WAR
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RECORDS RELATING TO MEASURES TAKEN IN RELATION TO THE
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SECOND WORLD WAR
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See BUI and PHO concerning war-time destruction and reconstruction
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WAR/1
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FIRE WATCHING REGISTER
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May-Nov 1941
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/1
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Register recording the signatures and chambers addresses
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of fire watchers within in the inn, with printed instructions
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pasted to front page and allowances paid to staff entered
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into back
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1 volume
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WAR/2
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PAPERS ON PROPOSED UNDERGROUND CAR PARK & SHELTER (1933-39)
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Papers concerning the proposed construction of an underground
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garage and air raid shelter
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1 plan and 5 bundles in 1 folder
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/1
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Plan of proposed garage under the Inner Temple gardens
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1933
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by Blackbourn and partners
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Cutting from Illustrated London News illustrating the
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1938
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mechanised car park/shelter under Leicester Square
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and ‘Bird’s eye view of Auger system of mechanised
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parking’, c1938
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/3
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Printed memorandum and second memorandum on
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1938-39
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underground car parks/air raid shelters published by
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W.W. Baldwin and Associates and related correspondence
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Extract from minutes of Holborn Council, including report
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1938-39
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of ARP Committee on proposed underground car park in
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Russell Square, Dec 1938, and letter from the Holborn
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Borough Engineer, Mar 1939
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Reports by Arthur Moon on interviews with Ministry of
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1939
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Transport, W.W. Baldwin and Associates, and Holborn
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Borough Surveyor on a combined air raid shelter and
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mechanised car park, with related notes
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Letters from City Engineer concerning the possibility
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1940
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of erecting a public surface air raid shelter in Inner Temple
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Gardens, with plan of suggested site
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WAR/3
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PAPERS RELATING TO AIR RAID PRECAUTIONS (ARP) (1938-42)
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Reports of the Air Raid Precautions Committee; arrangement of
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1938-42
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areas within the Inner Temple for ARP purposes; appeal for
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volunteers; correspondence with City Corporation about anti-gas
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measures and decontamination courses; notes by London Fire
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Brigade on fire fighting and compensation for accidents;
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pamphlet published by City Corporation entitled General
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Outlines on ARP Schemes for Large Business Establishments;
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Notes and plans about the protection of wine bins; printed
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notices to chambers concerning ARP; notes by Colonel Garforth
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of the Home Office on structural precautions and shelter protection
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against air attack; notes on Auxiliary Fire Service and equipment
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1 bundle
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