Voices from Civil Defence Region 10: North Western (Manchester HQ)
Peter Ciuffetti
Aftermath of Bombing: The expressions of revolt do not come from the submerged tenth but from the average person. There have been disturbances in the rougher districts and it has been reported that private cars could not travel with safety in certain districts. Air Raid Report, Liverpool and Merseyside, 1941 [...] Home Guard: The conflicting directions given by police and Home Guards irritate drivers of vehicles. There is much unnecessary stopping of essential vehicles in built-up areas. Regional Police Staff Officer, North Western Region, 1940 [...] Rationing: The man who brought the bag of potatoes for twelve shillings, I now know as Thomas Thornton, and we both went together and lodged this complain with the Police. Manchester Food Control Committee minutes, 1940 [...] Shelter Life: We are free from any self-seeking, desire for limelight or suburbanism. Yet we have been on the point of resigning on bloc. Why? A.R.P. Warden, Liverpool, 1939 [...] Women's Land Army: Insobriety could not be either encouraged or tolerated, as the women community of the farming world was seldom sympathetic to this type of entertainment. Lancashire County Women's Land Army Committee meeting minutes, 1941
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