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People around a bomb crater in Ravenscroft Road.

People around a bomb crater in Ravenscroft Road.
People around a bomb crater in Ravenscroft Road.
© National Maritime Museum, London
Repro ID: H2879
Description: By June 1941 over a million houses in London had been damaged or destroyed and one Londoner in six had been homeless at some point. Over 20,000 people had been killed during the German attacks on the capital.
Creator: Unknown
Date: 1940
Credit line: Newham Archives and Local Studies Library collection.
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