermen Pissing in it :lol: Fishy!Image

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Re: Pill Box Hunt Great Waltham

Post by Greybeard » Wed Mar 14, 2012 9:34 am

Plenty of them to see not far from you, here's part of the stop line.


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A house for Skaggs with one in the garden ;)

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Re: Pill Box Hunt Great Waltham

Post by bth2bth2 » Wed Mar 14, 2012 10:26 am

do you have a link for the database?
i know of a nuclear bunker near where i work.id like to confirm this before i take a pic.

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Re: Pill Box Hunt Great Waltham

Post by Greybeard » Wed Mar 14, 2012 10:36 am

bth2bth2 wrote:do you have a link for the database?
i know of a nuclear bunker near where i work.id like to confirm this before i take a pic.

brian

It overlays Google earth, I use it a lot .

https://groups.google.com/a/googleprodu ... syLFAg8scJ" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

One for Franc :mrgreen:


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I used to be a site manager for a modular building firm, we installed a lot of buildings in and around the Croyden area south London during 2009.
We uncovered an entire network of tunnels and underground bunkers in the grounds of one school. recovered some amazing artifacts for the local museum, and managed to map some of them before having to fill them in.
Some still had bunk beds, tables, chairs, teapots, plates etc.......not to mention loads of old pop, and medicine bottles, rusty cans of food, etc.....It was like stepping back in time.

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They would be Air Raid shelters Franc.
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