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Title: Pill-Box, Meadfield Road, Langley, Slough. 1984 [Go to resource]
Description: Pill-boxes were constructed in concrete and/or brickwork. A large number appeared mainly in the southeast of England at the beginning of the Second World War when an invasion was feared along the south coast. The Pill-boxes were usually built at points along main transport and communication routes where the advance of an enemy invading force could be disrupted and a rearguard action could be carried out. This particular Pill-box may have been built here to defend Slough and its' industrial area or as part of the Thames Valley corridor defences. The Pill-box appears to have been demolished at the end of the 20th Century. Format: image/jpeg License: http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 Rights holder: Slough Library Subjects: Pill-Boxes ; World War II Temporal: start=1939-01-01; end=1990-01-01; Source: Sense of place SE Creator: Reg Harrison Identifier: http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... Language: en-GB Format: image/jpeg Go to resource More Like this...
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