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RefNoKCC2/D/CD/1/89
AltRefNoFile no. 44
TitleEvacuation and WVS
DescriptionMemorandum from the clerk of the county council (J.B. Kelly) to clerks to district councils on the government evacuation scheme, dated 1 January 1939. Scheme prepared by public assistance officer (J. Godwin Ellis) for relieving distress amongst persons rendered homeless by hostile attack. Local war instructions – Memo enclosed with circular 1854 (Ministry of Health). WVS housewives’ service. Circular from senior regional officer – Persons rendered homeless as a result of air raids. Handbook published by Huntingdonshire county council of services available for evacuees in the county dated January 1941. WVS housewives’ (villages) service. Circular from regional commissioner on mutual assistance between individuals. List of WVS local organisers. Ministry of Home Security circular 247/1941 – Training and resettlement of disabled persons, with handbook. Ministry of Home Security circular 18/1942 – ‘ARP at Home’ with handbook ‘Hints for housewives’. List of wardens in Huntingdon borough. List of rest centres for housing homeless persons. WVS housewives service. List of members in St Neots, Norman Cross, St Ives, Huntingdon, Ramsey, St Neots, Old Fletton areas. Letter from the assistance board re cash advances to bombed-out persons with booklet ‘post raid services’, dated April 1943. Minutes of WVS council meeting of 5 November 1943. Eastern region circular No. 206/1944 – Homeless persons – WVS gift scheme. Home Office circular 87/1945 – Future of the women’s voluntary services.
DateJanuary 1939-September 1945
CreatorNameHuntingdonshire County Council
RepositoryHuntingdonshire Archives
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