Air raid shelter
Air raid shelters were first built during World War I, when the north-east suffered some bombings by Zeppelin. An early shelter still survives at West Lodge , Coxhoe. However, it was during World War II that the north-east suffered its heaviest bombing. Although most air raid shelters were destroyed after the war, a number still survive. A curious example is the shelter that can still be seen at Biddlestone - it is a medieval tower house, converted into a Roman Catholic chapel, that had its basement converted into a air raid shelter in the 1940s.
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