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Title: Air raid siren [Go to resource]
Description: A hand-cranked air raid siren, one of which was based at most rural police stations as part of the UK's Civil Defence arrangements during the Cold War (1950' -1980's). They would have been used to give early warning of a nuclear attack. This is from Compton Police station. Format: image/jpeg License: http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 Rights holder: West Berkshire Council Subjects: Object
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air-raid sirenSource: Sense of place SE Creator: Service Electric Co. Ltd. Identifier: http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... Language: en-GB Format: image/jpeg Go to resource More Like this...
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