And for some reason, it reminds me of my youth. I grew up in a small town just outside London, and every Tuesday morning a WW2 air raid siren would go off, waking me from my slumber/hangover.

Air raid sirens were placed on the top of tall buildings - often police stations or similar - or on the top of poles if no suitable building could be found. In cities the sirens were powered ...

Air-raid siren sounds the warning. Air-raid sirens first sounded the warning in London in September 1939. They became an almost daily part of life in the capital a year later during the height of ...