Stanburn school bomb shelter to be re-opened

A Stanmore school has been transported back to the 1940s this week to celebrate the re-opening of their bomb shelter on Saturday (28).
Stanburn First School, in Abercorn Road, has hosted a seven-day extravaganza of war time activities to give pupils the chance to experience Second World War Britain to mark the school's 70th anniversary.
There have been workshops from the Royal Air Force Museum, in Grahame Park Way, Hendon, and the Imperial War Museum, in London, and students presented their views of the 1940s to their parents throughout the week. Children at the school also learnt to jive and had a 1940s-style lesson complete with an air raid siren and evacuation.
The school has refurbished the bomb shelter, which has been transformed into a museum for members of the local community.
The week ends with a summer fete with a 1940s theme on June 28. Visitors will be treated to an old fashioned Carousel, Helter Skelter and Coconut Shy from the past and present activities including a simulator ride and trampolines, as well as the Kew Wind Orchestra playing wartime tunes.Tony McNulty, MP for Harrow East, will also officially open the blast shelter and old pupils Michael Portillo and Clive Anderson will be there on the day.
Linda Gooblar, assistant head, said: "In the future the museum will be open for schools and people in the local community.
"The fair on Saturday will have half in the 1950s and with GI's and the Kew Wind orchestra and the other side in 2008. We are hoping everyone will get into the spirit."