Guy experiences bombs going off next to an Anderson shelter | Guy Martin Proper Exclusive Scene

In this brand new documentary, made for Channel 4, Guy follows in the footsteps of the brave young pilots of World War Two to discover if he could have been a fighter pilot in the Battle of Britain. If he makes the grade, he’ll face his toughest test yet: flying a Hawker Hurricane in a dogfight against a Messerschmitt 109. In this exclusive extra scene not in the documentary, Guy experiences what it was like to be inside an Anderson shelter when a bomb goes off. To watch the full documentary, click here 👉 www.channel4.c...
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[@timbradley777]

Dad used to sit in these in South Norwood area in London during the blitz. Said the Heinkels used to drop sticks of three 50kgs bombs and he would count them down and would know the direction the stick would fall after the first two as to whether to 'worry' or not. He said after the first two weeks of sheer terror and countless near misses, he didn't give a fig and would spend his time cuddling my Nan and making her cups of tea. He was only ten, bombed out three times once in one day, first house roof went on their home just after midnight, allocated a room in a house that was destroyed in the same raid, reallocated another room in another house and that lost its roof just before midnight. Nan couldn't stand any more after 45 days of it and evacuated him to the country and stayed behind as a volunteer. Thanks Guy for what you do and hey from NZ..

[@brandspro]

My great grandmother wasn’t afraid of the bombs, but the sound of the AA guns the next road over would freeze her solid. My great grandfather had a builder’s yard at the end of the road with an Anderson shelter for the family, but if the sirens were late they’d all just take shelter in the cellar of the house rather than have to carry my frozen great grandmother to the shelter. Very nearly spelled their doom one night as a stick of bombs ended 150ft from their front door. Blew out all the windows in the house and wiped out the family in the house across the street. My mother was only about 4, but for the rest of her days she would tear up thinking about her little friend that was killed by that bomb. Just a fraction of a second and it could so easily have been her friend tearing up over my mum.

[@johnpm1605]

My father was 17 when he had a lucky escape when one of the first V2 rockets landed just up the road from him in late 1944.... they tried to claim these explosions were 'gas mains' but he was an engineering apprentice at the Heston aerodrome and had enough experience to understand the woosh after the explosion meant a flying bomb of some type, they were supersonic...... They did all sorts of modifications to military aircraft at Heston, including putting bigger engines in fighters and bombers and making the fastest piston engined planes of the time...

[@Jay-jn3sl]

Guy should be a national treasure

[@callumbrown8481]

Already is

[@tommybaker132]

Already is. The modern John Wayne

[@richardmanners3251]

He's a legend! The modern day Fred Dibnah

[@englishkernigit8294]

Oh he is

[@martincampbell3024]

Guy IS a national treasure!!

[@jonathanwilkins6071]

My Grandmother used one of these shelters at the end of her garden.. Took the blast of a V2 that took houses in an adjacent street.. Worth every penny back in the day... Everything Guy does is great....👍

[@stephensmith4480]

My family all lived around the Liverpool Dock Rd. The Docks got hammered by the Luftwaffe and my Mum told me a story, An Air Raid Warden called at my Nans house and said, Kate, you have to go to the shelter. My Nan said, I am not dragging my girls out of bed, all hours of the night. If we are to go, we will all go together. That was my Nana Kate ( Katherine ) 💝💝💘🙏

[@stephensmith4480]

@@terrymurphy2032 They must have been Terrible times Terry. We lived in Tenement Blocks, My Nana lived in the Blocks behind us and The Dock Rd was only a few hundred yards away. My Mum told me a story about a Stables that was just over the road from Nana`s. It was used to stable the Shire Horses that were used on The Docks. One night it took a hit by an incendiary Bomb and they could hear the poor animals going crazy. My mum would never watch a war film, she would go and make herself busy. I asked her once when I was watching something, I would have been about sixteen and I have never forgotten what she told me. She said, because I always remember hearing those Air Raid Sirens, you knew what was coming next and there was nothing you could do about it. People today talk about all this Covid crap and mental health issues, they have not got a clue.

[@stephensmith4480]

@@terrymurphy2032 Bloody hell Terry, we have a lot in common. My Dad was in the Merchant Navy, he served in the North Atlantic Convoys going up to Murmansk and Archangel in Russia, My mum was only young too, not long out of school, she worked in an ordinance factory, making shells. After the war, my Dad went to work Labouring on building sites and my uncles, who had all been in either The Royal or Merchant Navy, all went to work on the Docks were they stayed until they retired. Unfortunately They are all gone now. Take care my friend and Best wishes to you too 👍.

[@stephensmith4480]

@@terrymurphy2032 Ha Ha Ha Terry. I will let you into a little secret. That`s not my real name and my Grandmothers maiden name was O`Brian. I will let you work it out Mo Chara. Like you say, small world. Be Good.

[@stephensmith4480]

@@terrymurphy2032 It really is a small world Terry. I have been meaning to do some family research into what part of Ireland my Grandmother was from 👍😊

[@danhodson7187]

I think all that going off around you means 6 people curling out a number 2 at once!

[@ruhalfoyls]

its funny how all you lads think they would be solids back then. all j can imagine is a splatering sound.

[@callumdean]

@@ruhalfoyls most people didnt die from the bombs, they died from drowning in shit 🤣🤣🤣

[@caesarisared1320]

I absolutely love his enthusiasm for things. He's brilliant

[@ellamsFX]

You know somethings serious when a Brit says "fuck-en 'ell" like that haha

[@diamondgeezer3933]

Love his journalistic qualities he comes at it from a blokes view ,hope hes on tv more often ..top geezer 👍

[@thevelointhevale1132]

There were still a few Anderson Shelters in the back gardens of homes in our home town in England in the 70's ... used to walk past them, they were often turned into makeshift sheds for garden tools.

[@trailerfitter2]

"Curling a Number two out..." Laughs his head off!!

[@llamedosr7843]

I found one of these when I was clearing a big garden in sevenoaks, the owners of the house had no idea it was there. It was in remarkably good shape.

[@why3011]

There's probably some relics in it

[@andrewclayton4181]

When I was young, in the 60s, a lot of neighbours still had these in their gardens. They were used as sheds. They were dug in deeper- about 3ft or so down. The soil dug out was banked up at the sides. Some places you couldn't go deep or the flooded.

[@tamurkhawaja7279]

What a guy

[@WunnSEN]

I remember as a kid, i lived in Salford and me and a couple of my friends had bunkers in our backyards

[@whiskywhippet]

“Curling a number 2 out” LOL

[@lemoi08]

that was the biggest laugh i have had in ages, and i am not gonna lie, i needed it, thank you!

[@VandrefalkTV]

Curling a number two out! I'm dying hahahaha

[@grantc5587]

Proper job!

[@aviationinterests3188]

Today on guy Martin proper, the production team try to blow him up. Some of the stuff guy does on here makes me believe he's more buster from the myth busters than a TV host

[@amosburke3314]

Great working with Guy and was able to get the chance to bury my original Anderson shelter. If you are interested in Anderson shelters there is a Facebook page “Anderson shelter in my garden” that helps and discuss Anderson shelters. We take the shelter to 1940’s events to display it as part of “Spirit of the homefront “

[@stevefox8605]

Typical fearless Guy 🤣 Legend 🇬🇧👍🏻👍🏻

[@MrGuvEuroman]

We used to play in one in the 80’s as kids, In Essex.

[@markorollo.]

My next-door neighbours when I was a kid had one of these in their garden, and that was in the 80's!!

[@AxlMetcalf]

I found something very similar where I grew up near York as a kid, rotten to bits behind a barn.. it still exists and there’s an old car chassis, even looks like a jeep

[@jimmyrustler8983]

There's a few Anderson shelters near me. Also, there used to be a row of 4 houses in my street, that's now a residential parking area after a bomb wiped them out.

[@gmfw9777]

I like that he's got a ding on his forehead from some earlier "good idea" Top Man!

[@amosburke3314]

yes he was shooting a lee enfield rifle and it kicked back

[@minuteman747]

Guy Martin becomes legend.

[@KissMyFatAxe]

Used to be an Anderson shelter at the end of the garden at my old house some years ago. Repurposed it as a shed as it was empty lol.

[@stevenjohns1322]

That was a big teacup on the floor in the corner 😂I think it was Gerry’s👍

[@GuyMartinOfficial]

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[@js0988]

Bombs my ass, that's just a piece of detcord going off!

[@amosburke3314]

@@js0988 well blowing up Guy would have spoiled It I think.

[@Theblackglove1992]

l wont mind spending time with guy

[@sparsh415]

My Dad could remember being 6,standing in the Anderson shelter and watching Dog fights above. A house was flattened 2 doors up by a Nazi bomb. I asked him what it was like and he said very,very frightening.

[@paulevans4334]

We love our Guy. Warts n all. Hrs a top bloke.

[@richarddixon7276]

Guy went to the right shelter because of the sign on the front , quite right too ! . There's Always time for a nice brew .

[@Mk1Male]

Can you imagine being inside one when you didn't know that a bomb wasn't going to hit your shelter? That would be truly frightening!

[@sparsh415]

My Dad was and a house 2 doors up was flattened.

[@mikeymike3240]

Our Guy, he’s the bomb 💣💥💥💥💥

[@marcusingram522]

Guys phase of the day ‘Fucking Hell’

[@evanelias-rees7872]

the only time guy has ever been scared of something...

[@sueneilson896]

Those were not 500 or 1000lb encased bombs.....just firecrackers in comparison.

[@PLUM-rp9lt]

He barely bats an eye😂

[@bigmuller1]

Fa king hell nearly spilled me tea

[@FenWolf68]

Umm... @0.15 , is that a bifter in the saucer? ;-j

[@willmartin1033]

Just a 1940s roll up cigarette.

[@Penfoldblue1]

420

[@jimmyrustler8983]

Keep calm and skin up!

[@amosburke3314]

Just a fake roll up for display

[@anthonyatuhaire]

Agh I hate that this guy is so wholesome. Why can't I be like him🙄😒😂

[@SceneArtisan]

People still died in these when shockwaves from when bigger bombs hit nearby (the shelters would still be intact).

[@mrce2000]

best channel on youtube!

[@johnperry5102]

all i can say is WOW!!!!!

[@logancohen1548]

Our Guy shitting bricks.

[@KathrynLiz1]

I was born in 1942 and I remember being in our Anderson Shelter....I didn't like the spiders...... :-)

[@MrFloppyHare]

Those were tiny fire crackers, compared to a real 250 or 500 kg bomb.

[@realryder2626]

Something tells me a few millimeters of tin wouldn't stop more than shrapnel from a couple of hundred yards

[@realryder2626]

@@madisntit6547 i've since learned the majority of shelters were designed to get people out of their dwellings as most deaths were caused by collapsing buildings due to bomb damage than anything

[@heathrowspottersam9074]

That was a fair wallop

[@supermick83]

Curling out a number 2🤣

[@buffplums]

So funny curling a number 2 haha

[@lumpyfishgravy]

"Curling a number two"

[@strawberryfieldsforever3308]

Build it ya sen lmao

[@jarikinnunen1718]

Think what was sitting there and remember how army return by civilian boats from Dunkirk.

[@Clint_Beastwood87]

This is how i felt in military first time throwing bombs and later rpgs while sitting in a cower...50 of us. Its very fun

[@bazzab1000]

Should have used full mortar shells, would have made it interesting...👍

[@amosburke3314]

The Luftwaffe never dropped mortars

[@bazzab1000]

Nor did they probably use the munitions used in this video. 👌👍

[@williecollins5833]

Need more than one pot with them going off,lol

[@neilwhitley7540]

🤣 brilliant 👏.

[@freakyflow]

So many types of bombs that both sides used I heard so many verified stories Of Underground Subways Killing everyone one inside without damaging the subway station at all The simple concussion was enough to crush lungs ...The hell storm in Desden that sucked people into Tornados of fire

[@jarikinnunen1718]

Pressure rip lungs and vacuum after that suck air out.

[@PiezPiedPy]

My words exactly lol fu... hell

[@51WCDodge]

Sorry Guy.You're toast . Who ever put the shelterup didn't read the manual. They were supposed to be covered with earth to a depth of 4 feet. Gofor a Morrison instead.

[@amosburke3314]

Sorry but 15 inches of soil on top you dig it down 3 ft so who can you put 4 ft on top do the maths. I’ve dug a shelter in.

[@amosburke3314]

By the way I put the shelter in. Find one Restore one Dig one in The get back to me

[@51WCDodge]

@@amosburke3314 Have already. Though it was a repro used on a Living History site.Now back in storage.

[@51WCDodge]

@@madisntit6547 You are probbaly aware of the fun of lugging hessian sandbags about , especially whne youforget gloves. Oh my aching back :-)

[@51WCDodge]

@@madisntit6547 Ahh, you ARE an Expert! :-)

[@alfiefairhead1180]

Guy for pm

[@milton1969able]

Did Guy just say that 7 quid was equal to 400 nowadays? haha hmmmm

[@mcfcguvnors]

£ 7 now equals £ 400 yet we dont live in a profiteering times according to clowning street one dollar 1$ used to be worth £5 - five pounds ! for one dollar think it hovvers around one dollar twenty toady

[@williamforbes6291]

Oh look some small charges.... why did i bother with this Use crash test dummies and 1000lb bombs plz

[@og_kenju]

First

[@rFlightFPV]

First lol

[@darkiee69]

Bombs? Those were hardly grenades. Seeing that the german standard bomb was about 250kg those little bangers were nothing.

[@ollie-kc6nj]

Well they where hardly going to use anything that posed any danger

[@amosburke3314]

I ask them not to destroy my shelter

[@Simon_W74]

Anderson shelters where about as much use as a chocolate fire guard, if a HE bomb landed closes enough the shrapnel would tear through them. If they could take down several houses at once then a bit of wrinkly tin and a covering of earth will not far any better. Probably made the recovery of the family much easier that offered any protection. Just look at Great War footage of Shells hitting the ground and trenches to see what I mean.

[@51WCDodge]

The recommendatio was to be covered in four feet of earth. . Not enough, but anymore and the shelter would collapse.

[@sharkeyist]

They were not designed to resist bombs, they were to give a safe shelter from collapsing buildings and flying debris. Many a tale of emerging to find the street gone.

[@amosburke3314]

They had 15 inches of earth on top and 30 inches in the side you dig out 2.5 tons digging it in 3 ft down. The are not bomb prof but most of the casualties in air raids were from the buildings collapsing and crushed people than blowing them apart. The shelters got people out of the buildings so reduce the casualties. The were test to take 70 tons so easily take a building collapsing on it.