Site of Second World War anti-tank cubes, Onslow, Thorpe Road (EHER 21564)

A short row of World War Two anti-tank cubes, its survival is unknown but they have likely been demolished. In aerial photograph taken in July 1946 shows a short row of at least four anti-tank cubes bridging a gap between the rear of “Onslow” to a small outhouse in the back garden. Their likely purpose was to prevent tanks navigating their way behind the houses to avoid the road barrier across Crow Lane

An aerial photograph taken in July 1946 shows a short row of at least four anti-tank cubes bridging a gap between the rear of “Onslow” to a small outhouse in the back garden. <1> These, presumably, served the same purpose as the block of anti-tank pimples between Numbers 2 and 3 Thorpe Road, (see EHER 21563), to prevent tanks navigating their way behind the houses to avoid the road barrier across Crow Lane (see EHER 21562). While it is virtually certain that the cubes have now been demolished, it has not been possible to verify this. <2>