There was a few balloons which were put aloft every night in Lambeth Road
school yard and also in Kirkdale Rec.They looked like elephants in the sky with their fins and stabilizers.
Sometimes they would deflate and there would be a rush to get some of the material to make bags or to cover bikes and motorbikes in backyards
I think all the women in our area of Kirkdale had shopping bags made out of the barrage balloon material.