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111. Firemen tackling a V1 blaze at the Standard Telephone and Cable Company.
*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...
112. 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...
113. 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...
114. Firemen tackling a blaze at the Surrey Docks.
*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...
115. East wing basement, National Maritime Museum.
*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...
116. Dunton Road Police Station in Bermondsey.
*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...
117. 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...
118. HMS Growler, an ocean-going rescue tug.
*HMS Growler, an ocean-going rescue tug. HMS 'Growler', one of the 160 ocean-going tugs used during the D-Day campaign to move components of the Mulberry Harbours across to the Normandy...
119. 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...
120. King George VI visiting the Surrey Docks.
*King George VI visiting the Surrey Docks. During the war, King George VI (1936-52) visited troops, munitions factories, docks and bomb-damaged areas to raise support for the war effort...
 
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