Builders find Home Guard look-out post at former Ludlow solicitors offices
Evidence of a World War Two Home Guard look-out post has been discovered at former solicitors offices in Ludlow.
Builders refurbishing the offices on Broad Street have found bullets date-stamped 1942 and discarded cigarette packets stashed beneath the broken bathroom floorboards at the house.
The finds are thought to be evidence the house was used as a watch-post for Home Guard soldiers - of the kind that inspired the TV series Dad's Army - keeping a look out for a possible invasion from the air.
Colin Richards, of CJR Heritage, the firm refurbishing the building, said: "Long before Charlton Rise and Sheet Road Industrial Estate were constructed, the higher ground around the town would have been a key strategic position for invading paratroopers who were feared in 1942 as the most likely form of German attack on Ludlow.
"The Home Guard were charged with gathering intelligence and warning local residents of potential attack and then disrupting any occupying force.
"The view from the second floor window of No 18 provided an ideal vantage point for such observation manned by volunteer soldiers often too old or infirm to join the regular Army," he said.
