Living in the Blitz

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City bomb damage, wreck lighters raising the tug 'Naga', Tower Bridge,12th July 1944.

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Women Working in A Boot Repairing Factory Old Kent Road, World War 1, 1914-1918.

Female workers cutting leather for army boots in the Royal Army Clothing Department, Old Kent Road, 1914-1918

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The day after the Luftwaffe night raid on Surrey Dockyards London Sep 7 1940.

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SURREY DOCKS – 1940 Fire at Surrey Commercial Docks, Rotherhithe on Sept. 7, 1940, the first day of the Blitz.

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I think this is possible where the Surrey Docks Farm is now? (2017).

Ambulance shelter at the Receiving Station Southwark.

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Schooling was disrupted not only by the evacuations and frequent moves, but also by the threat of bombs. Here, students and teachers from a school in Bermondsey in South London strive for a sense of normalcy. The photo, taken on March 29, 1941, shows students participating in a reading and discussion group.

1941

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Originally Posted by paperboy 2015.

Guards of the Household Brigade. 1914.

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Elephant and Castle London Underground Station Shelter: People sleeping on the crowded platform of Elephant and Castle tube station while taking shelter from German air raids during the London Blitz.

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BLACKFRIARS ROAD 1940 Aftermath of a high explosive bomb in Blackfriars Road, London, on 24 October 1940. There is visible damage to the train bridge between London Bridge and Waterloo stations, and to two trams travelling under the bridge.
The Ring Public House out of the picture to the left.

The other side of the Bridge.

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A group of smiling evacuees from Rotherhithe, with gas mask boxes hold hands on a walk in Reading c1940.