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This blog contains information about the Lord Mayor's National Air Raid Distress Fund. The poster below shows the fund developed into an empire organisation.  Lord Mayor's Empire Air Raid Distress Fund Poster
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It often amazes me how items like the recruitment poster below can survive for nearly 90 years after being issued. It was one of a dozen designs released by the Stationery Office in the late 1930s to drive recruitment into the ARP services. I haven't been able to find out much about the graphic artist, Harrison, responsible for this poster The photograph, dated September 1938, shows this poster displayed at the bottom right.  'Train While There's Still Time' Pre-War ARP Recruitment Poster  Pre-war ARP recruitment posters in London A poster informing the public about the testing of the air raid siren in the locality. Currently, unknown where this was issued.  ARP Siren Practice Poster, December 1939 Another photo of the 1938 recruitment drive for volunteers to join the Air Raid Precautions (ARP) services. Several different posters shown and you can see each in more detail on this previous blog post. The "Serve To Save" poster (see below) was designed by graphic artist James Gardner. Prior to the outbreak of the second world war he was an illustrator for the Ministry of Information producing a number of posters. During the war he also worked on a range of deception projects including inflatable decoy tanks and landing craft.   "Serve to Save" ARP recruitment poster A poster detailing the air raid siren alerts plus use of a warden's whistle, bell and rattle, as well as church bells being rung to notify of paratroopers during the second world war.  WW2 Air Raid Siren Alert Poster |
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