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Where do I go for an air raid?
If you are not near a designated air raid shelter, select whatever place under cover is handy. Avoid getting near large windows. Only emergency vehicles will be allowed to move. All auto drivers pull to the curb, park and get under cover.
What did people do when there was an air raid?
To combat incendiaries, people were encouraged to volunteer as fire watchers and to draw up rotas with their neighbours. Air raid wardens issued stirrup pumps and trained people how to use them. Factories and other work places also needed fire watchers and at the end of 1940, fire watching duty became compulsory.
Where did British citizens have to go during air raids?
The first air raid shelters were distributed in 1938. People without the outside space needed to put one up were encouraged to use communal shelters instead. The government was initially reluctant to allow London Underground stations to be used as shelters, although they were later forced to back down.
What did people hear in the blitz?
When Hitler invaded Russia the worst of the night raids ceased. The sound of aircraft still filled the night skies, but now there was no air raid warning and the sound was the regular beat of the Merlins and Hercules – the engines of our bombers on their way to the enemy.
Where would people go during the Blitz?
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Industrial cities and ports were the Luftwaffe’s main targets. Many civilians were offered the chance to relocate to safer parts of the country. In some cities, 60% of children and other ‘priority’ civilians fled their homes at the beginning of the war.
How much money did the air raid precautions get paid?
By the time the Blitz started in the summer of 1940 full-time ARP personnel were being paid £3 and 5 shillings (£3 5s.) per week; women received £2, 3 shillings and 6 pence (£2 3s. 6d.) Part-time members would have their normal employment salary topped up with a few extra shillings per week.
How did the Blitz end?
By mid-September 1940 the RAF had won the Battle of Britain, and the invasion was postponed indefinitely. Air power alone had failed to knock the United Kingdom out of the war. On May 11, 1941, Hitler called off the Blitz as he shifted his forces eastward against the Soviet Union.
Where did the first air raid take place?
Air Raid Shelters The first German air attack took place in London on the evening of 7 September 1940. Within months, Liverpool, Birmingham, Coventry and other cities were hit too. Why were Air Raid Shelters built? People needed to protect themselves from the bombs being dropped by German aircraft.
What was the name of the air raid shelter?
People sheltered underneath it during a raid. The Morrison shelter was named after the Minister for Home Security, Mr. Herbert Morrison. The Morrison shelter was approximately 6 feet 6 inches (2m) long, 4 feet (1.2m) wide and 2 feet 6 inches (0.75m) high.
How did the British prepare for air raids?
The British government began preparing the country for the possibility of air raids in the late 1930s. The Air Raid Wardens Service was established in 1937 and over 44 million gas masks had been distributed by the outbreak of war in 1939. As the war progressed, further provisions were made to try to protect civilians from air attack.
When was the Air Raid Wardens Service created?
The Air Raid Wardens Service was established in 1937 and over 44 million gas masks had been distributed by the outbreak of war in 1939. As the war progressed, further provisions were made to try to protect civilians from air attack. Blackout restrictions did not just cover the home.