Top: Brunel Road ‘Coal Office’ Pill Box. Not a convincing fake, even to child of 5. ‘Window’ and ‘Door’ frames were wood strips, other details - including ‘door handle’ - were ...

An application by a developer, PA 3873/16, has been recently submitted to the Planning Authority to demolish the pill-box to make way for more apartment blocks.

A pillbox near Blackdog was left “unblasted” as it was too close to a home. Image: Jacqueline Willis. People were also told to keep 1,000m away to avoid being hit by “flying debris”.

A World War II pill box which formed part of the North Somerset inland defence has been conserved. The pill box, at the entrance of Vale House in Roadwater, is a type 24 which was common to the south ...

Now 80 years later, a crumbling pillbox on the banks of a Norfolk creek has become the focus of a planning battle after a man's dream to turn it into a home was blocked by officers.

A World War Two pillbox, unearthed in a hedge in Somerset, could become the centrepiece of a new war heritage tour. ... Beach WW2 pillbox set to be recorded. Published. 12 December 2013.

WW2 People's War Homepage Archive List Timeline About This Site: Contact Us: ... was six sided and was called a ‘pill box’, as it was like the shape of pill boxes used in the olden days.