4. FOOD Losses of Foodstuffs from enemy bombing were very small and mainly confined to retail shops. A tea warehouse at Sunderland was damaged, but no Ministry of Food stocks of tea were involved. 5. POST OFFICE (a) Postal Services. The Sorting Office and three Town Sub-Offices at Ashford were damaged on 24th March. A rural Sub-Office in the Kingsbridge area was slightly damaged on the same day. (b) Telecommunications services. The trunk cable between Ashford and Canterbury containing 216 pairs of wires was damaged on 24th March.
- Civil Defence Region
- Region 1: Northern (Newcastle HQ) Region 12: South Eastern (Tunbridge Wells HQ) Region 4: Eastern (Cambridge HQ)
- Collection ID
- CAB71
- Document Reference
- CAB 71/24/15
- Document Types
- Memorandum
- File Reference
- CAB 71/24
- Former Department Reference
- ARD(43) 13
- Identifier
- 10.1080/wtss.cab71.000024.015
- Keywords
- Air Raids Bomb Damage Electricity Food Supplies Gas Homelessness Housing Infrastructure Postal Communications Rest Centres Telecommunications Water Supply
- Language
- English
- Locations Discussed
- Ashford Great Yarmouth Kingsbridge North Shields Sunderland Tynemouth
- Organizations Discussed
- Air Raid Damage Committee
- Pages
- 2
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Bombing Industry Infrastructure Damage to Property Disruption to Services
