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Building record TR 15 NE 887 - Second World War Emergency Hospital and air-raid siren at the Public Assistance Institution, Canterbury
Summary
The Public Assistance Institution in Nunnery Fields was adopted as a subsidiary Emergency Hospital early in 1939, and accommodation was made available for eighty further beds. Improvements were suggested to the kitchenfacilities, but the layout of the building made it hard to adapt. There was also an air-raid siren fixed to the building, perhaps ahead of the outbreak of the war. Late in 1940, equipment was supplied to heat the Public Assistance Institution siren, to prevent it from freezing-up.
Location
Grid reference | TR 1499 5670 (point) |
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Map sheet | TR15NW |
County | KENT |
District | CANTERBURY, KENT |
Civil Parish | CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Canterbury City Council Emergency Committee, 01/01/39, Canterbury City Council Emergency Committee Minute Books 1 to 6 (Unpublished document). SKE14758.
Canterbury City Council Emergency Committee, 01/01/39, Canterbury City Council Emergency Committee Minute Books 1 to 6 (Unpublished document). Ske14758.
Williamson C., 01/01/46, Though the Streets Burn (Bibliographic reference). SKE14759.
Williamson C., 01/01/46, Though the Streets Burn (Bibliographic reference). Ske14759.
Sources/Archives (4)
- --- SKE14758 Unpublished document: Canterbury City Council Emergency Committee. 01/01/39. Canterbury City Council Emergency Committee Minute Books 1 to 6.
- --- SKE14758 Unpublished document: Canterbury City Council Emergency Committee. 01/01/39. Canterbury City Council Emergency Committee Minute Books 1 to 6.
- --- SKE14759 Bibliographic reference: Williamson C.. 01/01/46. Though the Streets Burn.
- --- SKE14759 Bibliographic reference: Williamson C.. 01/01/46. Though the Streets Burn.
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Record last edited
Aug 4 2009 5:42AM