Air raid sirens

[EvanDavis]

Was having a chat with my mate this morning and was telling him I was either very piddled last night or maybe I am loosing my marbles.
He agreed with both, but asked why I thought I was loosing said marbles. I went on to tell him I was sure I heard air raid sirens last night. He thankfully reassured me I wasn't in fact going barmy as he had heard them as well.

Just did a little bit of snooping and found out why I had heard such sirens. Here's the link

http://www.tntmagazine.com/news/lon...se-fire-sets-off-world-war-ii-air-raid-sirens

 

[floppybootstomp]

Stukas over Deptford!

Doodlebugs rain on Peckham!

Donner und blitzen Herr Kommandant, der Englischer Tommy vill die!

I slept through it all

 

[Abarbarian]

Don't panic Dad's Army is on the job

 

[Taffycat]

Fire station manager Laurie Kenny of Silvertown station in Woolwich told the Evening Standard: "The purpose of the air raid siren is that it says things are going on at the site. It is a precautionary siren because there was a possibility this would go wider than that area."

It certainly says "things are going on..." but how, I wonder, were folk supposed to know whether it was an alert about a chemical/smoke hazard, or an attack of some kind?

The sirens certainly sounded quite creepy... it must have been horrible to hear that lot during WWII.

 

[Abarbarian]

It certainly says "things are going on..." but how, I wonder, were folk supposed to know whether it was an alert about a chemical/smoke hazard, or an attack of some kind?

The sirens certainly sounded quite creepy... it must have been horrible to hear that lot during WWII.

Especially night after night and after you had read the papers telling you that out boys were getting their butts kicked.