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41. Kathleen Biddlecombe's diary.
*Kathleen Biddlecombe's diary. Pages from the diary of Kathleen Biddlecombe, whose mother worked in a munitions factory during World War I.
42. Kathleen Biddlecombe's diary.
*Kathleen Biddlecombe's diary. Kathleen Biddlecombe's diary from 1918. Her mother worked in an munitions factory during World War I.
43. East Ham Borough poster giving information about air raid shelters.
*East Ham Borough poster giving information about air raid shelters. Anderson shelters were given free to those who were less well off. People who earned more than £5 a week could buy one for £7. Soon after...
44. First aid post at Bermondsey Central Baths during the Second World War.
*First aid post at Bermondsey Central Baths during the Second World War. First aid posts were established throughout London on the eve of the Second World War. The one shown here was located at Bermondsey Central Baths...
45. Greenwich Park and the National Maritime Museum during the Second World War.
*Greenwich Park and the National Maritime Museum during the Second World War. The Ministry of Agriculture launched the 'Dig for Victory' campaign soon after the outbreak of war. People were encouraged to transform private...
46. Interior of Parkstone Road Public Shelter in Peckham.
*Interior of Parkstone Road Public Shelter in Peckham. A shelter census in November 1940 suggested that in central London 4% of people were sheltering in the tube network, 9% in public shelters like the...
47. A sandbagged air raid shelter in Camberwell Station Road.
*A sandbagged air raid shelter in Camberwell Station Road. Sandbags were commonly used as protection against shrapnel. This is a sandbagged air raid shelter in the railway arches at Camberwell Station Road in...
 
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