The War Memorial Park shelter from above

As a follow on from the last post about the air raid shelter in the War Memorial Park I thought it would be interesting to show what the area looks like from the sky today compared to in 1945.

From above you can see the line of trees (inside the white box) that shoots out from the path. The shelter is located under these trees which are pretty dense here in a picture from 1997. Compare the same area from an aerial photograph from 1945 below.

A little bit harder to see the same treeline in the photo from 1945 however you can make it out. Obviously this is a lot less dense than in the top photo as the trees there have matured but it is interesting to note that elsewhere in the park in 1945 there is little vegetation or trees. This is very apparent when looking at the paths to the top right around the fairly new War Memorial (1927). In fact the area where they have decided to build the shelter is in one of the densest areas of tree cover in the park in 1945.