article_snippet.sent: A total of 6,500 people could fit into the shelter, which was made up of a network of interconnecting passages .
article_snippet.sent: Curator Howard Green said: 'The official capacity was 3,850, so outside they painted 4,000 - but what they didn't advertise was that they thought they could squeeze twice as many in if needs be. '
article_snippet.sent: In the winter of 1940 and '41, it went up to 6,500, with another four sets of tunnel shelters.
article_snippet.sent: Rambling: The tunnels were large enough to fit in 6,500 people, who came from all around Lancashire, Cheshire and Manchester .
article_snippet.sent: People are always surprised by the extent of People, and just how much thought and planning went into People.