WW2 British ‘Excavated’, Hudson ARP, Relic Whistle with Provenance (working!!).

A rare survivor of the Southampton Blitz, this ARP whistle, manufactured by Hudson & Co. of Barr Street, Hockley, Birmingham was recovered in the early 1960’s during the restoration of Quilter Vault that was used as an air raid shelter.

The item comes with written and photographic provenance (refer to final photo), which will be forwarded to the purchaser along with the whistle. The item has a fantastic patina and will display really nicely!!

Quilters Vault is located on the West side of the lower end of the High Street, Southampton,
between Porters Lane and Broad Lane. The Royal George Hotel at 88-89 High Street
used to stand above it. It became known as the “Quilters” after the landlord and
landlady of that name who ran the Royal George in the 19th century. The vault was
probably erected during the late 13th century and is internally semi-circular of rubble
construction. It is 18.7 metres long by 6.2 metres wide running east to west. The
hotel above the vault, when the vault was being used as a shelter, was destroyed during the blitz of 1940 and the vault is now on open land.

In itself not an unusual item, however, please refer to the photographs carefully as they form part of the description, priced to reflect the rarity and provenance, worthy of further research.

Left for the purchaser to display as they wish!!

Copy the links below, you will need to cut and paste, for an interesting film about the Southampton Blitz, the last of which specifically shows the vaults:

https://youtu.be/1lQrInAeYBw

https://youtu.be/YxnWQTbyGcw

https://youtu.be/0WiwapOIpD4

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