{"id":8157,"date":"2013-01-27T13:20:58","date_gmt":"2013-01-27T12:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=8157"},"modified":"2013-01-27T13:20:58","modified_gmt":"2013-01-27T12:20:58","slug":"air-raid-training-at-abingdon-county-hall-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=8157","title":{"rendered":"Air Raid Training at Abingdon County Hall Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Air Raid Training\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag13\/13012704.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nYesterday in the basement of the County Hall, in Abingdon, Air Raid Wardens gave demonstrations throughout the day about what to do in case of a WWII air raid.<\/p>\n<p>Given that Abingdon is close to an RAF base, and close to the MG tank factory, there is a serious risk that an attack by German bombers may hit the works or town.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Air Raid Training\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag13\/13012703.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nIncendiary bombs like the one in this picture have caused a lot of damage in cities such as London, and Coventry, but they could be used against Abingdon.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Air Raid Training\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag13\/13012701.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nWe were told not to handle UXBs (unexploded bombs), but to scoop them up with the hoe and pan, and then put them into a bucket of sand.<\/p>\n<p>We were also told about air raid shelters, and how to put on gas masks. Gas masks have special filters, and include a layer of asbestos,  and should be carried at all times. <\/p>\n<p>Finally we were taught some sounds to save our lives. They can be heard on this film recording of the event &#8230;<br \/>\n<object height=\"236\" width=\"420\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/5r7EJxeBkU8?hl=en_GB&amp;version=3&amp;rel=0\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/5r7EJxeBkU8?hl=en_GB&amp;version=3&amp;rel=0\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday in the basement of the County Hall, in Abingdon, Air Raid Wardens gave demonstrations throughout the day about what to do in case of a WWII air raid. Given that Abingdon is close to an RAF base, and close to the MG tank factory, there is a serious risk that an attack by German [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[83],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-heritage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8157\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}