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Midland
Road, Bedford, 2005 |
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Midland
Road, Bedford, 23 July 1942 |
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Sandbag
shelter, St Peter’s Green, 5 September 1939 |
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Sandbags
outside Police Station, 5 September 1939 |
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Shelter
demolition, Alexandra Place, 1946 |
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Anderson
shelter used as a shed after the war. Bedford Museum
courtyard |
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Diagram
to help people build an Anderson Shelter, from
a Government booklet on Air Raid Precautions. |
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Adult
gas mask. |
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Child’s
gas mask. |
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Baby’s
gas mask. |
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Poison
gas demonstration, June 1941 |
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Bike
lamp with shaded light. |
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Shaded
lights on fire engine. |
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Enlarged
view of front of fire engine only to show lights. |
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Text |
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All
audio transcripts |
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Air
Raid Shelters: |
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Mr Arthur Keech: 'The only shelter we had at the
time ...' |
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Mr
John Hughes: 'I think the only time I was really
frightened ...' |
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Mr
Derek Mabey: 'Initially we had no air raid shelter
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Mrs
Mary Smith: 'At home it used to be mainly at
night I think. ...' |
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Gas
precautions audio transcript: |
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Mrs
Myra Webb: We had little mickey mouse
mask |
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Gas
precautions audio: |
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Mrs
Barbara Lynn: 'The other thing was gas masks
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Mrs
Barbara Lynn: 'Then people got slack ...' |
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Mr
Gerald How: 'Of course we all carried our gas
masks ...' |
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Mr
Peter Cook: 'I can remember, for example, walking
along the pavement...' |
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Extras: |
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Mrs
Rebecca Cook: 'We were all issued with gas masks
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Mrs
Rebecca Cook: 'I remember one of my big sisters
making cases ...' |
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Blackout: |
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Mr
Arthur Keech: 'Well I used to make them ...' |
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Mrs
Rebecca Cook: 'We were told we must now must
blackout ...' |
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Mr
John Hughes: 'I can remember my father ...' |
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Mr
John Hughes: 'The main thing we were aware of
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Interviewee
biographies |
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