| Description | Bundle of Prescot Urban District Council papers and correspondence regarding construction and locations of Air Raid Shelters in the Prescot district. Includes: correspondence and circulars from the Home Office, Air Raid Precautions Department, regarding requisitioning of premises for Civil Defence Purposes; requisition of premises notices sent to property owners under Regulation 51 ; tentative and provisional lists of sites for Communal Domestic Air Raid Shelters and basements to be strengthened; provisional list of Public Shelters to be provided; correspondence with land and property owners regarding construction of shelters on their property and replies, with concerns and queries, from owners; correspondence with property owners regarding strengthening of cellars to provide Air Raid shelters, with a list of basements prepared by the Engineer's Department, Prescot U.D.C.; correspondence with Prescot Grammar School regarding public Air Raid Shelters on school property; F.A. Gregson, Prescot U.D.C. Surveyor's, Air Raid Shelter reports detailing progress of construction (June 1940, July 1940); lists of applicants for Steel Shelters with names, addresses, numbers of adults and children, and additional remarks. |