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I wonder, does anyone remember these? There was a fairly large brick built, almost windowless,rectangular building across the way from the ESC Sports Club on Shiregreen Lane which I was informed was one of these. Was it such a place and where were the others?

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I believe there was one at Crookes which became the Regional Blood Transfusion Centre until about 1971ish when it moved to Longley Lane. No idea what ultimately became of the Crookes building.

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Large one at Grenoside near the mental hospital, Amazing building. Brick built with concrete roof. Heavy steel doors, metal bunk beds. Used to play in it.

No one seems to know anything about it now,  It should have been photographed documented.

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Happened by this in the news this morning about someone trying to get a really nice example in West Yorkshire listed

Link is from The Yorkshire Post so beware, like The Star, the ads & clickbait make it virtually unreadable

 

https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/why-rare-gas-decontamination-centre-in-yorkshire-town-is-reminder-of-war-effort-on-home-front-1-9657118

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27 minutes ago, unrecordings said:

Happened by this in the news this morning about someone trying to get a really nice example in West Yorkshire listed

Link is from The Yorkshire Post so beware, like The Star, the ads & clickbait make it virtually unreadable

 

https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/why-rare-gas-decontamination-centre-in-yorkshire-town-is-reminder-of-war-effort-on-home-front-1-9657118

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1462139

 

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