Arp Collection (page 2)

WW2 Christmas card, Carrying On! Date: 1939

WW2 Christmas card, Tin Hats and the different people who wear them. Date: 1939

WW2 Christmas card, air raid wardens on bicycles
WW2 Christmas card, two air raid wardens on bicycles. Date: circa 1942

WW2 birthday card, dog cartoon
WW2 birthday card (inside), cartoon by Richardson, a dog inside its kennel with sandbags piled up all around. Date: circa 1942

WW2 Christmas card, female air warden (ARP). Date: 1945

WW2 Christmas card, ARP (Air Raid Precautions). The message inside reads: England expects every man will do his duty. Date: circa 1942

WW2 Christmas card, Civil Defence, designed by Allan Burrows, produced by the Paddington Mobile Unit (ARP), with cartoons of typical activities (inside). Date: circa 1942

Group photo, Air Raid Wardens, WW2
Group photo, Air Raid Wardens in Tasburgh Street, Grimsby, Lincolnshire. Date: circa 1941-1943

WW2 Christmas card, dog in wardens helmet
WW2 Christmas card, dog in an air raid wardens tin helmet. Date: 1941

WW2 greetings card, policeman, boy and dog
WW2 greetings card, policeman asking a little boy for his identity card. Date: circa 1942

WW2 Christmas card, closed toy shop
WW2 Christmas card, a closed toy shop with little boy and ARP man. Date: circa 1942

WW2 Christmas card, Civil Defence scene with policeman. Date: circa 1942

WW2 birthday card, air raid shelter
WW2 birthday card with an air raid shelter (ARP, Civil Defence). Date: circa 1942

WW2 Christmas card, air raid shelter scene
WW2 Christmas card, scene of celebration in an air raid shelter (ARP, Civil Defence). Date: circa 1942

Finnish boy scout as ARP warden, Helsinki, WW2
Finnish boy scout as ARP warden at the headquarters of the Finnish Boy Scouts Association, Helsinki. Date: circa 1940s

Finnish boy scout in wartime service, Helsinki, WW2
Finnish boy scout in wartime service, Helsinki. Date: circa 1940s

Digging A. R. P. shelters in Kensington Gardens, 1938
Air Raid Precautions (A.R.P.) volunteers digging trenches and shelters in Kensington Gardens, London, on 26th September 1938, watched by an interested crowd. A.R.P

ARP Warden - False Alarm - Pimlico, London
(text taken from photo caption) False Alarm. Mrs Mary Bennet, ARP Warden in Pimlico, London (" river slum district" !)

Paris air raid precautions WWII
A Paris Air Raid Precautions (ARP) decontamination squad at work during rehearsal. The signs used for warning Parisians of a gas attack are certainly grim reminders Date: May 1940

An Air Raid Warden adjusts the Blackout Time indicator at an ARP Post near London in 1939. Date: 1939

Scouts as ARP wardens practising chemical warfare treatment during the Second World War. circa 1940

Scout ARP armbands
Scout Air Raid Precautions armbands circa 1940

Blitz in London -- Invicta Road, Westcombe Park, WW2
Blitz in London -- firefighters join Heavy Rescue teams (in overalls) and ARP squads who are searching for casualties and bodies after a heavy explosive bomb devastated buildings in Invicta Road

All Clear by Helen McKie - ARP wardens on bicycles
Jolly illustration by Helen McKie showing a rather lecherous looking older male Air Raid Patrol warden cycling alongside a young, pretty female colleague. Date: c.1940

Incendiary by W. Heath Robinson
Sequential cartoon by Heath Robinson showing some rather over exuberant ARP wardens spraying a hose into the window of a house where they see smoke

The Blitz on London with Churchill and Royal Family
A circular painting depicting different aspects of the Blitz on London, including King George VI and Queen Elizabeth inspecting bomb damage, home guard serving tea

Firefighters in gas masks
ARP Firefighters in gas masks during World War II during decontamination exercise

Gas Masks, World War II
Group of men queuing to register, probably for the ARP, wearing gas masks during World War II

ARPs World War II
ARPs in gas masks during World War II during decontamination exercise in London

ARP Calling You
ARP (Air Raid Precautions) recruiting poster in World War Two to try to encourage people to get in touch with their local council and volunteer

King and Queen with ARP wardens in London
King George VI together with Queen Elizabeth chatting with Air Raid Patrol wardens and inspecting bomb damage in South West London during the Blitz, 1940

Air Raid damage off Piccadilly during the Blitz
Air Raid damage off Piccadilly, London on 19th September 1940. A lampost and parked car have been heavily damaged by falling masonry from bombed buildings

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