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1. Sandbags outside Bermondsey Central Baths.
*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...
2. Rescue workers survey bomb damage.
*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...
3. Second World War air raid warden in uniform.
*Second World War air raid warden in uniform. In April 1937, an Air Raid Warden Service was created and by the middle of 1938 this had some 2,000 recruits. By September 1939 there were more than...
4. Stainer Street Arch, Bermondsey.
*Stainer Street Arch, Bermondsey. During the Second World War, Bermondsey was the most heavily bombed place in Britain. The docks, warehouses, factories, railways and its proximity to...
5. Stanworth Street, Bermondsey, in 1950.
*Stanworth Street, Bermondsey, in 1950. Stanworth Street, Bermondsey, in 19950. The old terraces, destroyed in the Blitz, have not yet been replaced by new housing. Paradoxically, war time...
6. Rescue workers removing an injured person from the ruins.
*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...
7. Repairing bomb damage on Beckton Road.
*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...
8. New housing being built on Appleby Road, part of the Keir Hardie Estate in Canning Town.
*New housing being built on Appleby Road, part of the Keir Hardie Estate in Canning Town. Around 35% of the London housing stock was destroyed during the Second World War and many homes that had survived were slums. The 1945 Labour...
9. Plaistow Triangle Camp.
*Plaistow Triangle Camp. West Ham always had high levels of unemployment, partly because of the presence of so many casual labourers working in the Royal Docks. In July...
10. Plaistow Triangle Camp.
*Plaistow Triangle Camp. A photograph of men who took part in the Triangle Camp, the protest colony set up by the unemployed at Plaistow in July 1906. Labour councillor...
 
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