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RefNoKCC2/D/CD/1/105
AltRefNoFile no. 57(i)
TitleShelters
DescriptionMemo and report from clerk of county council to ARP office - shelter progress report. Correspondence re benches in air raid shelter, St John’s Street, Huntingdon. Circular letter from Eastern regional office re shelter wardens. Also circular letter from region re access to public air raid shelters, also circular letter re use of school shelters. Ministry of Home Security circular No. 4/1942 – Two tier Morrison shelters. Ministry of Home Security circular No. 75/1942 – Shelter design and strengthening – with sketches. Ministry of Home Security circular No. 93/1942 – Revision of code with Statutory Rule and Order 1942 No. 662. Circular from Ministry of Health re economy of fuel, etc in shelters. Letter from director of education (Major S.G. Cook) re shelter at Conington School. Correspondence re use of shelter at Fletton Secondary School. Circular letter from Ministry of health regional office, Cambridge, re damage, theft and fouling in air raid shelters. Ministry of Home Security circular No. 91/1943 with Statutory Rule and Order 1943 No. 744. Various correspondence re Morrison table shelters and requests from people in ?danger areas to be supplied with shelters, or requests to purchase. Ministry of Home Security circular No. 188/1943 – Use of air raid shelters for fire guard purposes. Home Office circular 92/1945 – Sale of steel recovered from shelters.
DateAugust 1941-November 1945
CreatorNameHuntingdonshire County Council
RepositoryHuntingdonshire Archives
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