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Agenda papers including, amongst other things: - report of County Equipment Officer;...

Catalogue reference: WW2 AR C/2/71

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Reference
WW2 AR C/2/71
Date
30 Oct 1940
Description

Agenda papers including, amongst other things:

- report of County Equipment Officer;

- looting;

- communications from Senior Regional Officer regarding: classification of unexploded bombs; shelters; German metal cones or floats; prevention of noise at Ampthill Report Post; Women's Voluntary Services accommodation adjoining Shire Hall; wardens' Posts at Gilbert's Bakehouse, Elstow Road, Kempston and Park House, Bromham; public shelters in Cranfield;

- communications from Ministry of Health regarding: evacuation of mothers and children; refugees from Channel Islands; rates of pay for staff at Battlesden House Maternity Home;

- numbers of air raid casualties [12 dead in Bedfordshire from a raid on 14 Oct];

- replacement roof for Wardens' Post adjacent to 2 Pemberley Avenue, Bedford;

- Wardens' Post at Yielden Rectory;

- recruitment of volunteers;

- Wardens' Post and First Aid Depot at 22 Pollard's Nurseries Cottages, Lower Stondon;

- Wardens' Post at 3 Kings Road, Flitwick;

- Wardens' Post at Bell Inn, Odell;

- Rescue Party Depot at 23 West Street, Dunstable;

- air raid shelters in Woburn Sands;

- remote control of air raid sirens;

- shelters in Lower Stondon;

- use of shelters at Northfields Senior School, Dunstable by the public;

- provision of accommodation for refugees from air attack.

[ex W/ARPP 25]

Held by
Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service
Language
English
Immediate source of acquisition

acc. 6515

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/4b1f03f2-7b08-431c-b0f4-188d54963b55/

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WW2 AR C

Air Raid Precautions, Committee Material

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Agenda papers including, amongst other things: - report of County Equipment Officer;...