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A very young Messenger at the Festival of Youth in June 1944. I can find nothing online about this particular festival. There's an interesting beret badge on display and one I currently don't recognise. If you have any ideas, drop me a message.  A very young Civil Defence messenger in 1944
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Photo of a warden with an Airedale terrier that has been trained to locate wounded people in bombed buildings and carry messages (stored in the pouch on the dog's collar). Probably published more as a propaganda piece. Photo undated but given the warden in wearing bluette overalls probably early in the war.  Dogs Trained In A.R.P.  Details of the photo Over the years, a number of armbands with N.C.C. and a Civil Defence service have appeared. Some of the armbands also include stars. It wasn't known exactly who issued these armbands, but, going by this postcard, it looks to have been Norfolk County Council. Hunstanton is on the north west coast of Norfolk, 16 miles north of King's Lynn.  Hunstanton Civil Defence Ambulance Service An interesting portrait of a lady warden sold on the tat bazaar recently. She's wearing the Lady Wardens' Coat (ARP Pattern Number 42), a felt hat (ARP Pattern 44) and has her whistle, helmet and torch displayed. I'm trying to work out the area title - something ...ORD and something ...ICH. It should be relatively easy to decipher but I'm struggling. If you have any ideas, post a comment or send me an email. UPDATE: courtesy of Jon Mills, the likely location is MITFORD & LAUNDITCH, a Norfolk Rural District. That'll be an exceptionally rare area marking to come across today.  Any ideas what the area title says?  Close up of area marking A great study of the full anti-gas outfit in this photo from an ARP exercise in London in June 1939. As Europe rapidly descended towards war, more ARP exercises were undertaken. Few would have had any idea of the horrors to come in the near future. I imagine that the location of the exercise could be determined by the street architecture. The photo details mentions Piccadilly.
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