C TAY City Architects Records Relating to the 1939-1960 Repair of War Damaged Property and Other Wartime Functions
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Hull History Centre: City Architects Records relating to the repair of war damaged property and other wartime functions C TAY City Architects Records relating to the 1939-1960 repair of war damaged property and other wartime functions Historical Background: During the Second World War the Local Authority was made responsible for housing the people within its boundaries and to enable it to fulfil this duty it was given powers to repair and make habitable houses which had been damaged by enemy action. The City Architect was responsible for assessing and supervising the execution of the repairs required. These records reflect those duties and give us a comprehensive insight into how repairs were carried out during the conflict. Description: These records cover the functions carried out by the City Architect during The Second World War. As well as records relating to the damage and repair of houses, they also include returns of labour engaged in the repair of war damaged housing and the costs incurred for both repairs and labour. Contracts with Tarran Industries are detailed and paperwork on requisitioned property and temporary housing included. Arrangement: C TAY/AR Record of damage and first aid repairs to individual properties 1939-1945 C TAY/C City Architect Department lists of houses damaged by enemy action 1939-1945 C TAY/CP Record of damage and first aid repairs to individual properties owned by the Corporation 1939-1945 C TAY/EW Records of applications for repair to war damaged property made to the City Architect for consideration by the Emergency Works Committee/ Priority Sub-Committee 1941 C TAY/I Indexes of War Damaged Property 1939-1945 C TAY/L City Architect's Returns of Labour engaged in the Repair of War Damaged Housing 1941-1945 C TAY/M City Architect's Files on a number of Housing issues 1939-1945 C TAY/PR Property Returns made after each raid and sent to the District Valuer and the Minister of Health Jun 1940-May 1942 C TAY/RP Record of requisitioned and subsequently de-requisitioned properties 1943-1960 C TAY/S Records of repairs to war damaged properties with costs 1941-1945 C TAY/T City Architect files relating to the repair of war damaged houses by Tarran Industries Ltd, Hull 1943-1946 C TAY/TH City Architect's Files relating to Temporary Housing 1944-1945 Extent: 213 boxes Related material: Almost all records dating from the years 1939-1945 contain information relating to the war and its impact on the body creating the records. The following are records which were created as a result of the war: The Council and its Committees whose duties related specifically to the war: Air Raid Precautions 1936-1939; Emergency, 1939-1945; Air Raid Precautions 1945-1946; Reconstruction 1942-1946; Victory Celebrations 1944-1946. The paperwork behind the Victory Celebrations can be found at C TCVC. [TCM/TCR] © Hull History Centre Page 1 of 244 Hull History Centre: City Architects Records relating to the repair of war damaged property and other wartime functions The City Engineer's Department collection contains correspondence files, photographs, maps, plans and diagrams relating to the Second World War. Two classes of correspondence files relate to Air Raid Precautions, later re-named civil defence [CD] and War Damage [WD]: Civil Defence correspondence 1935-1947 [C TSCD] War damage correspondence 1935-1949 [C TSWD] Photographs & negatives 1936-1945 [C TSP] These include preparations for war, the war related activities of the department and the damage caused by the war. In addition they contain photographs relating to shelters, report centres, A.R.P. training and temporary houses. Maps [C TSY] C TSY/2/2: A set of 12 maps of the Hull area (scale 5.5 inch=1 Mile) indicating the type and position of each bomb falling on Hull in specific raids during the Second World War. C TSY/2/3: A set of 1928 edition Ordnance Survey maps of the Hull area (scale 1:2500) indicating war damaged properties. Evacuation accounts [C TED/1/6/1-58] 1940-1945 Accounts of financial adjustments between Hull and education authorities into whose areas Hull children were evacuated. There are separate files for each authority over the years 1940-1945. Some include lists of children with their Hull addresses and the names of their schools in Hull and the evacuation area. Control and report [C TYA] Control incident files containing the papers relating to individual raids including messages received during raids and subsequent reports filed in chronological order of raids. Also includes correspondence and papers relating to training courses, retention and dispersal of staff, lists of unexploded bombs and mines, schedules of bombs dropped in incidents giving the time and place of landing and the type of each bomb. Casualty registration [C TYC] 1940-1945 These contain casualty lists for each incident giving the name, age and address (or unit in the case of service personnel) of casualties under the headings of: Mortuary (dead) Hospital (seriously injured) First Aid Post (slightly injured) Awards for gallantry [C TYG] Many of those who volunteered their services or carried out acts of bravery were recognised by the City and the paperwork relating to the Gallantry Awards and the Defence Medal have survived within this series. It contains case papers relating to both commendation by the local authorities and recommendations for recognition by the King including correspondence and statements by witnesses. Registration of personnel [C TYR] The Warden Service registration records include 90,000 cards created for the registration of personnel for Civil Defence Service. Each individual card details the names, addresses, ages, dates of birth, occupation, business address, name of employer and name and relationship of next of kin. They also detail what service, division and district they belonged to, their training process, and equipment issued to them. These personnel cards give us a © Hull History Centre Page 2 of 244 Hull History Centre: City Architects Records relating to the repair of war damaged property and other wartime functions snapshot of the individuals living and working within the city and the role they played on the Home Front. Warden Service Records [C TYW] Covering all aspects of war time life, these files cover subjects such as administration, equipment, civilian respirators, finance, maintenance and repairs, bombs, anti-gas precautions, shelters and buildings, training, air raid welfare, general welfare, and homelessness. Access Conditions: Access will be granted to any accredited reader C TAY/AR Record of damage and first aid repairs to 1939-1945 individual properties These records were kept on printed forms. They are typical in the extent to which they are completed. Every time a property was damaged a printed form was made out giving details of the property, the damage sustained and first aid repair work carried out. These records are filed in alphabetical order of streets and numerical order of properties within them with forms relating to terraces filed alphabetically after the houses fronting the street itself. These files are boxed in numbered boxes. Those streets within each box are listed in the description field at item level. Terraces are not listed. Please search under the main street. 185 boxes C TAY/AR/1 Abbey Street 1939-1945 Aberdeen Street Acland Street Adderbury Crescent Adderbury Grove 1 box C TAY/AR/2 Adelaide Street 1939-1945 1 box C TAY/AR/3 Aisne Street 1939-1945 Airlie Street Air Street Ainthorpe Grove Alaska Street Albany Street Albermarle Street 1 box © Hull History Centre Page 3 of 244 Hull History Centre: City Architects Records relating to the repair of war damaged property and other wartime functions C TAY/AR/4 Albert Avenue 1939-1945 Albert Dock Albion Street Aldborough Grove Aldborough Street Aldbro Street Alexandra Road 1 box C TAY/AR/5 Alexandra Street 1939-1945 1 box C TAY/AR/6 Alfonso Street 1939-1945 Alfred Street All Saints Street Allderidge Avenue Alliance Avenue 1 box C TAY/AR/7 Alma Street 1939-1945 Alpha Street Alston Avenue Ampleforth Grove Ancaster Avenue Anlaby Road (odds only) 1 box C TAY/AR/8 Anlaby Road (evens and terraces including Trinity 1939-1945 Almshouses) Anlaby Park Road North Anlaby Park Road South Ann Watson Street 1 box C TAY/AR/9 Argyle Street 1939-1945 Arnold Street 1 box C TAY/AR/10 Arthur Street 1939-1945 Arundel Street (inc Terraces from St. Leo Avenue- Roseberry Terrace) 1 box C TAY/AR/11 Arundel Street (inc terraces from Alexandra Avenue- 1939-1945 St.John's Terrace) 1 box C TAY/AR/12 Ash Grove 1939-1945 Ash Street Askew Avenue Astley Street © Hull History Centre Page 4 of 244 Hull History Centre: City Architects Records relating to the repair of war damaged property and other wartime functions Athol Street Auckland Avenue Aylesbury Grove Aylesford Street 1 box C TAY/AR/13 Bachelor Street 1939-1945 Bainton Grove Baker Street Balfour Street (odds and evens only) 1 box C TAY/AR/14 Balfour Street (terraces only) 1939-1945 Balmoral Avenue Bankside Bargate Grove Barmston Street 1 box C TAY/AR/15 Barnsley Street (odds and evens only) 1939-1945 1 box C TAY/AR/16 Barnsley Street (terraces only) 1939-1945 1 box C TAY/AR/17 Barrington Avenue 1939-1945 Beaconsfield Street (including terraces) Bean Street (odds and evens only) 1 box C TAY/AR/18 Bean Street (terraces only) 1939-1945 1 box C TAY/AR/19 Beaumont Street 1939-1945 Bedale Avenue Bedford Street Beech Avenue Beech Street 1 box C TAY/AR/20 Beecroft Street 1939-1945 Beeford Grove Beeton Street Bielby Street Belgrave Drive Bellamy Street