AIR RAID SHELTERS
INSPECTION BY ADMIRAL EVANS (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, October 4. (Received October 5, at 10.30 a;m.) Admiral Sir Edward Evans carried out another tour of London’s air raid shelters last night, lasting several hours. He was accompanied by Mr Malcolm MacDonald (Minister of Health), Lord Border, chairman of the committee which is advising the Government on shelter questions, and Mr William Mabane, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Horae Security Tho tour covered tube stations, including Holboru and Liverpool'street,, and many types of public shelters in the city, Finsbury, Holborn, and Bethnal Green.
Sir Edward Evans and his party talked freely with the people, wardens, and shelter "marshals. Ho was immediately recognised by people in the shelters and was often cheered for several minutes. The visit ended at the Finsbury Town Hall in the early hours, while an anti-aircraft barrage was in full blast. Shrapnel was falling round the party as it drove away.
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Evening Star, Issue 23699, 5 October 1940, Page 12
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157AIR RAID SHELTERS Evening Star, Issue 23699, 5 October 1940, Page 12
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