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Description: | During the Blitz many of the deep tube stations were used as air raid shelters. Hampstead tube station is the deepest in London and therefore a particularly desirable shelter site. This letter addresses a case to the A.R.P. concerning an elderly Mrs. Welch who has been living in the shelter for several weeks and now wishes to visit her daughter for Christmas. She is afraid that if she leaves the shelter for Christmas she will be unable to secure a place when she returns. A note pencilled on the back indicates that there was a 'great demand for space' at the Hampstead shelter and the A.R.P. was having difficulty accommodating everyone at that particular site. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Hampstead Museum | Rights holder: | Hampstead Museum | Subjects: | London at War Home and Family | Temporal: | 1940 | Source: | Burgh House and Hampstead Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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