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Home Office steel A. R. P. Shelters tested at Shotton. Scenes in the works of Messrs. JHome Office steel A.R.P. Shelters tested at Shotton. Scenes in the works of Messrs. J. Summers and Sons, Ltd. where thousands of the shelters are being made
Sandbags to the left, sandbags to the right, and sandbags all around. They are everywhere in Derby. This huge pile is seen against the walls of the Derby Borough Police. 15th September 1939
A wayward barrage balloon is brought under control in the Dean Street area of Derby. 15th October 1939
Members of the ARP demonstrate how to deal with a suspected gas attack during a series of civil defence demonstration at Sandown Park April 1939
Dudley Road, Birmingham ARP Service parade after an exercise. September 1939 In 1935 the Home Office announced that local authorities would be responsible for drawing up plans for public protection
Ambulance men, ARP wardens and members of the public taking part in a air raid exercise at Dudley Road, Birmingham. September 1939 In 1935 the Home Office announced that local authorities would be
A council workman surveys the sandbag protection at an un-named school in the West Midlands. Circa September 1939
A sound locator crew working with a Search Light unit during an air raid exercise in the West Midlands.. Such methods, as well as the Observation Corps
Birmingham University students and workmen from the City Council seen here filing sandbags in a pit near the University, for the protection of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital on the eve of the outbreak
The Out Patients Department of Birminghams Queen Elizabeth Hospital sandbagged in preparation for the outbreak of the Second World World. 1st September 1939
Army spotter taking part in a searchlight exercise in the West Midlands involving the Army and the RAF just prior to the outbreak of the Second World War. 8th August 1939
Birmingham City Council workmen seen here filling and sandbagging the Citys Education Office in Margaret Street in the city centre a few days before the outbreak of the Second World War
Birmingham council workmen construct an emergency water container in the city centre on the eve of the outbreak of the second world war. 1st September 1939
Searchlight exercise in the West Midlands involving the Army and the RAF just prior to the outbreak of the Second World War. 8th August 1939
Many hands make light work... Said these girls from C and AMany hands make light work...Said these girls from C and A. When they cheerfully joined in sandbag filling in Birmingham City Centre on the eve of the outbreak of the Second World War
Gas masks being issued at Upton School. 27th August 1939
Children filling sandbags in Paignton in September 1939, at the start of the " Phoney War" as it became known
An emergency water tank for extinguishing fires built in the corner of the Omnibus Station and car park in Lymington Road, Torquay in June 1941
ARP Warden on fire watch in Bristol, armed with his trusted stirrup pump and buckets of sand. Circa December 1940
Demonstrating a gas mask on a patient in hospital in the early years of the Second World War. Circa September 1939
Gas mask test at the start of the second world war, Bristol Circa September 1939
A demonstration of a barrage balloon being inflated on the Downs in 1939. Bristol as the country prepares for war
Bristolians in 1939 seen here being issued with gas masks in the build up to the Second World War. By September 1939 some 38 million gas masks had been given out to the civil population
As the threat of war overshadowed Britain in 1938 and following the Munich Crisis Britain began to take measures to prepare itself for the possibility of war
The new blue battledress uniform for members of ARP Services, as announced by Mr Herbert Morrison Minister for Home Security, in the House of Commons today. 26th May 1941
Making sandbags in the shelter - Women are making and men filling sandbags in the basement of the India building in the city. The basement of this building is to be an official shelter
Royal visit to Salford - King George VI & Queen Elizabeth talking to a group warden in Salford. Feb 1941
No official caption. ARP Personnel training in bomb disposal and decontamination. They are wearing the full anti-gas suit with civilian service respirator. 1938
Winston Churchill appealing for ARP recruits at Mansion House in the build up to the Second World War. 24th April 1939
Men digging deep trenches in Birkenhead Park, which will become shelters. Birkenhead, Merseyside, 28th September 1938
Liverpool ARP in the shape of well constructed shelters are in evidence. Particularly in the parks where deep, arched brick and concrete accommodation is being prepared. 13th October 1939
Timbering up the deep trenches in Birkenhead Park. The shelters will have seats along each side and be covered with loose earth. Birkenhead, Merseyside, 28th September 1938
Telephone girls at Whitley Bay Post Office try out the gas masks as they prepare for any eventuality during A.R.P training. August 1938
Telephone girls at Whitley Bay Post Office try out the gas masks as they prepare for any eventuality during A.R.P training. 27th August 1938
The air raid shelters in The Side, Newcastle, which were being demolished. Architect Bill Hopper is pictured prior to work commencing. 20/04/1998
Sandbags are placed for the protection of buildings in Newcastle in prepartion for air raids. 03/09/1939
On the day Britain declared war on Germany, following the invasion of Poland, people in the parks left their seats and walked to the A R P trenches as though they had all rehearsed it
A young lady emerges from an Anderson Shelter after an air raid and a heavy night of bombing. Circa: 1940
Thomasina Thomson, 83, with her son, Cliff and daughter, Sylvia Adams. They are holding a picture of Mrs Thomson and her family which appeared in the Evening Chronicle in 1939 to commemorate
The Best-Kept Gardens contest for the Condercum Estate, Newcastle. Tenants brought to light a new angle on gardening - how to make the A R P Anderson shelter a thing of beauty
Work is pushed ahead on the group of ARP air raid shelters at the Vickers-Armstrong Scotswood works in Newcastle. 16/04/1939
A crowd of excited youngsters watched the delivery of the first consignment of ARP air raid shelters in the Two Ball Lonnen area of Newcastle. 28/02/1939
A family wearing gas masks go into an Anderson air raid shelter. 04/09/1939
The surface street air raid shelters in Glouster Street near Scotswood Road, Newcastle. 11/09/1946
Sixteen women and children were inside the surface air raid shelter nearest the camera when a heavy bomb exploded in the road about three feet from the outer wall
The surface street air raid shelters stand intact following a German raid on the North East. Circa: 1940
Wartime preparations at the Dental Hospital in Newcastle when students took part in a very different kind of drill - filling sandbags in case of air raids. 31/08/1939
By 1941 many Newcastle firms, like this one on City Road, were adopting 24 hour fire-watching with use of roof spotters. 14/01/1941
