The most terrible incident in Plymouth being at Portland Square underground shelter, where seventy-two people were killed as a result of a direct hit by a German bomb. The bodies were laid out in the institute for identification, which included two deaf women.
When an air raid was over, many members recall a short signed verse led by the missioner, with the following words ‘Lord keep us safe at night, secure from all our fears, may angels guard us while we sleep till morning light appears’.
The verse was adopted and used at the chapel services every Sunday for the next ten years after the war was over.
In the 1950’s, Portland Square was bursting at the seams, the executive committee considered the need for larger premises.
Plymouth Deaf Association registered as a charity on 9th May 1962.