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31. Civil Defence and Food Office staff preparing food.
	Beef, pork and lamb were all rationed and very difficult to get hold of during World War II. People had to be inventive with their sources of food...

32. Anti-gas personnel from the Arragon Road Depot, East Ham.
	London Air Raid Precautions (ARP) personnel were trained to handle gas attacks. The Decontamination Service was trained to clean roads, buildings and...

33. Anti-aircraft battery in Southwark Park.
	At the start of the Blitz there was little the British could do to oppose the German bombers at night. At that time few of the defending...

34. 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...

35. Air-raid shelter in Stalham Street, 1940.
	In November 1938, Sir John Anderson was put in charge of Air Raid Precautions (ARP). He commissioned the engineer, William Patterson, to design a...

36. Allotments in Greenwich Park during the war.
	The Ministry of Agriculture launched the 'Dig for Victory' campaign soon after the outbreak of war. People were encouraged to transform private...

37. An air raid shelter in a tube warehouse on Stanworth Street, Bermondsey.
	Soon after the Blitz began, it quickly became clear to those seeking shelter that there was not enough space for everyone. Without anywhere to sleep...

38. Clearing bomb damaged buildings on South Molton Street.
	Between September 1940 and May 1941, 1.4 million Londoners were bombed out of their homes. This photograph shows two civil defence workers clearing...

39. Con Shipton of the Deptford Light Rescue Service.
	All members of light rescue parties were taught to cut off supplies of gas, water and electricity to damaged buildings. They were also trained in...

40. Kathleen Biddlecombe's diary.
	Pages from the diary of Kathleen Biddlecombe, whose mother worked in a munitions factory during World War I.


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