A resident was shocked when workers renovating his home found a relic from the past - a WWII bunker.

Labourers at Surj Singh's home were using a digger when they found the remains of an Anderson shelter under his driveway.

Shelters were sunk into the ground and topped with a galvanised corrugated steel roof in gardens of homes and performed well under blast and ground shock.

They would house up to six people a time, with householders being told to go into them nightly to protect themselves from German raids.


They were named after Home Secretary Sir John Anderson, who was in charge of air raid precautions in 1938.

Workers preparing the driveway of Surj Singh have discovered what they believe is a World War 2 air raid shelter/bunker

Mr Singh, from Bradford, West Yorks., said: "I was having my drive dug up and they've just uncovered a bunker.

"I think it's a World War Two bunker.

"It's exposed right in the open now."

The bunker is around six foot under the original drive level and is made out of reinforced concrete.

Mr Singh said: "It was so solid that my builders had a problem trying to break it out.

"They were using a three tonne digger and just couldn't get into it.


"There's nothing in it that says it's 'World War Two', but it's just the look of it.

"There's stairs coming down it and you could fit at least about five or six people in here."

Sadly Mr Singh is not going to preserve the bunker, which is inconveniently situated at the entrance to his home, instead ploughing ahead with his drive plans.

He said: "I'm just going to fill it up and get my drive done."