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Air Raid Wardens Get Good Backing
There were Air Raid Wardens all over the country and they had many tasks. Helping to dig people out of bombed buildings was one, clearing the streets when an alarm had been sounded was another. They also had to make sure that no lights shone out during the blackout. (Even the tip of a lit cigarette was supposed to be covered in case it could be seen by a German bomb-aimer!) They were given their own surface shelters, normally constructed of sandbags. There was an ARP Wardens post built on Threadneedle Street, behind the Bank of England and the Bank's wall had been used as part of the construction. Across the entrance door the Warden had placed a board that stated 'Built with a sound financial backing'.
From Sqn. Ldr. A.Garretts MBE retd
'WW2 People's War is an online archive of wartime memories contributed by members of the public and gathered by the BBC. The archive can be found at bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar'
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