Living in the Blitz

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Re: Living in the Blitz

Postby kiwi » Tue Jul 31, 2018 7:58 am

Fire crew tackling a blaze following an air raid, at Taylors Great Central Depository in St Georges Road, Southwark, on 31 January 1941.
St Georges Road.  Elephant & Castle,1940.jpg
St Georges Road, furniture removed from Taylors Great Central Depository and piled up in the street, 31 January 1941.   X..png
St Georges Road, furniture removed from Taylors Great Central Depository and piled up in the street, 31 January 1941.
St Georges Road, Elephant & Castle.  X..jpg
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Re: Living in the Blitz

Postby kiwi » Sun Aug 26, 2018 9:16 am

WW2 Ephemera - Invest in Victory 6th War Loan Window Sticker.  X. (2).jpg
WW2 Ephemera - Invest in Victory 6th War Loan Window Sticker.
Wartime ration chart for clothing. It's no wonder my Mum was so frugal all her life..jpg
Wartime ration chart for clothing. It's no wonder my Mum was so frugal all her life.
National Service Act,1939.  X..png
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Re: Living in the Blitz

Postby kiwi » Sat Sep 01, 2018 4:26 am

The Grange Bermondsey Bomb Damage in 1941 WW2.jpg
The Grange Bermondsey Bomb Damage in 1941 WW2.

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Re: Living in the Blitz

Postby kiwi » Tue Sep 04, 2018 1:04 am

Southwark Park, Rotherhithe in 1940, WW2..jpg
Southwark Park, Rotherhithe in 1940, WW2

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Re: Living in the Blitz

Postby kiwi » Tue Sep 11, 2018 2:16 am

NAILS WW2.jpg
Think this is during WW2.
Dock workers give the thumbs up and V signs as they lunch on American canned meat at a London Dockworkers Canteen, London, 1941..jpg
Dock workers give the thumbs up and V signs as they lunch on American canned meat at a London Dockworkers Canteen, London, 1941.

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Re: Living in the Blitz

Postby kiwi » Tue Sep 18, 2018 2:05 am

Southwark Bridge Road, SE1, AFS Auxiliary Fire Service women resting in bunks at Southwark Fire Station during the Second World War c1940.jpg
Southwark Bridge Road, SE1, AFS Auxiliary Fire Service women resting in bunks at Southwark Fire Station during the Second World War c1940.

SOUTHWARK MOBILE KITCHEN SERVING MEALS TO AUXILIARY.  X.png
SOUTHWARK MOBILE KITCHEN SERVING MEALS TO AUXILIARY
FIREFIGHTERS DURING THE BLITZ OF LONDON 1941.

Southwark Bridge Road, AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service) women in their bunk room at Station 60, during the Second World War.  X.png
Southwark Bridge Road, AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service) women in their bunk room at Station 60, during the Second World War.
The Home Guard, Brave men, they did so much for this country. Total respect to them all.  X..png
The Home Guard, Brave men, they did so much for this country. Total respect to them all.
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Re: Living in the Blitz

Postby kiwi » Tue Sep 25, 2018 12:19 am

Three ice-cream girls set off on their rounds in London, they have taken over from men who have been called up to the services, 2nd May 1940.
Three ice-cream girls set off on their rounds in London, they have taken over from men who have been called up to the services, 2nd May 1940.jpg

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Re: Living in the Blitz

Postby kiwi » Tue Oct 09, 2018 10:57 pm

Elephant and Castle in 1941, what's left of Woolworths store following bomb damage..jpg
Elephant and Castle in 1941, what's left of Woolworths store following bomb damage.
Elephant and Castle, Newington Butts 1941.  X.png
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Re: Living in the Blitz

Postby kiwi » Sun Oct 21, 2018 12:03 am

Surrey Docks ablaze – 7 Sept 1940.jpg
Surrey Docks ablaze – 7 Sept 1940.
Fire fighting in Southwark on the night of 16th-7th April 1941..jpg
Fire fighting in Southwark on the night of 16th-7th April 1941.

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Re: Living in the Blitz

Postby kiwi » Wed Oct 31, 2018 10:03 pm

A wartime tube carriage with anti-splinter window netting..jpg
A wartime tube carriage with anti-splinter window netting
WW2..jpg
WW2 ?


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