From the Manchester Evening News Village's rare air raid siren from Second World War is given listed status Its prolonged whine induced terror - but also saved lives. The sight of Luftwaffe squadrons appearing on the horizon heading towards Britain triggered them as an early warning to civilians in the sights of Nazi bombers. in 1999 after 50 years of service they were culled by the Home Office which ordered them to be scrapped. But in a village in Greater Manchester one has survived - and now has Grade II listed status. It is mounted on a pole in Cecil Road, Hale. Many passing it will no idea that it is an air raid siren installed in 1938. It, and thousands of others across the UK, played a vital role in the country's defence network. Now, thanks to the dedication of a military historian from Sale, it has been granted Grade II listed status. Amazingly it remained operational throughout the Cold War with Soviet Russia during the 1960s, 70s, and 80s. It was not decommissioned until 1993. It has been listed by the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on advice by Historic England. This follows an application by local military historian George Cogswell, from Sale, who was evacuated from London as a child in 1944 to escape Nazi Germany’s bombs.
My grandfather's farmhouse had one of these. No idea if it is still there. Similar model to this: Sirenen: Wann Sirenen erklingen und was die Signale bedeuten | BR.de All the best Andreas
