Sunday 17 December 2017

Healey Dell Munitions factory, Rochdale


Stuffed with the remnants of an explosives factory, mills, industrial units, asbestos Nissan huts on  prefab trench shelter sections, a viaduct 100 feet high and lots and lots and lots of air raid shelters! The best base for a visit is the fab Healey Dell tea rooms, based in a disused police station - if they arent busy and you ask nicely they will show you the old cells. 


1940s industrial units, each with a cellar shelter


'Ghost' benches in the cellar shelters


safety lighting with 1940s lightbulb still intact and in place


freestanding shelter entrance


the smaller freestanding shelters


loads more photos as always on the tunnelinspector map: