Hi again,
I just had to search out this thread again because I've been really astounded at a discovery made today whilst looking through some 1939-1945 Civil Defence records put online by the Hull History Centre. Repository: Hull City Archives / Collection: Registration of personnel for Civil Defence Service
circa 2002 I made a visit to a phsychic and my notes had a mysterious "Hilda" who came to say hello and who was apparently "a friend of your father'.
It seemed to me that practically all my relations were Fire Wardens but one of my mother's sisters was missing. I knew she lived down the same street as us so I searched using the street name and up popped "Hilda" who not only lived a few doors away from us but also worked as a crane driver

at the same factory as my dad who made them.
FIRE GUARD SECTION PERSONNEL CARD
Reference No: C TYR/4/1/9915
Dates: 2 Feb 1942
Description:
Name: Donald
Home address: 61 Lamorna Avenue, Stoneferry, Hull
Place of work: Priestmans Ltd, Hull
Occupation: Engineers fitter
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FIRE GUARD SECTION PERSONNEL CARD - Women
Reference No: C TYR/4/2/15441
Dates: c.1939-1945
Description:
Name: Hilda
Home address: 47 Lamorna Avenue, Chamberlain Road, Hull
Place of work: Priestman Bros, Williamson Street, Hull
Occupation: Crane Driver