Voices from Civil Defence Region 2: North Eastern (Leeds HQ)

Peter Ciuffetti

23 May 2022

10 items

Aftermath of Bombing: In one long street where almost every house bore the scars of the raid, there was a stretch of houses where the roofs had been pushed forward as if by a giant hand, and were over-hanging the streets below. Hull and East Riding Information Committee Report, 1941 [...] Evacuation: I think this scheme is impracticable and unworkable, and it can never be successful. The low, slum type form the majority of the mothers, some out for what they can get, most of them dirty, many of the idle and unwilling to work or pull their weight. County Organiser, Lindsey, Lincolnshire, 1939 [...] Home Guard: History will say that your share in the greatest of all our struggles for freedom was a vitally important one. You have given your service without thought of reward. You have earned in full measure your Country’s gratitude. A message from His Majesty the King to the Home Guard, 1944 [...] Rationing: A copy was read of a letter to be sent to Mrs. Dutton of Hazelbush Cafe, Malton Road, York on 1st. April by the Divisional Food Office on behalf of the Minister. Letter as recorded in the Flaxton Rural District Food Control Committee Minutes, 1949 [...] Shelter Life: They feel very strongly in Sheffield, and incidentally in other Yorkshire towns, that proper coffins should be provided for people who might be killed in air raids. Ministry of Home Security report on the Sheffield civil defence scheme, 1939