hit: an Anderson

[Carla Burmeister <burmclb@WIN.BRIGHT.NET>]

Thank you to all who replied.  Below is my original message and a sample
of the replies

>HI all,
>Here is one that stumped all of us in our middle school.  A student is
>reading Good Night Mr. Tom by Michelle Magorian.  On page 72 the
>characters are talking about covering up the Anderson with dirt.  We
>don't know what and "Anderson" is.  The book takes place during W.W.II
>and the best idea we all came up with is that it is some sort of bomb
>shelter.
>Do any of you W.W.II buffs out there have a better answer for us.  Our
>8th grade reader would love to know and I will look pretty impressive
to
>all my staff if I can solve this mystery with the help of a great group

>of library folk.
>Thanks!
>Carla L. Burmeister, LMC Specialist

> It looks like your guess was right on.  I tried searching under Anderson
> AND bomb shelters on Google.  The first hit was from the Simon Wiesenthal
> photo gallery (http://motlc.wiesenthal.com/gallery/pg44/pg0/pg44024.html)
> showing Anderson bomb shelters being delivered to Londoners.
>
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It's a small bomb shelter (an Anderson Shelter) which was buried in the
back
yard of houses in England during WWII.
____________
Anderson were metal air raid shelters designed for individual family
use, to be (half) buried in the garden.
____________

It was, indeed, a type of bomb shelter
See
http://www.dudleydolphin.org.uk/tour/anderson.html

http://www.ncn.org.uk/ncnarticles/timmins.htm

Thanks again to all who replied. My student is grateful to have her
curiosity satisfied.

Carla L. Burmeister, LMC Director

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                Carla L. Burmeister, LMC Specialist
                Osseo-Fairchild Middle and High Schools
                PO Box 130
                Osseo, WI  54758

                cburmeister@mail.ofsd.k12.wi.us  (school)

                burmclb@win.bright.net  (home)

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