Nurses in bunk beds in an underground air raid shelter, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester, Greater Manchester
An underground air-raid shelter which has been fitted out with bunk-beds for the nurses. Manchester Royal Infirmary was damaged twice by bombing in World War Two, in October and December 1940. Part of the nurses’ home was damaged by bombing in October 1940; nurses had been in air raid shelters in the basement and so no one was hurt. The tower of the teaching block was damaged and many windows were blown out during air raids in December 1940. The teaching block soon collapsed, and extensive demolition followed.
