Each street had an ARP ('Air Raid Precaution') warden. They were mostly volunteers with day jobs whose responsibility it was to police the blackout. In the event of an air raid they needed to know ...

NARRATOR:'So at the age of just 17, Elaine became one of Britain's youngest air raid wardens ... Source film What was their life like before WW2? What new opportunities did they have?

There he meets Isey, a Nigerian air raid warden, who cares for him and finds him a space in a shelter. The shelter shows the diversity of blitzed London that was captured by the photographer Bill ...