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1. 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...

2. Rescue workers after a bombing raid on Bermondsey.
	Rescue workers amongst the rubble, salvaging what they can, after a bombing raid on Bermondsey during the Second World War.

3. 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...

4. 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...

5. Shelters on Parkstone Road, Peckham.
	In March 1940 the government began to construct communal shelters designed to protect around fifty people living in the same neighbourhood. Made of...

6. 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...

7. Ration queue on Walworth Road
	During World War II, some goods such as bread, alcohol and tobacco were not rationed in order to keep up morale. As the war went on, even bread was...

8. People around a bomb crater in Ravenscroft Road.
	By June 1941 over a million houses in London had been damaged or destroyed and one Londoner in six had been homeless at some point. Over 20,000...

9. Plaque commemorating the Bethnal Green Station disaster.
	On 3 March 1943, 173 people lost their lives in the worst civilian tragedy of the war at Bethnal Green Tube station. When the air-raid siren sounded...

10. 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...


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