- ReferenceWW2/AR/C2/78
- TitleAgenda papers
- Date free text18 Dec 1940
- Production dateFrom: 1940 To: 1940
- Scope and Contentincluding, amongst other things: - communications from Ministry of Home Security regarding: comforts for Civil Defence services; air raid shelters; Shelterer's Campaign to alleviate discomforts of shelter dwellers during winter; - Fire Services Information Bulletin; - Defence (December Bank Holidays) Regulations 1940; - communications from Senior Regional Officer regarding: explosive incendiary bombs; identification of unexploded bombs and parachute mines; co-operation with military authorities; small yellow unexploded bombs; assistance to RAF Stations; provision for two public shelters on Bank Buildings site, High Street, Bedford and Island Site, St.Loyes, Bedford; use of basement of 61 High Street, Bedford as public air raid shelter; - communications from Ministry of Health regarding: Government Evacuation Scheme; use of Air Raid Precautions ambulances; accommodation of persons rendered homeless outside London; appointment of Social Workers; reserve hospital accommodation at Silver Jubilee School, Bedford; withdrawal of Luton Public Assistance Institution from Emergency Hospital Scheme; - damage to Cauldwell Street Methodist First Aid Party Depot by enemy action; - use of Harlington Manor as Wardens' Post; - Wardens' Post at Pyghtle Farm, 26 Station Road, Tempsford; - report on Air Raid Precautions in Podington; - Northfields Council Senior School, Dunstable shelters; - use of Leighton Buzzard Cleansing Station by boys of William Ellis Secondary School, London; - relief of homeless and destitute persons in Leighton Buzzard; - accommodation for refugees from air attack.
- LanguageEnglish
- Level of descriptionitem
- KeywordsMinistry of Home Security, civil defence, air raid shelters, RAF, Ministry of Health, Air Raid Precautions, ambulances, hospitals, Silver Jubilee Boys School, air raids, Tempsford Pyghtle Farm, Northfields Council Senior School, refugees, BEDFORD, LUTON, HARLINGTON, TEMPSFORD, PODINGTON, DUNSTABLE, LEIGHTON BUZZARD, Bedford High Street, Bedford St Loyes, Harlington Manor
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