Warden Collection

Dunfermline Athletic FC football team 1936. Back row: Dowie (Trainer), Johnman, Warden, Steele, Bolt, Crawford, Donald. Front row: Thomson, Syme, M Gowan, Thomson (Captain), Dobson. Date: 1936

Air Raid Drills at the Windmill Theatre
At the Windmill Theatre, London, the showgirls are given a crash course in fire-fighting and first aid. 1940

Traffic Warden
A London traffic warden issuing a parking ticket to a hapless motorist. Not a popular profession. Date: 1980

Female Traffic Warden
A female traffic warden in Chelsea, London, issuing a parking ticket to an unfortunate motorist. Date: late 1960s

Miles M. 2L Hawk Six - G-ADGP
Miles M.2L Hawk Six - G-ADGP at Old Warden. Date: 1989

Guests at the Bicester and Warden Hill Hunt Ball at Kirtlington Park, home of the Budgett family. Pictured in the Monkey Room, with the magnificent painted ceiling by Clermont in 1745. Date: 1964

Churchill in uniform of the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
On 14th August 1946, King George VI conferred upon Winston Churchill (1874-1965) the ancient honour of the appointment as Lord Warden

Comic Postcard - WW1 Home Front - Air Raid Alert - Take Cover - an eager volunteer
Comic Postcard - WW1 Home Front - Air Raid Alert - " Take Cover" - an eager volunteer warden shouts down an alert of any occupants of a Ladies Public Convenience! Date: circa 1917

Air Raid Warden Date: early 1900s

Air raid warden in gas mask Date: early 1900s

Arriving after a gas attack, ARP training exercise during WW2

Removing clothing and burning it after a gas attack, ARP training exercise during WW2

Stretcher carrying technique, ARP training exercise during WW2

Giving treatment after a gas attack, ARP training exercise during WW2

Helping someone on fire, ARP training exercise during WW2

Applying artificial respiration, ARP training exercise during WW2

Using a stirrup pump, ARP training exercise during WW2

A Fire Party, ARP training exercise during WW2

Incendiary devices, ARP training exercise during WW2

Building an Anderson shelter, ARP training exercise during WW2

Removing an unexploded incendiary bomb, ARP training exercise during WW2

Helping to put on gas masks, ARP training exercise during WW2

English Electric Wren G-EBNV - 4
English Electric Wren G-EBNV / 4 (msn 4), at the Shuttleworth Trust, Old Warden, Beds. Date: circa 1982

WW2 - Death In The A. R. P
An illustrated front cover for a WW2 story book, Death In The A.R.P. written by G. Davison. The image shows an Air Raid Precautions warden lying dead on his front. Date: 1939

WW2 - Daddy's Uniforms
A selection of illustrated cards from a WW2 children's book in which members of a family can be dressed in different military uniforms

WW2 - John Brown's Body
An illustrated front cover for a WW2 story book, John Brown's Body, written by Gordon Boshell. The image portrays the title character

The Case Of The Shot Looter
An illustrated front cover for The Case Of The Shot Looter, written by Martin Frazer, no. 5 in the pulp fiction series, The Sexton Blake Library. The image shows a warden being shot in the back

WW2 - Paddy Finds A Family
A WW2 short story illustration which shows a mother and child searching the wreckage of a home that has been devastated by an enemy air raid, a warden helps them, the child races towards a poor dog

WW2 Valentines Card, Warden Love Birds
A WW2 Valentines greetings card, the illustration shows a pair of love birds wearing warden's helmets, perched on a branch, a nest labelled A. I. Post is visible on the right. Date: circa 1940s

WW2 Valentines Card, Wartime Fireman
A WW2 Valentines greetings card, You set my heart on fire! The image portrays a wartime warden hosing water on a flaming heart. Date: circa 1940s

WW2 Christmas Card, Put Out That Light!
A comical WW2 Christmas greetings card, the illustration depicts a scene in which an Air Raid Precautions warden demands that Sanda Claus puts out his light. Date: circa 1940s

WW2 Headwear Greetings Cards
A series of three WW2 greetings cards in the shape of service hats including the Auxiliary Fire Service, the Royal Air Force and Air Raid Precautions Warden. Date: circa 1940s

WW2 Christmas Card, Always Ready And Prepared
A WW2 Christmas greetings card complete with a red ribbon, the illustration portrays a smoking warden standing in his pyjamas and dressing down, holding his boots and a gas rattle. Date: circa 1940s

Judy McCrea, smoking backstage at Windmill Theatre
Judy McCrea, smoking cigarette backstage at Windmill Theatre, in revealing dance costume. Captioned, This charming lady, Miss Judy McCrea

You Can't Be Too Careful!
Cartoon showing an over-enthusiastic ARP warden at a pantomime. He appears to be indulging in some unexpected audience participation. Date: 1940

Put out those dress shirts
Cartoon by Mel highlighting the risks run by gentlemen in immaculate eveningwear during the Blitz. Date: 1939

Advert, Zixt Hand Soap, WW2
Advert, Zixt Hand Soap, featuring a warden doing dirty wartime work, WW2 Date: 1943

de Havilland DH. 82A Tiger Moth G-ANEZ
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth G-ANEZ (msn 84218), at Old Warden in June 1966. Date: 1966

How to Make Roof-Spotting a Pleasure
William Heath Robinson invention for keeping watch from attack. A warden perched up high above the streets with an umbrella for protection, tea-cup-holder and an easy chair. Date: 1941

From Bedroom to Shelter in One
Kind warden sets the machine in motion to allow people to sleep through a air-raid. Swinging from bedroom to living room to shelter without waking. Date: 1941

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Something Accomplished
The Caption says Something accomplished, something done, has earned a nights repose! The card was posted on the third anniversary of the start of WW2. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1942

Photograph of Lord Warden Inn, Sandwich, Kent. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub

Photograph of Lord Warden PH, Deal, Kent. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Trading Record 1950

Portrait - A Warden in the East End of London. Date: circa 1941

ARP Warden in uniform, September 1939
An ARP warden wearing anti-gas clothing, knee-high impermeable boots and a metal helmet. This warden was in charge of the protection of a hotel in London. Date: 1939

Air raid precautions at Westminster Abbey, September 1939
Selection of pictures detailing the precautions in place for the protection of Westminster Abbey during the war. This included; a fire squad to patrol the cloisters

Female and male warden conferring in street, Sept 1939
Female warden in a steel helmet reading over the latest regulations with another warden, holding a helmet, in the middle of a busy Westminster street

Steel helmets ready to be packed in factory, September 1939
London factory workers stand behind rows of steel helmets, laid out to be packed for dispatch and issued to air-raid wardens as part of the preparations for war

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