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The Morrison Shelter was advertised as a new type of indoor bomb shelter which was made available for free to persons whose income was less than £350 a year. It was named after Herbert Morrison MP, seen in the top picture taking tea with Mrs Churchill and Ellen Wilkinson with the shelter doubling as a table. It was nicknamed the Morrison Mousetrap, but did save lives due to the shelter's robust steel construction.From a series of albums containing newspaper and magazine clippings, assorted ephemera and a diary, kept by Mrs Lucy Awdry of 14 Franconia Road, Clapham, for the duration of World War II and recording wartime life in London. During the war Mrs Awdry volunteered with the Women's Voluntary Service (WVS) assisting with fire watch duties and also at the Clapham War Savings Centre. 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:	06837
Identifier:	IV 169 Vol.7
Date:	1941

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