Women used to stop my mother in the street and thank her for my father ‘keeping an eye on them’.
He seemed to go through air raids with the wonder and gusto of a small boy.
Robert Westall: Children of the Blitz: p144
Warden’s Report Form
Archive Reference: TWAS 604/
Taken from a Control Guide for air raid wardens.
These forms were intended to keep messages clear and concise, improving co-ordination of rescue efforts.
Instructions for use of the Form included:
| POSITION of Occurrence |
address or similar |
| BOMBS, Type and Number |
number on left of type and a ring drawn around both type and number |
| UXBs | give type, number and precise location |
| TIME of Occurrence |
use the 24 hour clock |
Warden’s Report Form: PDF 677K
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