The AFS Needs You Now (larger size) Exhibition a General B-type bus

a General B-type bus

which was specially restored to working condition to take part in the event

Print version of the TfL poster map produced in c

The design shows five handwritten envelopes

The poster is

The AFS Needs You Now (larger size) Exhibition a General B-type busOriginal recruiting poster for the Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS), c. 1950. The AFS was first formed in 1938 as part of the Civil Defence Service. Its role was to supplement the work of brigades at local level. The Auxiliary Fire Service and the local brigades were superseded in August 1941 by the National Fire Service. After the war the AFS was reformed alongside the Civil Defence Corps, forming part of the UK's planned emergency response to a nuclear