bundle Blackpool Pleasure Beach: Papers covering Purvis’ work with Blackpool Pleasure beach South Shore Ice Rink, including: correspondence between Purvis and Leonard Thompson, Director of Blackpool Pleasure Beach South Shore Ice Rink, Purvis’ notes regarding designs including sketches and drafts, letters from various printing companies including price lists and colour samples
Papers, mostly correspondence, related to a Home Office requestion for information on railway sites in the London area. Home Office request for location of marshalling yards and other railway sites
Map showing civil defence scheme at Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. Scheme 2b - Welwyn Garden City
Details of underground facilities at various sites in London, together with some correspondence. Register of Underground Accommodation - Greater London Area
Papers relating to the creation of units for industrial civil defence, including correspondence, reports and circulars, together with some information on training courses and a leaflet on Industrial Fire Precautions in War. Industrial Civil Defence Units - Formation and Training
Papers, mostly correspondence and reports, relating to government departments selecting accommodation for use in the event of a nuclear attack. Earmarking of Accommodation - Government Departments
Includes 1951 draft copy of Emergency Organisation for Civil Engineer's Department, setting out the location of emergency headquarters, the number of staff to be evacuated and the location of emergency materials, together with handwritten preparation notes. Also includes maps showing the emergency organisation for the King's Cross, Stratford and Doncaster engineering districts. Draft Regional Emergency Organisation
Plans of signal boxes from the Stratford District showing alterations to withstand attack. File list includes signal boxes at: Angel Road, Barking, Bethnal Green, Bow, Brentwood, Brimsdown, Bromley, Broxbourne, Chadwell Heath, Campbell Road, Channelsea, Chingford, Cheshunt, Clapton, Copper Mill Junction, East Ham, Enfield, Forest Gate, Gas Factory Junction, Gidea Park, Goodmayes, Harringay Park, Hackney Downs, High Meads, Ilford, Lea Bridge, Little Ilford, Liverpool Street, Lower Edmonton, Mile End, North Woolwich, Northumberland Park, Picketts Lock, Pitsea, Plaistow, Ponders End, Ripple Lane, Romford, Seven Sisters, Shenfield, Shoeburyness, Silvertown, South Tottenham, Southend, Spitalfields, Stanford Le Hope, Stepney East, Stratford, Thames Wharf Junction, Tilbury, Temple Mills, Tottenham, Upminster, West Ham, Wickford, Wood Grange and Wood Street. Protection of Signal Boxes - Stratford District
Mostly correspondence, together with lists on the condition of air raid shelters. Special Shelters etc - Manchester District
Some correspondence, together with lists of works installed during World War 2, shelters available and needing repair. Special Shelters and Sidings etc - Ipswich District
Correspondence, together with lists of air raid shelters now available, converted for other uses, requiring repair or demolished. Special Shelters etc - Doncaster District
Plans of signal boxes from the Sheffield District showing alterations to withstand attack. File list includes signal boxes at: Attercliffe, Aldam , Barnsley, Beighton, Brightside, Darnall, Dearne, Dore & Totley, Elsecar, Foxlow, Grimesthorpe, Hall Lane, Holmes, Heath, Huddersfield, Killamarsh, Kilnhurst, Langwith, Masborough, Moor Road, Mexborough, Monks Spring, Neepsend, New Oaks, Nunnery Main Line Junction, Parkwood, Quarry Junction, Court House, Rotherwood, Sheffield, Stairfoot, Staveley, Swinton, Tapton, Thrybergh, Tinsley, Treeton, Waleswood, Wath, West Silkenstone, Willey Bridge, Wincobank, Wombwell, Woodburn and Woodhouse. Protection of Signal Boxes - Sheffield District
Mostly correspondence, together with lists of shelters and of signal boxes given blast and splinter proof protection. Special Shelters etc - Sheffield District
Mostly correspondence, together with a list of works undertaken during World War 2. Special Shelters etc - Nottingham District
Mostly correspondence, together with a list of air raid shelters available and of government works ordered by the Ministry of Transport. Special Shelters etc - Peterborough District
A list, with a covering letter, of all the sites in the Eastern Region where glass in roofs is considered to be a civil defence problem. The list is organised by engineering district. Glass in station roofs, workshops etc
Correspondence related to the storage of rolling stock to be used as Queen Messengers Convoys (for evacuation and food distribution) during war. Includes information on the stock used and the planned location of the convoys. Queen's Messengers Convoys Storage
Plans showing the emergency organisation of the Civil Engineering Department in the Stratford District, including details of staff accommodation, location of plant, and stocks of emergency materials, together with correspondence. Civil Engineering Organisation - Stratford District
Small amount of correspondence relating to permission to demolish air raid shelters blocking the arches. Fenchurch Street: Leman Street: Arches 93/96 Christian Street
Small amount of correspondence concerning permission to remove rail blocks at Brigg River, Lincolnshire. Removal of Rail Blocks - Brigg River
Plans showing the emergency organisation of the Civil Engineering Department in the Cambridge District, consisting of a map showing the location of emergency stores, together with correspondence. Civil Engineering Organisation - Cambridge District
Papers, mostly correspondence, relating to the creation of civil defence schemes for individual locations. Includes several copies of civil defence scheme booklets and a sample scheme for guidance, as well as several copies of a Railway Executive paper on civil defence schemes. Stations, Depots etc requiring own civil defence schemes
Correspondence relating to a request by a local authority's Civil Defence Officer to address railway staff for the purpose of recruitment. Recruitment
Correspondence relating to cost compliation and payment for government work carried out in railway workshops. Government Work in Railway Workshops
Large collection of plans of emergency control shelters, together with some plans for central lighting systems. Small amount of associated papers. Emergency Control Shelters - Plans
Correspondence and reports on civil defence works completed and in progress, together with costs. Progress Reports
Papers, mostly correspondence and plans, related to the construction of the shelter at Ely, Cambridgeshire. Ely Emergency Control Shelter
Papers, mostly correspondence and invoices, related to the construction of the shelter at Shenfield, Essex. Shenfield Emergency Control Shelter
Papers, including correspondence, costings and plans, relating to lighting schemes on the railway network, in relation to civil defence matters. Lighting
Papers, mostly correspondence and maps, related to the construction of the shelter at Wymondham, Norfolk. Wymondham Emergency Control Shelter
American publication on general civil defence. Covers the history of chemical warfare. Civil Defense Technical Bulletin - Introduction to Chemical Warfare
Papers, mostly correspondence and reports, on the work of the committee, including topics such as the protection of railway facilities from nuclear fallout. Civil Engineering Adhoc Committee
Plans, correspondence and costings related to the installation of central switching arrangements. Provision of central switching arrangements
Small amount of correspondence relating to the appointment and pay of civil defence instructors in the Eastern Region. Civil Defence Instructors
Booklet produced by the British Transport Commission, covers topics including the organisation of civil defence and the effects of chemical warfare and atomic warfare. Civil Defence - Training Booklet
Papers, including correspondence and lists of employees interested in attending, related to a course of lectures on civil defence. 2 Day Course - Peterborough District
Papers, including correspondence and lists of employees interested in attending, related to a course of lectures on civil defence. 2 Day Course - Stratford District
Papers, including correspondence and reports, on matters relating to the Emergency Repair Course held at Longmoor, Hampshire. Longmoor Emergency Repair Course
Correspondence and a report on proposed new War Department railway facilities, including a list of planned projects. War Department - Railway Facilities
Papers relating to large range of civil defence matters. Includes a Records of Correspondence file, a plan of the suggested type of shelter for telephone exchanges and telegraph offices, a map showing civil defence areas, and a civil defence letter book. Also includes a significant amount of general correspondence, much of it in negative. Civil Defence Matters
Papers, including correspondence and lists of employees interested in attending, related to a course of lectures on civil defence. 2 Day Course - Cambridge District
Papers, including correspondence and lists of employees interested in attending, related to a course of lectures on civil defence. 2 Day Course - Norwich District
Correspondence relating to the course in Bomb Reconnaissance organised by the Home Office. Training - Home Office Technical Training School - Bomb Reconnaisance
A small amount of correspondence related to the Civil Defence course organised by the London Transport Executive. London Transport Executive Training Course, Oxford Street
Reports of inspections of air raid shelters in the Cambridge District. Written on a standard form, each includes information of the shelter's location, size, construction and present condition. Air Raid Shelter Inspections - Cambridge District
