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• Hook: ARP

  (equipment)

  This is a type of hook used by ARP rescue teams for pulling down damaged ceilings.

• Steel Helmet, MKII 'Controller' (ARP/CD)

  (uniforms and insignia) Made by: J S S 1939

  This form of helmet decoration was first established from June 1940. The double-black stripes indicated the status of a Senior Supervisory Officer.

• train set

  (souvenirs and ephemera)

  The following is taken from the donor's letter: The model locomotive Great Western Region 'KingGeorge V' was made during the London Blitz by George Wrigley, an air raid warden in Kilburn. There were no plans as such, just a few pictures and an...

• Private Papers of Miss I Naish

  (private papers) Made by: Naish, I

  Ms letter (8pp) written on 8 September 1940 by a young woman to a friend, giving a vivid account of her journey the previous night, with her mother, during a severe air raid, from north London to Aldgate and then, unable to find any other transport or...

• Private Papers of Reverend J G Markham

  (private papers) Made by: Markham, John Gabriel

  Photocopy of a well-written and informative ts memoir (50pp) entitled 'The Church Under Fire', concerning the author's involvement with Civil Defence when he was Rector of St Peter's, Walworth (South East London) prior to and during the Second World War...

• Private Papers of Mrs R E Uttin

  (private papers) Made by: Uttin, R E

  Ms journal (96pp) kept by a Wembley housewife mainly between January 1941 and December 1945 but with a few later entries (1947 - 1956) and beginning with a retrospective account of her experiences during the first months of the London Blitz; the journal...

• Printed instruction charts for ARP workers of the various types of poisonous gases, Second World War

  (private papers)

  2 printed charts for the instruction of ARP workers during the Second World War showing the various types of gases used for offensive purposes, including their effects, smell and the first aid to be used for casualty cases, together with the words of a...

• Anonymous Account of Life in a London Air Raid Shelter, Second World War

  (private papers)

  Ms account (14pp), signed (?) `June A Grindle' and possibly written for publication in the West Indies, giving an excellent description of the organisation, routine and conditions in a London air raid shelter, probably ca 1943 - 1944, and recording the...

• Private Papers of Miss C A Bick GM

  (private papers) Made by: Bick, C A

  Ts letter (1p, 13 February 1941) written to her by the Earl of Dudley, ARP Regional Commissioner for the Midlands, explaining that her actions on the night of 14 November 1940 during an air raid on West Bromwich have been drawn to the attention of the...

• Private Papers of Miss M J Shean

  (private papers) Made by: Shean, M J

  Ms correspondence (circa 230 letters) written 2 September 1939 - 21 August 1940 between a young girl, her little sister and their parents in London following the children's evacuation with Woolwich Central School to Ryarsh, Kent concentrating principally...