We bought our house thinking the garden had an air raid shelter ... that went off. So the Warden's job was to be outside and watch where the bombs fell during a raid; if any did not explode ...

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Aldrich Durant, chief air raid warden, called the test "perfectly satisfactory"; and Dr. Donald Scott, chairman of the Committee of Civilian Defense, regarded the results as indicating "real ...

"well we may be a bit nervous, you know," we said. NARRATOR:'So at the age of just 17, Elaine became one of Britain's youngest air raid wardens.' ELAINE:'We thought "we'll do what we can as best ...