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1. Rescue workers survey bomb damage.
	Thousands of civilians were killed during the bombing of the Second World War. Many more were injured and numerous buildings were completely, or...

2. Sandbags outside Bermondsey Central Baths.
	Sandbags were placed around public buildings to protect them from the blast of exploding bombs. The bags helped absorb the shock wave from an...

3. Rescue workers removing an injured person from the ruins.
	Rescue workers from a Heavy Rescue Team in Southwark remove an injured person on a stretcher. Rescues could sometimes last for days, often continuing...

4. Repairing bomb damage on Beckton Road.
	Travel during the Blitz was made difficult because the streets and roads were blocked by masonry, bomb craters and burst mains. The rail and...

5. Poster explaining how to tackle fire bombs.
	Incendiary or 'fire bombs' were dropped in order to start large fires. There were two varieties. The first was an oil bomb, a device in which...

6. Stainer Street Arch, Bermondsey.
	During the Second World War, Bermondsey was the most heavily bombed place in Britain. The docks, warehouses, factories, railways and its proximity to...

7. Stanworth Street, Bermondsey, in 1950.
	Stanworth Street, Bermondsey, in 19950. The old terraces, destroyed in the Blitz, have not yet been replaced by new housing. Paradoxically, war time...

8. The evacuation of children: feet inspection.
	The 'Daily Mirror' of 2 September 1939 described the evacuations thus: 'The children, smiling and cheerful, left their parents and entrained for...

9. *The Empire Windrush.*
	The 'Empire Windrush' in 1948. In June of that year, she brought 492 Jamaican immigrants to Tilbury. They were the first of the many Caribbean...

10. The Council Chambers of Bermondsey Town Hall.
	The ornate Council Chamber in Bermondsey Town Hall. It was destroyed by a V1 flying bomb in 1944.


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