001092

Description

A file of documents relating to additional air-raid shelter provisions in Brighton due to the risk of invasion, including the Kemp Town tunnel scheme. Subjects discussed in the file include an inspection of invasion contingencies; the need to warn the population in the event of invasion; a proposal to survey the shelter provisions needed; the types of shelters available, including trench and Anderson shelters; meetings of the Emergency Committee; the population density of vulnerable areas; and the progress of shelter construction. Other subjects covered include issues that have arisen in the scheme to protect the population; proposals to evacuate the city's population; the local authority's negotiations with Southern Railway for the use of tunnels; the cost and supply of labour and materials for shelter construction; and the provision of tunnel shelter amenities, including lighting, ventilation, sanitary facilities, first aid, bunks, electricity, and flooring. Documents in the file include lists of nodal points by command region.

Keywords

accommodation, administration, agricultural production, agriculture, air raids, air-raid precautions, air-raid shelter conditions, air-raid shelters, air-raid warnings, amenities, bedding, chemicals, civil defence, coastal areas, committee members, communal feeding, construction, construction materials, contingency planning, defence works, demographics, distribution, electricity, emergency procedures, engineering, evacuation, finance, fire prevention, first aid, flooding, government committees, healthcare, householders, housing, infrastructure, iron, labour shortages, labour supply, land usage, lighting, local authorities, metals, newspapers, parachutists, population density, public demonstrations, public health, public morale, public opinion, public spaces, public transport, railways, rationing, recreation, regional newspapers, rest centres, sanitation, schools, steel, surplus, surveys, telegraphic communications, threat of invasion, towns, transportation, volunteers, wages, water supply, working hours