| StorageSite | UCL Institute of Education |
| Level | File |
| Reference Number | UWT/D/29/19 |
| Title | 'Air Raid Precautions' |
| Date | 1935 - 1942 |
| Description | Correspondence between Ethel Froud (NUWT), NUWT members including Nan McMillan and Miss L. F. Clark, the National ARP Co-ordinating Committee, other unions and women's organisations including the Association of Women Clerks and Secretaries and the Women's International League, the Rt Hon Stanley Baldwin (Prime Minister), the Home Office, the War Office and the Foreign Office regarding NUWT concerns over proposals for the use of schools in Air Raid Precautions (A.R.P.) plans.
The correspondence covers:
Discussion of plans of Local Authorities to use schools as Base Hospitals under A.R.P. schemes
Cover letters sent to the Primei Minister and various Government Offices requesting they consider the concerns of the NUWT over A.R.P. schemes with regards to schools
Letters of acknowledgement from the Office of the Prime Minister and other Government Offices regarding receipt of the NUWT Resolution on A.R.P and the use of schools in A.R.P. schemes
Handwritten drafts of the NUWT Resolution
Copies of Resolutions passed by other organisations, such as the Association of Women Clerks and Secretaries outlining what they see is wrong with current A.R.P. procedures and proposals
Typed reports from a conference in 1937 on A.R.P. organised by the National Peace Council
Enquiry for any leaflets on the effects of the new A.R.P. on children
Notice of Civil Defence School Conference called by the National ARP Coordinating Committee
Concerns over implementation of Dispersal Schemes in congested areas
Concerns over evacuation of school children
Replies from NUWT members to a request from Central Council for their thoughts on the Board of Education report on A.R.P. and how it relates to the schools and facilities in their area for A.R.P. centres
Government issued Memoranda, Circulars and Reports regarding A.R.P. and evacuation. Some of the titles are:
'Education in Evacuation Areas', 1939
'Incidence of Expenditure on Evacuated Children', 1939
'Re-billeting of School Children', 1939
'Air Raid Precautions in Schools', 1938 and 1939
'Education of Evacuated School Children in Time of Emergency', 1939
'Air Raid Precuations' explanatory booklet sent to all Local Government Authorities by the Home Office, 1935
'Will Your Child be Safe?', Women's Committee for Peace and Democracy
NUWT statements and Resolution on Air Raid Precautions
NUWT Circular letter sent to Local Government Authorities outlining why they call for all Local Government Authorities to 'consider the undesirability of undertaking such schemes as those outlined in the Government pamphlet 'Air Raid Precautions''
NUWT Circular letter sent to Members of Parliament informing them of their resolution and memorandum on 'Air Raid Precautions'
Copy of a statement from the National A.R.P. Co-ordinating Committee submitted to the Board of Education on 'Schools and Air Raids'
Extracts from Hansard from the House of Commons and House of Lords regarding various issues around the subject of Air Raid Precautions (there is a short typed index to these extracts attached to the front of the papers)
Press cuttings regarding:
Reports of NUWT protests against plans of Local Authorities to use schools as First Aid and Decontamination Centres under A.R.P. schemes
Reports of protests from various schools over the commandeering of school building by the Office of Works
Problems of finding school accommodation for children returning from evacuation
A.R.P. proposals for using schools as Base Hospitals |
| Extent | 2 folders |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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