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	Electronic Encyclopaedia of Civil Defense and Emergency Management
		The Anderson Shelter resulted from an initiative by the Lord Privy Seal, Sir John Anderson, to develop and produce an inexpensive shelter that could be used to protect families from aerial bombardment.
		The Anderson Shelter design was based on sheltering 4 persons, or in emergencies up to 6, as the minimum shelter for a typical two story terraced house or cottage.
		In a number of cases occupants survived near near-misses where the shelter was on the lip of the crater resulting from the explosion.
	www.richmond.edu /~wgreen/ECDandersonsh.html (616 words)

	The Anderson air raid shelter
		Bessie Adams and her sons purchased the shelter a few weeks after the Japanese midget submarine attack on Sydney Harbour and the shelling of the coastal suburbs that followed.
		Anderson shelters were designed before the outbreak of the Second World War and issued free to many British families.
		Although the shelters were made here, Australian families like the Adams had to buy them.
	www.awm.gov.au /underattack/mobilise/shelter.asp (112 words)

	Document 4. Battle of Britain - 1940 / Air Raid Shelters
		The building of communal shelters in various parts of the city was an action decided against because should such a shelter receive a direct hit, then a greater number of people would be killed than if there were a form of shelter that could be used for individual use.
		Quite often mum and dad took the wise precaution of sandbagging one of the rooms in the house and took the chance on being bombed rather than catch pneumonia, and the Anderson shelter was left to the daughter and her boyfriend for a little privacy.
		When the council inspector came round to inspect the shelter, which was by now dads pride and joy, he passed it with the exception that we had to take the door off, and all that we were allowed to place over the doorway was a sack or blanket.
	www.battleofbritain.net /document-4.html (2900 words)

	Air-raid shelter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Shelter marshals were appointed, whose function it was to keep order, give first aid and assist in case of the flooding of the tunnels.
		It was then that these shelters began to become highly unpopular, and shortly afterwards householders were being encouraged to build or have built private shelters on their properties, or within their houses, with materials being supplied by the government.
		Anderson shelters were issued free to all householders who earned less than £250 a year, and those with a higher income were charged £7.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Anderson_shelter (2878 words)

	Anderson Shelters
		Anderson shelters were given free to poor people.
		The outdoor Anderson shelter was very good and provided almost complete safety except from a direct hit.
		The wide desire for an indoor shelter which provided some degree of comfort and also assisted people to get a night's rest in warmth and dryness did not take into account the fact that there was some fire risk involved.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /2WWandersonshelter.htm (1793 words)

	Missoulian - Missoula-designed fire shelter recalled
		Anderson said she received an e-mail on March 18 from the superintendent of a hotshot firefighting crew in California, who had used one of the shelters during a training class.
		Shelters are folded and carried on a firefighter's belt or in their backpack.
		Anderson said the Forest Service had planned to replace all its old model shelters over a five-year period, so few of the new models were even in use.
	www.missoulian.com /articles/2004/04/15/news/local/znews04.txt (652 words)

	Nattrass
		But, this shelter was built with Government use in mind, and still the average Londoner had nowhere to run from the bombs.
		shelter for the warmth of the under-stairs cupboard.
		Due to the Governments rushed specification and application of the construction of the surface shelters, 'an ambiguous instruction was misinterpreted to mean that only a sand and lime mix with no cement was used when constructing the surface shelters,' according to a historian working for the BBC when looking back.
	www.johndclare.net /wwii_Nattrass.htm (3766 words)

	WhiteBlaze - Gren Anderson shelter
		This is a wooden shelter nicely situated in a clearing on a side trail, about.2 west of the AT.
		I liked this shelter, the natural spring at the shelter is extremely clean cool water...
		The shelter is close but not too close to a road but I thought this was good cause rangers seem to monitor this shelter a bit more than others because of it...
	www.whiteblaze.net /forum/printthread.php?t=6279 (197 words)

	Anderson Shelters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Anderson air raid shelters were the most widely used domestic shelter during the Second World War, but the corrugated iron roofs of the shelters were collected by the authorities at the end of the war, so very few now remain.
		Anderson shelters were dark and damp and people were reluctant to use them at night.
		There is now a strong body of opinion which criticises the Government's decison to provide Anderson shelters rather than building deep bomb-proof public shelters of the sort promoted by Ramon Perera, who had overseen the building of a large number of such shelters in Catalonia during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939).
	www.vauxhallandkennington.org.uk /shelter.shtml (539 words)

	Texarkana Gazette: News and Classifieds From Texarkana, Texas/Arkansas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		David Warrick, shelter director, and Lori Anderson, former shelter board member and interim shelter director before Warrick came on board, are fighting a battle they can’t win without the help and education of area pet owners and animal lovers.
		Anderson has plans in place to provide a wealth of knowledge to the public about animal behavior and resources to help frustrated pet owners deal with their animal issues.
		Making the animal shelter a more comfortable place to visit is one area shelter officials are concentrating on in hopes prospective adoptive parents will make the trip, adopt a pet and save a life.
	www.txargaz.com /articles/2006/11/23/local_news/features/features01.txt (632 words)

	Animal Shelters In Phoenix
		Massachusetts orange county animal shelter Pioneer Valley..Others were rescued from various circumstances, abandonment being the las vegas casino slot most common..
		Two surgeries were performed by animal shelters in east tennessee the vet in an attempt to open the radius and allow the bone to "regrow" and hopefully alleviate the pressure on the elbow and give the puppy a normal length leg.;
		Allie had somehow damaged her right front leg and the animal shelter arizona required surgery was to much to bear for the current owner who requested that the puppy be put to sleep.
	swagcipher.sitesled.com /almost/home-animal-shelter.html (2201 words)

	Leighton Linslade Virtual Museum
		An Anderson shelters roof was made of corrugated steel and was dome-shaped.
		The remains of an Anderson shelter - see photograph left, were discovered in a garden in Leighton Buzzard, when it was being dug up and levelled.
		I The shelter, which is at least four feet wide and three-feet deep, clearly dates back to the early 1940s when it would have been built by the house occupants to shelter in during German bombing raids.
	leighton-museum.org.uk /gallery3/found/06.htm (319 words)

	Home Sweet Home Front - SHELTERS
		The shelters were free to those that earned less than £250 a year with a charge of £7 made to those that were on a higher income.
		Although in principle a good idea, this type of shelter only applied to some 27% of the total population as many people did not have their own gardens in which to erect an Anderson Shelter.
		Nevertheless the Anderson and Morrison shelters did play their part in saving many lives and are looked back with thankful and fond memories.
	www.homesweethomefront.co.uk /web_pages/hshf_shelters_pg.htm (816 words)

	Air Raid Shelters
		One countermeasure to the 'deep shelter mentality' and to ensure the widest possible dispersion of civilians during a raid was by distributing shelters which could be erected in householders' gardens.
		The Anderson shelter was issued free to all earning less than £250 a year and at a charge of £7 for those with higher incomes.
		Although the Anderson shelter was liable to flooding, it proved itself to be remarkably effective during the blitz.
	www.fortunecity.co.uk /meltingpot/oxford/330/shel/shel2.html (460 words)

	Anderson ZurMuehlen CPAs - Accounting, Tax, Audit, Financial Planning Services
		Anderson ZurMuehlen and the Museum worked together to launch a new concept of using a business supporter's staff to welcome guests and assist with traffic flow and questions.
		Anderson ZurMuehlen is a Certified Microsoft PartnerT and advises a wide range of industries and organizations seeking technological solutions using both the client's current programs and new systems in the best interest of the client.
		Anderson ZurMuehlen and Employee Benefit Resources are honored to be in the company of such generous people and are proud to help support Intermountain.
	www.azworld.com /resources (4239 words)

	Leighton Linslade Virtual Museum
		An Anderson shelters roof was made of corrugated steel and was dome-shaped.
		The remains of an Anderson shelter - see photograph left, were discovered in a garden in Leighton Buzzard, when it was being dug up and levelled.
		I The shelter, which is at least four feet wide and three-feet deep, clearly dates back to the early 1940s when it would have been built by the house occupants to shelter in during German bombing raids.
	www.leighton-museum.org.uk /gallery3/found/06.htm (319 words)

	Anderson Shelter - Swansea Heritage Net - History in pictures
		This type of air-raid shelter was designed by David Anderson, B. Hurst and Sir Henry Jupp based on the 1938 prototype created by William Paterson and Oscar Carl Kerrison.
		The galvanised corrugated steel shelter, designed to be constructed in a four-foot deep hole in the garden, consisted of 14 panels bolted together, 6 curved panels at the top, 3 straight sheets on each side and one straight panel at each end, one of which contained a door.
		Once built, the shelter was 6' high x 4' 6" wide x 6' 6" long and could accomodate 4 to 6 people.
	www.swanseaheritage.net /article/gat.asp?ARTICLE_ID=1866 (213 words)

	Anderson Independent Mail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Brande Carpenter, a supervisor at the Anderson County Animal Shelter, pets one of 20 dogs that were found this week at a home in Starr, where they had been left for three weeks without food or water.
		Fourteen of the dogs were captured, along with three cats and seven mice, and taken to the shelter as evidence in the abandonment case against their owners.
		Carpenter said the animal shelter, which is just off S.C. 28 Bypass in Anderson, has received about 20 calls a day from people concerned about the animals and wondering when they will be ready for adoption.
	www.andersonsc.com /stories/story_page.asp?id=66096 (574 words)

	Anderson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Anderson shelter, used in UK during World War II Anderson turn, a maneuver used to bring a ship or boat back to a point it previously passed through
		Thomas A. Anderson ("Neo"), a character from The Matrix.
		Alexander Anderson, a character in the Japanese anime/manga series Hellsing.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Anderson (167 words)

	Anderson University : Features : The Spirit of Servanthood (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		A love for children and the sense that teaching is one of his strengths have inspired Janutolo to continue this ministry, which has been a learning experience for him as well.
		The position, in conjunction with a staff apartment in the shelter, had been open for several months before Ward realized God was prompting her to apply.
		The mission to help others that so many faculty and staff espouse extends far beyond Anderson, Ind. Their ministry is one of global proportions, impacting people who have never even heard of Anderson University.
	www.anderson.edu /w/features/2006/262 (1951 words)

	More World War II work (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Anderson shelter was dug into the lawn of a back garden.
		These houses may have been totally destroyed but the shelters are still standing.
		Anderson shelters were damp and hard to make comfortable.
	pages.portables2.ngfl.gov.uk /abutler1/page5.html (44 words)

	Anderson shelter: on an apparently impossible site in the heart of London, with significant constraints, Jamie Fobert ...
		Anderson shelter: on an apparently impossible site in the heart of London, with significant constraints, Jamie Fobert Architects have derived a new form of contemporary house
		As-struck concrete finishes differ to provide unique surfaces, and devices such as the altar-like concrete bench and battered rear wall in the living room cleverly conceal an unexpectedly high party wall footing and a new rooftop gutter.
		Like its namesake, this Anderson Shelter derives its quiet beauty from modest means, and as his first major new-build project, reveals Fobert as an architect who, being passionate about construction, will no doubt produce more highly distinguished work.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3575/is_1286_215/ai_n6120577 (667 words)

	Early Days of the war.
		We were next issued with our own Anderson shelter which was a very strong corrugated iron structure, about six feet by eight feet, with an arched roof and a small doorway at the front.
		The Anderson shelter was not too successful as most of them seemed to be half full of water most of the time and few were used regularly.
		Another type of shelter issued was the Morrison shelter (named after the Minister of War, Herbert Morrison).
	www.macksites.com /PRT1.htm (609 words)

	The National Archives Learning Curve \| Home Front
		One result of the crisis was the fast development of air raid precautions (A.R.P.) under the leadership of Sir John Anderson.
		So new plans were made for mass evacuation, the construction of large public shelters, and the erection of small units in private gardens ("Anderson" shelters) and inside houses ("Morrison" shelters).
		The shelters - big and small - saved the lives of very many people, but there were deaths when large bombs fell directly on shelters.
	www.learningcurve.gov.uk /homefront/bombing/shelters/default.htm (353 words)

	gren anderson shelter - appalachian trail database - thebackpacker.com
		gren anderson shelter - appalachian trail database - thebackpacker.com
		Fill in your name, comments, and rate this shelter on a scale of 1-5, with 5 being the highest.
		The Appalachian Trail Database is produced in conjunction with the Appalachian Trail Conference.
	www.thebackpacker.com /trails/at_detail/174.php (139 words)

	AAS/Anderson Animal Shelter - Upcoming Events
		To qualify for the program, potential adopters must be 65 years or older and participate in the shelter's usual adoption screening process.* They must be interested in adopting a cat that is 7 years or older.
		Stop by the shelter and meet Maurice and all the other wonderful members of the Nine Lives Club.
		Note - Qualified people under 65 years of age who are interested in adopting a cat 7 years or older will receive the shelter's discounted fee of $50.
	www.andersonanimalshelter.org /9_Lives_Club.htm (158 words)

	Sheltering in an Anderson Shelter
		But my dad and I preferred to stay at home at 11 Napier Road in our Anderson shelter in the garden, 12ft from the bus garage wall.
		We ran up Sanderstead Road to get to the park shelter, but this was not possible as the Cameo was a blaze.
		We finally made it to the shelter in the little park in St Augustine's Road.
	www.tboa.co.uk /news/2004/2004_02_15_01.htm (260 words)

	The London Underground and the Blitz - English Culture
		Although taking shelter there was at first forbidden, the numbers of people seeking shelter in the stations were so great, that nothing was done to stop them.
		The idea was for the shelter to be buried in the garden under a thick layer of soil, with the entrance exposed for the families to get in and out.
		Eight deep shelters were constructed, with the intention of being converted for use by the Underground after the war, but these were not completed until long after the Blitz ended.
	www.bellaonline.com /ArticlesP/art4944.asp (448 words)

	'The Anderson Shelter', Smokey
		The coalman would hoist a sack of coal onto his shoulder, trudge down the entry, through an interesting area we called the garden, and hurl the sack through the doorway of the shelter.
		Tipping coal out of the sack he closed his eyes to the dust, and so presented an interestingly dark complexion with two circular white patches around the eyes.
		I was entrusted with the heavy responsibility of organising its storage and arranging stock movement.
	www.rootsweb.com /~engcbanb/memories/mem01.htm (345 words)

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