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It's the Saturday evening and you head out to enjoy the only free time you get during the weekend. You are looking forward to either bar hopping, or going to a party, or just sitting in a cafe and silently devouring your novel. So, the last thing in your mind at this point is the driveway of your house that will give way beneath your car wheels. It might sound sad and crazy, but this is exactly what happened with Simon Marks, a homeowner in UK. BBC As Simon was reversing his black Vauxhall Zafira out of his driveway, something rumbled beneath him and the car actually lurched forward. And right there, out of nowhere, there was this huge crater in his drive way. The damage was awful, and the prospect of ruining a Saturday evening to fix it up, was even worse for Simon! BBC It looked like the driveway had been sucked down by some gigantic force underneath. Dismayed, Simon took pictures and sent to his father, who rushed to his aid. Poking around here and there, Simon inspected the damage. Very soon, he realized that this was way more than a case of badly constructed garden! BBC He picked apart the slabs of concrete one by one. The father arrived and the two dug around some more. The Sun The first thing to meet their eyes was the beginning of a ladder, whose end seemed lost somewhere in the darkness that pervaded the massive hole. Simon and his father have an intuition that there is more to come. So, they dig on. BBC Using just shovels and buckets, they dug about five feet of mud. Now, they could safely bend down to inspect further. BBC They go down into what seems like a bottomless pit. Once their feet hit the ground, they shine light on something they really weren't looking for. BBC Now, this is straight out of a thriller book. There, in front of them was a doorway. Using a selfie stick, Simon discovered that there were two rooms where he had pointed it. BBC Gerald, Simon's dad, had a very strong gut feeling about what they might find in there. And it turned out to be true - it was an air raid shelter! Simon's house had below it an air raid shelter! In fact, there were quite a few in the area and that's what probably gave Gerald the hunch. The Sun More internet surfing revealed that the one below Simon's house was built during the WW 2 era and there apparently was a bomb blast nearby during that time. BBC It all added up because the German Luftwaffe bombed UK horrendously. One of the places that took a lot of hits was Liverpool, Birmingham, especially near Simon's place. mperial War Museum / Wikimedia These shelters from bombs were made by the government bodies as well as citizens in order to have a safe place to retreat. Cellars, basements or even tube stations served the same purpose. Pinterest People would know when to run for one of these covers. The authorities would activate air raid sirens to let them know. BBC Among the ruins, they found this page from a newspaper in Simon's shelter. It's certainly an important piece of history. The Sun Simon's shelter collapsed because the doorway they discovered had rusted hinges. Once that broke and gave way, the whole concrete was about to come down in no time. BBC Simon believes that the shelter he discovered under the driveway is a reminder of what the country had gone through. Because it is an integral part of the country's history, Simon wanted it to be there and hoped that it would remain strong and sturdy so that he wouldn't have to rebuild. The Sun After the discovery, Simon probably did not feel all that bad about losing out on the Saturday fun! Take a ride back in time. Watch this video to see Simon's shelter. Credits: boredomtherapy.com