In WW2 each local council was responsible for setting up the local ARP to protect civilians from air raids. ARP Wardens were important members, enforcing the blackout, sounding the alarms, etc.
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Air Raid Precautions (ARP)
Bill Wallis is described on the plaque as 'ARP Stretcher Bearer'. Which we ta...
Born at 63 Pleasant Place, West Square, Lambeth. Aged 13 he became the family...
From British History on-line: "The Bethnal Green and East London Housing Asso...
Halton Mansions was the first state-aided scheme in Islington, built in 1922-...
A charity named for Terrence Higgins, one of the first people to die from the...
