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Coffee Morning raises funds for War Shelter Restoration Project

Brixham Battery Group raised £200 at last Saturdays fund raising 'coffee morning' held at the Community Centre, Fore Street, Brixham. Re-enactors Winston Churchill, aka Dave Clarke, plus uniformed GI Steve Watkins and British Paratrooper Peter Bailey entertained customers and encouraged a number to join our charity.

Money raised will go towards our 'War Shelter' restoration project. We are approaching £4,000 towards our goal of £6,000. The project aims to fully restore the 30m long underground tunnel and two adjoining gun crew rooms in Brixham Battery one of only seven remaining (out of 116) '1940 Emergency' anti-invasion gun battery's built to defend our shores against threatened Nazi invasion.

On Easter Sunday we will be opening the tunnel, war shelter rooms, restored harbour defence pill-box plus our new 1940's Brixham wartime cottage room (once the generator engine room that supplied electricity to the search lights). Visitors will have a chance to look inside what has been hidden from view since the emplacements were bricked up in 1947.

Uniformed stewards will conduct guided tours of the Battery from 10am until 4pm on the day. Admission and tours will be free of charge but a donation towards our 'War Shelter' restoration appeal would be much appreciated. To find out more see our web site on www.brixhambattery.org or call 01803 852449.

The Battery Heritage Museum is open every Sunday, Monday and Friday from 2pm until 4pm.

Best wishes,

Phil Trayhorn Chair BBHG.