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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. Landing craft LCM73 ferrying troops ashore during Operation Torch.
*Landing craft LCM73 ferrying troops ashore during Operation Torch. Operation Torch – the Allied landings in Morocco and Algeria in November 1942 – was the largest amphibious operation in history up to...
43. Looking towards Tower Bridge and the fires in the docks.
*Looking towards Tower Bridge and the fires in the docks. The first heavy bombing of the docks came on the night of September 7, 1940. The huge pall of smoke billowing from the warehouses and docks could be...
44. 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.
45. 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...
46. Damage to Batavia Street, Deptford, after a V2 strike in 1944.
*Damage to Batavia Street, Deptford, after a V2 strike in 1944. The V-2 was first used in September 1944. Like the V-1 Flying Bomb it carried a one ton warhead. However, the 14 metre (47 feet) long, liquid-fuelled...
47. 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...
48. 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...
49. 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...
50. A drinking fountain on Whitechapel High Street.
*A drinking fountain on Whitechapel High Street. A drinking fountain in Whitechapel High Street, erected to commemorate the late King Edward VII. As the inscription states, it was 'erected from...
 
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