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Communial air raid shelters. Accomodating up to fifty people, these were to provide cover for pedestrians and vehicle passengers. Construction started in March 1940, but they later proved to be highly unpopular as the blast and shock waves from explosions could bring the walls down and the 1 ft thick reinforced concrete roof on top of the occupants. '