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WW2 related items

John Steele Bailie - Sarah & Jonathan Luney Gas Masks - London Irish Regiment
Larne A.R.P. Bulletin - The Midnight Watch - WW2 Letter from Alan Ball - McCarroll Gas Masks

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1913 Tel. directory    1824 Pigots (Belfast)  &  (Bangor)   1894 Waterford Directory
1898 Newry Directory      Bangor Spectator Directory 1970

   
Larne A.R.P. Group Bulletin - Editor Ian Gilmour - December 1942
Names mentioned:- Charles Ross, J. O. Wylie, J. J. R. Bain, T. McVea, J. L. Holmes, W. S. McConnell, Douglas A. Hill, T. Eccles, D. A. Hawthorne, Dr. Mary Fletcher, W. H. Owens
The Midnight Watch

Borough of Bangor Air Raid Precautions - A, McClenahan, Air Raid Precautions Officer
Jonathan Luney & Sarah Luney, 48 Osborne Park

   1. He is normally called by us as the fruitwala and the circular basket is normally carried on his head like No. 12.
   2. This is the way washing is carried, it is not a sack as you may imagine but a square piece of material gathered up at the corners. It is normally carried over both shoulders and not as here.
   3. You will see that the headgear is part of the shawl and is quite often used to hide the face when we pass by. All the dress is made of very flimsy material.
   4. The first thing one notices is that he is a Silk as his beard and hair are uncut. The water is carried in a skin whose neck is knotted to prevent the water spilling out. This is quite a fair representation.
   5. Also a silk. He normally carried a twig broom and the rubbish is carried in a wicker basket cone shaped with the pointed end cut off.
   6. Also a silk. He is a good example. He wears a gold and green band round his head and body. The latter belt is about 4 ins. to 6 ins. wide.
   7. Also a sikh but I cannot tell you much more about him.
   8. Very typical of the way he sits. They generally work by sewing machine and always are squatted.
   9. A sihk - normally carries letters in a heavy leather square bag complete with lock and key, although I have never yet seen the latter used. I expect the leather is to keep letters dry in the monsoon rains as well as for security purposes.
   10. Is the bera (now spelt correctly after my study the other afternoon) which could be termed batman or what have you as a general scut and bottle washer in any place. They are of course the poorer class of each caste but are higher than a sweeper as a rule.
   11. Nowadays they carry a small attaché case and a very small urn shaped as under (see diagram in 2nd from last image above) but the representation is as found in the villages where he carries a rag containing everything and in his hand a jug or bowl probably made of metal - white or brass.
   12. This is very typical. The grass is carried in a square piece of material the corners being knotted together to hold the grass.

You will notice in practically every case feet are bare which is normal.  With the exception of the postman, waiter and orderly who are normally respectably clad, all the others are in rags.  The maid - well it depends on her job how she is dressed.  I think this is about all I can tell you about them.  The mail truck has just come up so we are hoping.
Your loving son & brother. Alan