WW II sites

Hare Hill House in Littleborough is located near Hare Hill Park, the main house dates to the 1900s.   It was the  home of the Newall family who were influential residents of the village since 1775. However, the original Newall family home was  a two-storey weavers cottage  dated to the  1700s. From 1901 the house served as the town hall for the now defunct Littleborough Urban District Council offices, and then later Rochdale Council, who vacated the premises in 2008. The cellar was used as an ARP post [Air Raid Precaution] as shown, the filtration is the only one in existence, as other filter unit  is in the Imperial War Museum in London. After the war, the cellars were used as utility rooms and a workshop. 

corner of shelter

original entrance to shelter

Entrance to cellar

Original entrance bomb door

This unit is the only one in existence, the other is in the Imperial War Museum in London

Was a door to but now sealed

I would like to give thanksNick Andrews for gaining access to the site...👍👍

Images so far consist of locations on the outskirts of Rochdale, Bury..some are cache depots
to support ammunition and air raid shelters for the workers of the factories, whose role may have been to produce ammo?.

This brick structure located on Bury Old Road

Rochdale road East... concrete Pillbox just outside Heywood

Unsure about this structure, there was an access point on the other side, to what I believe could be a bunker. It reminded me of a ROC post-war installation. One person told me, this block was constructed by the local water company around the late 1940's.

Emergency storage tank, Whitelees Rd, Littleborough.

The ones below were taken at Brown Wardle , between Rochdale and Whitworth

I have heard that these were firing ranges used during WW2, as some of the interior structure is built of reinforced concrete with  steel rods.  

As most of these buildings were constructed within short time frame, the floor was uneven and covered in sheep droppings. View point facing north.

Floor level window, facing south in the direction of Rochdale, which is 7 miles away.

Secret WW2 bunker close to a former mill on the outskirts of Rochdale.

On the advice of the group who accessed the site, I was asked not to disclose the location..

Hole in the ground?...this was was part of the ventilation section.

Inside, was intact the main structure being reinforced concrete

 

The actual entrance to the bunker

Around 2016/17, United Utilities were carrying out an improvement project on the Light Hazzles and Warland reservoirs, these are 2 of the 8 reservoirs that supply the Rochdale Canal.

As the water levels began to reduce, remains of a WW2 decoy barges were exposed. According to historians, there were other barges located across the reservoir , a network of cable

was attached to each barge to deter enemy aircraft from landing on the water, these were also known as 'Dragon Boats'.