Newspaper clipping from September 1939 that was captioned; ‘ A new sign which is appearing in London now. It indicates the way to the nearest public shelter’. London quickly put in place a Civil Defence strategy to deal with the threat of air raids.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.Ref: IV\/169\/Vol.1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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