At the bottom of Darroch Park, beside Larkfield Road in Gourock are 3 brick built, concrete rendered buildings, an air raid shelter and the remains of a second. At the begining of WW2 the Government decided to build decontamination centres in case of gas attack. In WW1 these had only been experienced on the battle field from shelling but the fear was that long range bombers could drop gas bombs on the civil population. These buildings are one such site.
The gas victims would have stripped, showered and been issued with new clothing (by the Red Cross) and the old clothing burned.
Government records indicate that a centre was to be provided for every 100,00 of the population. I only know of one other site in Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire. Has anyone else come across any more of these buildings anywhere else?
I know this is not a particularly exciting explore but the buildings may be of some historical importance and it is planned to demolish them to make way for a car park.
The gas victims would have stripped, showered and been issued with new clothing (by the Red Cross) and the old clothing burned.
Government records indicate that a centre was to be provided for every 100,00 of the population. I only know of one other site in Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire. Has anyone else come across any more of these buildings anywhere else?
I know this is not a particularly exciting explore but the buildings may be of some historical importance and it is planned to demolish them to make way for a car park.