15. Just Sit and Pray
Contrary to the popular image of masses taking refuge in Tube stations, only about 4% of Londoners actually used these underground shelters for protection. A more common choice, utilized by approximately 40% of the population, was to seek shelter in Anderson shelters.
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These were small, corrugated steel structures buried in back gardens, designed to protect families from bomb blasts. Others opted for indoor cage-like shelters, offering a degree of safety within their own homes. The majority, however, remained in their usual bedrooms, relying on hope and perhaps a sense of fatalism as their defense against the aerial onslaught.