Record

RefNoKCC2/D/CD/1/160
AltRefNoFile no. 90
TitleAugust 9/10 black-out
DescriptionInstructions for black-out exercises August 9/10 1939 and correspondence from district councils and chief wardens. Press release to Hunts Post, Peterborough Advertiser, St Neots Advertiser. Lists of 'incidents' and numbers of casualties. Correspondence re sirens, umpires, and generally the arrangements for the exercise and reports from districts. Press release and report on black-out to Hunts Posts, St Neots Advertiser and Peterborough Advertiser. Excerpts from reports on the exercise, summary of results of discussion on the exercise. Letter from senior regional officer on 'blackout' exercises, dated 18 August 1939.
DateJuly-August 1939
CreatorNameHuntingdonshire County Council
RepositoryHuntingdonshire Archives
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