Whilst Maugersbury Manor was occupied by the army, local people needed Passes to gain entry to the Park road obtainable from the Manor. Guards stood in sentry boxes at each end of the Park road. Firstly, the one at the bottom of the hill was placed outside what is now Monks Barn but then it was moved to just north of Park Farm entrance and the one at the top of the road was placed opposite the North Lodge door. Anyone walking past the sentry box would be challenged by “Halt, who goes there?”
(As recounted by Geoffrey Fisher 1931 - 2023)
Maugersbury Manor was a base for the training of tank crew and, as such, needed defence against armoured military vehicles in case of invasion. Large cylindrical anti-tank blocks, cast using a section of drainage or sewage pipe, were erected as road blocks. Some of these, the larger ones measuring 0.9 m high and 1.2 m wide, were moved from their defensive location to a field nearby and are still there!
The Air Raid Precaution Wardens' Service had volunteers in communities all over the country. As farming was a reserved occupation, John Fisher (1903 -1998) was able to volunteer in the service.
