pH Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 There's still one on the northside of Putney railway bridge ( District line, but a pillbox none the less ). No picture ... Quite a few on Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=putney%20pillbox Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold colin penfold Posted December 1, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 1, 2013 What's wrong with that cow? ;-) It's not wearing a bell, so its horns had better be working or it will fail the MOOOT Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 It's not wearing a bell, so its horns had better be working or it will fail the MOOOT Could we have a "GROAN" button please? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennyboy Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 There's one in Cheadle, Manchester http://www.flickr.com/photos/iansanders/941947719/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Fatadder Posted December 1, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 1, 2013 Interesting topic, One thing I had been planing to include on my 1947 layout is the leftovers from the war, with the planning being an Anderson shelter in a garden and a pillbox next to the road bridge at the right hand end of the layout overlooking the goods yard. Looking through these links has given a couple of prototype Somerset pillboxes to copy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Martino Posted December 2, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 2, 2013 That got me rembering a pillbox at the end of some sidings on the north side of the GW mainline somewhere between Paddington and Slough. Some wag had painted 'Tex Catty Kat' on it sometime in the '60s at least, maybe earlier. I saw it every time I took that line, and I think it was still there - the graffiti - last time I passed a couple of years ago. Historical graffiti? Anyone know the story of it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted December 2, 2013 Author Share Posted December 2, 2013 This afternoon i went for walk round the old ROF at Hooton,which is only down the road from my house. After half an hour,of looking round i soon came across wartime pilbox,or some type of bunker/pilbox. This one is next to Hooton railway station,but part of the old Wirral way line... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillH Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 There is a pillbox at the end of the platform at Frinton-on-sea, a google image search of, Pillbox Frintion Station shows several photos of it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted December 2, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 2, 2013 This afternoon i went for walk round the old ROF at Hooton,which is only down the road from my house. After half an hour,of looking round i soon came across wartime pilbox,or some type of bunker/pilbox. This one is next to Hooton railway station,but part of the old Wirral way line... Hi Class 66 The pillbox in the photo is a non standard WW2 box. It could be pre war or one built early in the war before the standard types were designed. The slits in the box are larger than normal, far wider than a normal rifle or LMG opening. It looks to me more like an observation post than a pillbox. Were there ranges at Hooton? It could be a observation post for the ranges. Nice find. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted December 2, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 2, 2013 Interesting topic, One thing I had been planing to include on my 1947 layout is the leftovers from the war, with the planning being an Anderson shelter in a garden and a pillbox next to the road bridge at the right hand end of the layout overlooking the goods yard. Looking through these links has given a couple of prototype Somerset pillboxes to copy Hi Rich Me and my mates had a den in an old Anderson shelter until the big boys chased us out, and that was in 1960s. The remains of a road block or some anti-tank obstacles would be another feature. Blackard Bombard mountings were quite common, I know of two locally to me. Or even the local framer filling in the trenches by the pillbox, using POWs as his labour force. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 As I understand it pillboxes were placed next to railway lines for a couple of different reasons. The first was, as along the WSR, to take advantage of railway embankments etc. to act as defensive earthworks. The second, as with the western side of Bridgwater station, was to act as a defence against invading forces (particularly tanks) using the railway line as a convenient, unobstructed road. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 This one on the Wirral was the scene of a murder in 1955. http://www.wirralhistory.net/pillboxmurder.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete 75C Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 I thought the Wirral was the scene of most murders... Only joking. Besides, that'd be a bit rich from someone that grew up around Brixton / Peckham... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Banger Blue Posted December 2, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 2, 2013 Vague post time: I seem to recall a fairly recentish article in Model Rail (?) which involved scratchbuilding a station building (Southern Railway?) that had two gun emplacements built in or on the top of it. Not much help I know but hopefully somebody else will remember the article or know the station! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete 75C Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Bishopstone station on the Seaford branch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted December 2, 2013 Author Share Posted December 2, 2013 Hi Class 66 The pillbox in the photo is a non standard WW2 box. It could be pre war or one built early in the war before the standard types were designed. The slits in the box are larger than normal, far wider than a normal rifle or LMG opening. It looks to me more like an observation post than a pillbox. Were there ranges at Hooton? It could be a observation post for the ranges. Nice find. Ive done little bit more research today on Roften Works Hooton Cheshire,it comes up with WW2 anti tank gun making factory It also had standard gauge railway tracking going into the site,and narrow gauge track linking all its site buildings.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted December 2, 2013 Author Share Posted December 2, 2013 This afternoon i went for drive round to see what other WW2 pilboxs i could find localy... Found this one near to M53 at Clatterbridge... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 heres two very well disguised pillboxes at the side of the A635 above Greenfield and another on the A62 Standage road above Diggle [/url] i know they are not by railways but could act as scenery Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted December 4, 2013 Author Share Posted December 4, 2013 Very nice find Peanuts Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Banger Blue Posted December 5, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 5, 2013 Not near the track but a nice example in the Lower Windrush Valley in Oxfordshire slowly succumbing to nature. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strathyre Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 There is a pillbox at Gartmore station on the old Aberfoyle branch. Its position seems to suggest it would have covered both the road and railway. When I'm back in country I'll photograph it and try to post it. Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForestPines Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 When I was looking for a house to rent about 5 years ago, I discovered one with an Anderson shelter still in use as the garden shed. I also remember my granddad used the transplanted corrugated iron parts of one as his allotment shed, until his death in the early 1980s. There were probably a lot of pillboxes along the GWR Berks & Hants line, as one of the stop lines followed the Kennett & Avon Canal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swiper Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Furthermore to my previous answer... This is a rather curious example just before a railway bridge. - A4118 (Gower Road) by the Clyne River. Just before the Railway Inn, its practically invisible and covers both the bridge and railway. Very well camouflaged indeed. I could get clearer images if you wished. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted December 8, 2013 Author Share Posted December 8, 2013 Any more photos Swiper Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adanapress Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Theres one atop the shoulder of the summit cutting of the C V & HR, about 150 yards short of the former station at Birdbrook, its now completely hidden by trees and general growth. Many an embankment in East Anglia had some 'dragons teeth' handy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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