article_snippet.sent: But following the outbreak of the Second World War, the space was redeveloped as an air raid shelter where residents of Lancashire and Cheshire could hide from Nazi bombs.
article_snippet.sent: Entrance: an air raid shelter where residents of Lancashire and Cheshire could hide from Nazi bombs has been converted into a museum, replicating the conditions which would have been found 75 years ago .
article_snippet.sent: an air raid shelter where residents of Lancashire and Cheshire could hide from Nazi bombs became so popular that local officials had to issue season tickets limiting the number of people who would be allowed to seek refuge there.
article_snippet.sent: An engineering survey showed that the space was in fact unable to become a car park - but the advent of war meant that the space was needed as an air raid shelter.
article_snippet.sent: Medicine: an air raid shelter where residents of Lancashire and Cheshire could hide from Nazi bombs had a first aid room to help any residents who were injured by the bombing raids .
article_snippet.sent: Gas masks which were kept in an air raid shelter where residents of Lancashire and Cheshire could hide from Nazi bombs are pictured left; right is the sick bay, where people could seek shelter while unwell .
article_snippet.sent: Extent: an air raid shelter where residents of Lancashire and Cheshire could hide from Nazi bombs was going to be turned into a car park, but officials discovered that an air raid shelter where residents of Lancashire and Cheshire could hide from Nazi bombs long tunnels were unsuitable for the purpose .
article_snippet.sent: Local councils had to establish air raid shelters to protect Local councils populations from German bomb attacks .
highlights_snippet.sent: With the advent of the Second World War, the space became a shelter which could hide thousands of people .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Air raid shelter in Stockport was so popular the authorities had to issue season tickets in order to control numbers .