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121. 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...

122. Damaged buildings at the East India Docks, Blackwall.
	Although the East India Docks were badly damaged during the Blitz, they played an important role during preparations for D-Day. Sections of the...

123. Dockers' march during the strike of July 1923.
	Striking dockers enter the East India Dock Road from Cotton Street during the 1923 strike. They were marching for better pay and working conditions...

124. Firemen tackling a V1 blaze at the Standard Telephone and Cable Company.
	With the threat of war looming, the British government created the Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS) in July 1938. On the outbreak of war, the AFS members...

125. 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...

126. Firemen tackling a blaze at the Surrey Docks.
	On 7 September 1940 hundreds of planes targeted London's waterfront. Bombs set the Surrey Docks and the thriving businesses along them on fire. The...

127. East wing basement, National Maritime Museum.
	The east wing basement of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich was converted into a strong room and air raid shelter during the Second Word War...

128. Dunton Road Police Station in Bermondsey.
	During the Blitz on in the port districts, the police were often the first point of contact for the bereaved, for those searching for missing...

129. 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...

130. Mulberry harbour, Arromanches: Normandy landing, June 1944, by Stephen Bone.
	An oil painting by war artist Stephen Bone depicting the Mulberry Harbour off Arromanches. Five Phoenix caissons have been sunk in a line to form the...


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