Will,

Dad was unfit for miltary service so they made him an Air Raid Warden and he worked on ship repair in The London Docks.

If we got cold during the night he would cover us with his great coat. I still have to laugh when I hear that line from 'In Me Liverpool Home' which goes 'Under old overcoats each night we slept'.

Betsy, the thread you are looking for is here