Papers relating to air raid precautions in Manchester, and a poem about gases used in warfare

Black ring-bound notebook with hand-written notes on bombs and gas masks;

3 foolscap sheets with hand-written notes on first aid for gases;

'In Message Form' ref A.R.P./M4 with hand-written notes on incendiary bombs;

Handwritten page headed 'Reporting Fire Incidents';

Handwitten chessboard;

3 cards with hand-written notes on first aid and respirators;

Green card pass number 278: Mr N. Pendlebury;

Leaflet no. 17647 (4827) 'Civil Defence Services and Invasion', 6 Oct 1941;

Leaflet ref. 26445-WS111 'Home Guard and Civil Defence Casualty Organisation';

Leaflet 'Arrangements for Evacuation from Manchester (except Wythenshawe)', Aug 1939;

Leaflet ref 4525 'What to Do in an Air Raid' with Air Raid Warden's information: J. A. Kieman, 16 [Firwood] Road;

Leaflet ref 397 'The Reporting of Air Raid Damage', 2 Apr 1940;

Leaflet ref 544 'The Warden's Report Form and Reporting of Air Raid Damage', 1 Aug 1941;

HMSO booklet 'Personal Protection Against Gas', stamped Manchester Corporation Anti-Gas School, 13 Jul 1939;

'Types of Important War Gases and Their First Aid Treatments';

'Reporting of Air Damage'

'The Civilian Duty Respirator', No. 1 Report and Control Centre;

'Instructions to messengers. Routes from No. 1 R&CC';

'Civil Defence - Ambulances etc. Services - Hospitals', 15 Feb 1940;

'Civil Defence Lines of Communication' 1 R&CC;

'No. 1 Report & Control Centre Duties of a Report and Control Centre';

Typed poem on gases:

'IF you get a choky feeling, & a smell of musty hay,

You can bet your bottom dollar, there's PHOSGENE on the way.

IF the smell is 'bleaching powder' t'will inevitably mean

That the enemy you are meeting is the gas we call CHLORINE

IF your eyes begin a twitching and for tears you cannot see,

IT isn't Mother peeling onions but a dose of C.A.P.

IF the smell resembles peardrops, then you'd better not delay

IT isn't Father sucking toffee, it's that ruddy K.S.K.

IF you catch a pungent odour as you're going home to tea

You can safely put your shirt on it, they're using B.B.C.

AND, lastly, while geraniums look pleasant in a bed

Beware their smell in wartime, if it's LEWISITE, you're Dead.'