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Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Air Raid Protection A R P 1914 1945 - JoGi >> .

ARP > Civil Defence Service
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Defence_Service .

MHS - Ministry of Home Security ..
https://mashable.com/2016/05/26/air-raid-cigarette-cards/#ELppgdDsZZqk

Air raid precautions on continent 30-39 > .

https://flashbak.com/the-glorious-ww2-posters-of-patrick-cokayne-keely-366874/ .

ARP, Ambulance & AFS Personnel and Equipment - Newhaven .

Newhaven and the surrounding district during WW2. The main units were:

(i) The LDV (Local Defence Volunteers) which later became the Home Guard - now immortalised in TV comedy history as Dad's Army

(ii) The AFS who were units of Fire Fighters auxiliary to the main Fire Service. (Auxiliary Fire Service, later National Fire Service)

(iii) The ARP (Air Raid Precautions) who were responsible for assessing damage, fire and rescue requirements at sites of enemy action. They were also required to make buildings safe after bomb-damage, and were often local builders. There was a sub-section of the ARP who drove Ambulances. The WVS (Women's Voluntary Service) took care of people, with food and shelter, who had been displaced from their homes either by evacuation or enemy action.

All of these units were able to requisition civilian vehicles for adaptation to their own requirements.

A.R.P. - Air Raid Precautions

A.R.P. - Air - Raid - Precautions (1938) > .

ARP, Bunkers, Shelters, Underground - BePr >> .

Air Raid Protection A R P 1914 1945 - John Gilinsky
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnkSKw5Qot7qT5TCDoyoKQBmC2VgXvDqM

Anderson shelters

Shelters - Anderson, Morrison
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_raid_shelter#Anderson_shelter

Your Anderson Shelter This Winter (1940) > .
Anderson Shelter: bunk beds, gas masks, stirrup pump, artefacts - WW2 > .
Do The Job Well!! (1940) > .
Shelter Trailer (1941) > .
ARP, Bunkers, Shelters, Underground - BePr >> .

Air-raid shelters ..

Anderson
https://inlanding.wordpress.com/2012/07/16/latest-post-anderson-shelters/
http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/images/online_exhibitions/andersonLG.jpg

How Britain’s abandoned Anderson shelters are being brought back to life:
Anderson shelters were named after Sir John Anderson, the lord privy seal in charge of air raid precautions in 1938, and were made from corrugated steel or iron panels that formed a semi-circular shape. They were designed to be dug into people’s gardens to protect families from air raids. More than 2m shelters were issued to families during the second world war.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/21/how-britains-abandoned-anderson-shelters-are-being-brought-back-to-life

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=anderson+shelters+ww2

The Warning (1939)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPMIYyapLF4

Air Raid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKS4qEenNSE
Video: 1:02: Anderson Shelter Construction in 1939
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mu0ad17Yb98
Video: 2:15 min : Your Anderson Shelter This Winter (1940)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHyxP3epU-w
Video: 2:02: Your Home As An Air Raid Shelter (1940)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjWfR7mdAaE
Video: 0.55:What To Do In An Air Raid (1940)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHep5WA9qqU
Video: 2:11: Have Your Gas Masks With You (1941-1946)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJUmat8kpk8
Video: 14:58 min: Anderson Shelter Restoration Project
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUnnu8u_NHs

"Air raids happened more frequently at night when enemy aircraft took advantage of the cover of darkness. We had an Anderson shelter where we retreated upon hearing the siren alert signal. This was a galvanised corrugated-iron hut supplied freely by the local authority that had to be half buried in the garden. The excavated soil had to be placed on the top and sides like a thick blanket so that it resembled a large mound. The Anderson shelter could accommodate four adult bunks; two, one above the other on each side, with a narrow gangway between. Lighting was minimal, only a torch or maybe a candle.

Heating was a problem in the Anderson shelter during the winter. We had a Valour paraffin heater but it was not very satisfactory for three reasons. These all concerned the products of combustion. Burning paraffin creates copious quantities of carbon dioxide and water, and has an objectionable odour. The odour could be tolerated, but carbon dioxide is a killer gas. Moreover, every gallon of paraffin burned produced a gallon of water in the form of water vapour that condensed all over the exposed metalwork. Even without the heater, the water vapour exhaled by four persons was significant. This created a very damp and unsavoury environment. When going to the shelter at night we had to take our bedding, gas masks and a box of matches with us, and remove them all when we retired back into the house following the all-clear.

It could be quite hazardous outside when the guns were firing. Every shell fired into the air exploded into hundreds of pieces of sharp jagged metal fragments whether a target was hit or not. These fragments rained back down to earth and could be heard hitting the slates and pavements. This is why people who worked outdoors during the war needed to wear tin hats."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/97/a7489597.shtml

Morrison
Video: 0.55
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mndAnbadBYg
http://www.krawatford.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/wm-How-to-put-up-your-Morrision-Shelter-Leaflet-detail-copy.jpg
http://www.caringonthehomefront.org.uk/images/resourceLibrary/morrison%20shelter.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2701/4379345991_537c5d6fcd.jpg