WW2/AR/C2/253

Agenda papers

17 Oct 1945

From: 1945 To: 1945

including, amongst other things: - offers to purchase former Civil Defence vehicles; - communications with Principal Officer, Eastern Civil Defence Region regarding: reinstatement of Bedford Town Hall premises used for Report and Control, Air Raid Precautions offices and Air Raid Precautions store; staff to be retained after 1 Aug and 1 Oct 1945; use of Methodist Church Schoolroom, Cauldwell Street, Bedford; use of room at 80 High Street, Bedford by St.John Ambulance Brigade; release of Nicholls Garage, Cauldwell Street, Bedford; release of Mission Hall, Greyfriars Walk, Bedford; release of Training Centre at Gordon Arms, Bedford; Civil Defence Administration Staff; former Wardens' Post at Toddington Social Club; compensation regarding rooms at 110 Dunstable Street, Ampthill used as West Bedfordshire Area Air Raid Precaution Headquarters; removal of blast walls from Dunstable Isolation Hospital; former Wardens' Post and Rescue Depot at The Grange, Barton-le-Clay; former Civil Defence use of Rate Collector's Office, 104 Bedford Road, Kempston; demolition of shelters in Cranfield, Palace Street, Biggleswade and 188 Station Road, Lower Stondon; former Wardens' Post at Warden Hill Club & Institute, Streatley; removal of blast walls from Stratton House, Biggleswade; former Wardens' Post, First Aid Party Depot and Upgraded First Aid Post at Arlesey Working Men's Club; release of former North Bedfordshire Area Air Raid Precautions Headquarters at St.Leonard's Hall, Victoria Road, Bedford; release of Woodside House, Turvey, used as Regional Civil Defence Equipment Store; former Wardens' Post, Rescue Party Depot, First Aid Point and Mobile Headquarters at Shefford Lads' Club, 6 High Street, Shefford; release of Swallow Garage, Kempston; - communications with Ministry of Health regarding: reinstatement work at Silver Jubilee School, Bedford; reinstatement of All Saints Church Sunday School room, Bedford and Queens Park Moravian Church Hall, Bedford; disposal of Government owned drugs and dressings; Nurses Act 1943 and Civil Nursing Reserve; return of evacuees; removal of equipment from and release of former home for Difficult Children at 19 Downs Road, Luton; - former Wardens' Post in garage at 36 Kempston Road, Bedford; - former Wardens' Post in garage at 65 Chaucer Road, Bedford; - former Wardens' Post in garage at 175 London Road, Bedford; - Air Raid Precautions museum exhibits; - former Wardens' Post at 162 Kimbolton Road, Bedford; - former Wardens' Post in garage at 3 Park Avenue, Bedford; - communications with Civil Defence Department of Home Office regarding: censorship rules regarding air attack on UK; mobile canteens; labour for use in dismantling shelters etc.; future of Women's Voluntary Services; Civil Defence Transport Notes No.7; Air Raid Precautions equipment Bulletin No.38; Civil Defence Industrial Bulletin; - emergency telephone calls for assistance from Fire Service; - employment of casual labour for dismantling respirators etc.; - contributions from patients admitted under Emergency Hospital Scheme - WVS use of 16 Grove Road, Leighton Buzzard; - former Wardens' Post at Bunyan Meeting, Stagsden; - damage to Billiard Room at Maulden Church Hall; - former Wardens' Post and First Aid Point at Yielden Rectory; - former Wardens' Post in room adjoining 42 High Street, Riseley; - former Wardens' Post at Carlton Rectory stables; - former Wardens' Post at St.Helena, Elstow; - damage to Bedford Arms yard, Woburn, used for Civil Defence purposes; - former Wardens' Post at 39 Littledale Street, Kempston; - damage to garage used for Civil Defence purposes at 29 Clophill Road, Maulden; - damage to 3 Leighton Street, Woburn, used for Civil Defence purposes; - former Wardens' Post in school house at Slip End Council Mixed School, Caddington; - damage to Memorial Hall, Cranfield, used for Civil Defence purposes.

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civil defence, Air Raid Precautions, town halls, Bedford Gordon Arms, Toddington Workmen's Social Club, Arlesey Working Mens Club, Ministry of Health, Silver Jubilee School, Home Office, air raids, hospitals, Woburn Bedford Arms, Slip End Council Mixed School, BEDFORD, BEDFORDSHIRE, AMPTHILL, BARTON-LE-CLAY, KEMPSTON, CRANFIELD, BIGGLESWADE, Lower Stondon, STREATLEY, TURVEY, SHEFFORD, LUTON, LEIGHTON BUZZARD, STAGSDEN, MAULDEN, YELDEN, RISELEY, CARLTON, ELSTOW, WOBURN, CADDINGTON, Bedford Cauldwell Street, Bedford Greyfriars Walk, Ampthill Dunstable Street, Barton-le-Clay The Grange, Kempston Bedford Road, Biggleswade Palace Street, Lower Stondon Station Road, Biggleswade Stratton House, Bedford Victoria Road, Turvey Woodside House, Shefford High Street, Luton Downs Road, Bedford Kempston Road, Bedford Chaucer Road, Bedford London Road, Bedford Kimbolton Road, Bedford Park Avenue, Leighton Buzzard Grove Road, Riseley High Street, Elstow St Helena, Kempston Littledale Street, Woburn Leighton Street