In the lead-up to World War II there were fears that the Germans would attack the UK with poisonous gas ... More than 40 million gas masks were issued. In America there was a gas mask for children ...

Now put your books down…and get your gas masks out. Quietly. Now take them carefully out of their boxes - no, no, Isobel, don't drag at it…you show her how to do it, Margaret, will you.

A former army commander says gas masks made in Britain could help Ukrainians defend their country. Avon Protection, in Melksham, Wiltshire, makes "world-leading" masks, which are being requested ...