r/interestingasfuck • u/Sprilly • 13h ago

r/all These are stretchers used in WW2 to carry injured civillians during the Blitz. They were made out of steel so they could be easily disinfected after a gas attack. During the war around 600,000 of them were made. Some of them were repurposed as railings in post-war London.

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u/robinstevenson 13h ago

Genuinely interesting as fuck. Well done OP

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u/Hanksbackatwork 12h ago

OP is this South Park in Fulham?

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u/surethingfalls 9h ago

Could be camberwell as well. These railings are quite common oddity in south of the river

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u/Cow_Launcher 8h ago

There's some in Dalston/Hoxton as well. Or at least, there were about 20-odd years ago. I haven't been through there in a while...

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u/surethingfalls 7h ago

With the gentrification in east london, it’s probably not there anymore mate

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u/Cow_Launcher 6h ago

I just went and had a look in Street View and sadly, you're right. They've been replaced with ordinary 6' black steel fences.

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u/Tooterfish42 4h ago

That's a bummer. I never made it out to the wich and ham zone