How to protect the home and family after a nuclear explosion
"I am sure if the powers that might wage war upon us knew that the population of the country was calmly clear on the information which can be used to protect themselves and their families, and knew what steps will be taken, then that might be the greatest deterrence to the use of any form of nuclear warfare."
It'd be nice to think that it was the calm practicality of British housewives that saved the world from nuclear warfare.
Vancouver Sun - Nov 27, 1957
Westminster and Pimlico News - Feb 27, 1959
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If you're wondering what the W.V.S. was, I found this. It certainly makes sense that this would be their project.
Originally founded in 1938 as the Women’s Voluntary Services for Air Raid Precautions, Royal Voluntary Service is the largest volunteering organisation in British history.
WVS was initially formed to help recruit women into the ARP movement assisting civilians during and after air raids by providing emergency rest centres, feeding, first aid, and perhaps most famously assisting with the evacuation and billeting of children.
Originally founded in 1938 as the Women’s Voluntary Services for Air Raid Precautions, Royal Voluntary Service is the largest volunteering organisation in British history.
WVS was initially formed to help recruit women into the ARP movement assisting civilians during and after air raids by providing emergency rest centres, feeding, first aid, and perhaps most famously assisting with the evacuation and billeting of children.
Posted by ges on 11/01/23 at 10:43 AM
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Category: Atomic Power and Other Nuclear Matters | 1950s