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Baffle walls
Tommy Mac Started conversation May 23, 2003
Also ,at the mouth of every close they built what were known as 'baffle walls' .
They could not have named then better .
They were simply blocks of corrugated sheeting built about 7 feet high then filled with bricks and sand .
They were supposed to protect from the effects of a blast entering the close .
What they did'nt take into account was that they were an awful hazard in the black-out. People walking into them especially they had had a few drinks .Children running straight out of the closes right into these 'baffle walls '.
There were more people hurt from these structures than were ever hurt by bombing.
What with the black-out and all, it was impossible to see them until it was too late.Then BANG! another broken bone. One of the More disastrous devices ever though up by Defence Boffins.
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