Air Raid Siren

[MARJORYGOOD]

What name was given to an air raid siren in World War Two please?
Thank you

[Tilly2]

Does this help?
http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puzzles/Question1434282.html

[Peter Pedant]

funny you should ask - memory dims after seventy years ....

after neville C made his broadcast - ; " and so consequently we are at a state of war with Germany ... " the sirens went off and eveyone in London thought Christ hitler has come to flatten London

so there should be PLENTY of contemporary accounts

and there are even sites - giving the sounds
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/schoolradio/subjects/history/ww2clips/sounds/air_raid

[MARJORYGOOD]

Thank you Tilly

[Peter Pedant]

o it is a quith and not history - sorry about that

there are other sites for the sounds of alarms and the names are given there
They started off with whistles ( called 'a whistle' ) and went onto a hand crank and then the one you are after - I thought it was Tunney or something but didnt really concentrate .... it is out there somewhere on the internet ( along with cute nuclear warnings too )

[Peter Pedant]

thx tilly too

I wondered why someone was interested in the sounds of air raid sirens during the war ( answer: they were nt, the question was about something else ) - cloverfield they get the sounds right by the way.

hey did you see The Day After on tel the other night ?