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ARP WARDENS, WEST NORWOOD: WORLD WAR II

ARP WARDENS, WEST NORWOOD: WORLD WAR II

Air Raid Precaution (ARP) wardens during World War II for Post 46 around Selsdon Road, West Norwood. Harold Bullbrook, who lived in Selsdon Road, is on the extreme right of the middle row and was previously a civil servant at the Science Museum. The ARP service was set up in 1937 to deal with the possible threat of air attacks and exhibitions were held around Lambeth to aid recruitment. In August 1939 all Lambeth's emergency services were put onto a war footing and the wardens became responsible for enforcing emergency regulations like black-out and, after 1940, for dealing with bomb incidents.Digital image by kind permission of Bernie Bullbrook. From the Lambeth Archives Home Front project 2005.
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Collection:Home Front Project 2005
Image type:Photograph
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Ref:06132
Identifier:SPd4048/2
Date:c.1939

#1926 - 1950  #EMERGENCY SERVICES  #Home Front Project 2005  #People  #Photograph  #WAR AND ARMED FORCES