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The tickets issued by the London Passenger Transport Board (LPTB) during the second world war are avidly collected. The below example recently sold on eBay for £183 (incl. shipping). There are quite a few different examples of these tickets; see this previous blog about tickets for Goodge St., Paddington & South Wimbledon stations.  WW2 Piccadilly Circus Underground Station Shelter Ticket
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It appears every warden was issued with a warrant or appointment card. Many of these are avidly collected and prices continue to rise. The below example is quite unusual in that it contains a photograph of the holder. Also, apart from the cover and the ARP Controller's signature and area rubber stamps, most of the card was typeset on a typewriter and printed (you can see two different styles of typewriter font).  Air Raid Warden Warrant Card, Devises, Wiltshire  Air Raid Warden Warrant Card, Devises, Holder's Details  Air Raid Warden Warrant Card, Devises, Rear One of the very best overviews of Air Raid Precautions and how the various organisations within Civil Defence were run can be found in Samuel Evelyn Thomas's Practical Guide for the Householder & Air-Raid Warden (first printed in 1939 by James Askew & Son). The 90-page booklet is quite detailed with several illustrations (it also re-used colour copies of the ARP cigarette cards). It is a great reference for how the Wardens' Service was set up and run. It also gives a great run-through of how the various first aid groups were set up and run in towns and rural areas. The copy below is an original Fifth Edition (400th thousand) and goes to show how many were printed. Currently, I've seen editions with the eighth edition on the cover. Evelyn Thomas was a Group Warden from St. Albans and a prolific writer who wrote articles that appeared in many of the ARP / Civil Defence magazines of the day. He also published a guide to the Civil Defence Act of 1939, a rare booklet called the "Handy War-Time Guide", "Tactical Training in A.R.P.", as well as "Incident Cards", a training resource for incident officers. Well worth finding a copy and reproductions printed by the IWM are also available but contain only 32 pages.  Practical Guide for the Householder & Air-Raid Warden by S. Evelyn Thomas
Published between January 1940 and late 1945, the ARP & AFS Review was a monthly magazine for members of the ARP, Civil Defence, Fire Guard and fire services. The magazine covered various topics; the release of Ministry of Home Security booklets, civil defence discussions in parliament, to issues of the organisation of the civil defence services. The magazine's editor was Peter Hunot, whose archive resides at the Bishopsgate Institute in London  Issue 1 of the ARP & AFS Review, January 1940 The magazine also incorporated a section called "Wardens News" the "Official Organ of the National Association of Air Raid Wardens". This updated wardens of various civil defence-related bulletins, circulars and booklets that had been issued by the Ministry of Home Security (as well as corrections to those previously published). In April 1941 the magazine added the sub-heading "The Civil Defence Journal" and from November 1941 the title of the magazine became "ARP & NFS Review" following the changes made to the fire services in August of the same year.  ARP & NFS Review, November 1941 The magazine continued to be printed but the size was reduced slightly later in the war due to paper rationing. Though the threat from Luftwaffe bombing raids began to recede in the middle of the war, the magazine covered the introduction and effects of the V-weapons from June 1944.  ARP & NFS Review, January 1943 By the end of hostilities in Europe in May 1945, the magazine was titled "ARP & NFS Review - Industrial and Civic Welfare". The magazine continued into late 1945 and was retitled as "Welfare - The Journal of Industrial and Social Progress" but subscriptions dwindled and the publication ceased printing. For historians, collectors and those interested in wartime civil defence, the magazines provide a valuable trove of information. The Imperial War Museum in London holds bound copies of every issue.  ARP & NFS Review - Industrial and Civic Welfare - Victory issue Most large firms were required to build air raid shelters for their workforce. In the event of a raid, it would be important that each person knew exactly where to go. If several shelters were built it would be necessary to allocate people to each and in these cases shelter cards, like the one shown below, would be issued.
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