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KCC2 - Huntingdonshire County Council
- D - Records created by Departments within Huntingdonshire County Council
  - CD - Civil Defence Department
    - 1 - Air raid precautions files from the ARP Office, Gazeley Cottage, Huntingdon

RefNo	KCC2/D/CD/1/104
AltRefNo	File no. 57
Title	Public shelters
Description	Correspondence re estimating numbers of people in streets who would require shelter accommodation. Letter from the clerk of the county council to clerks to districts councils re ARP trenches. Correspondence re use of basement at Literary Institute, Huntingdon. Home Office ARP department circular 91/1939 – Provision of air raid shelter, also circular 189/1939. letter from honorary secretary ARP services committee, re air raid shelters in borough of Huntingdon. Home Office circular 204/1939 – Provision of shelter. Ministry of Home Security ARP department circular 301/1939 – Use of railway property for shelter purposes. School shelters – use by the public. Ministry of Home Security circular No. 38/1940 – Provision of air raid shelter in specified areas. Letter from senior regional officer re care and maintenance of public shelters. Ministry of Home Security circular No. 68/1940 – Air raid shelter in specified areas. Ministry of Home Security circular No. 77/1940 – Domestic surface shelters. Public air raid shelter, Godmanchester. Ministry of Home Security circular No. 111/1940 – Air raid shelters in specified areas. Standard steel shelters. Ministry of Home Security circular 115/1940 – Birth in air raid shelters. Home Office circular No. 98/1940 - ‘Your home as an air raid shelter’ with handbook. Ministry of Home Security circular No. 163/1940 – Air raid shelters. Correspondence re air raid shelters, Fletton. Ministry of Home Security circular No. 284/1940 – Deep Tunnel shelters. Circular letter from clerk of county council – Provision of public and domestic shelter protection. Ministry of Home Security circular No. 96/1941 – Steel shelters – cases of flooding. Various general correspondence.
Date	March 1938-August 1941
CreatorName	Huntingdonshire County Council
Repository	Huntingdonshire Archives

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