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British Army Captain Chris Goddard, left, and Cpl Gary Fisher check out the Second World War German bomb they had just made safe on a building site beside Tower Bridge, London
Kent authorities have speeded up the traffic marking signs on all secondary roads to aid drivers should there be a general black out enforced
London during the Blitz While services are being held in London, commemorating the second anniversary of The Battle of Britain
Home front 1940. Destroyed house in the Dartford area after a German air raid
Train leaving St Pancras Station 1940 s. Father and sons waving goodbye from the platform
The future Edward VIII walking in the snow in Winlaton, County Durham, 1929. The Prince of Wales visited the coalfields at Middleston Moor in Winlaton, Durham
Smoke and debris thrown skywards after a direct hit from a German bomb in the suburbs
Home front 1940. Showing the destruction caused by German bombing, Brits go about their normal daily business, even in the throes of war
Home front 1940. Bomb damage at Crayford
A destroyed home, after a German air raid
The Swan Theatre, London, 1596, (1893). The Swan theatre was built by Francis Langley in c1595. The last known mention of the theatre dates from 1632
Home front 1940. Destroyed home in the Crayford area, after a German air raid
Vicar says goodbye to his son Sidcup Station Kent 1939 photograph by John Topham
Sir Horace Darwin, F. R. S. (1851-1928), son of the British naturalist Charles DarwinSir Horace Darwin, F.R.S. (1851-1928), son of the British naturalist Charles Darwin and a civil engineer. From Darwin and the Beagle by Alan Moorhead, page 268
Cockney children from the Sydenham Road area of Croydon grow into farmers after evacuation to the Woodingdean area near Brighton
Home front 1940. The destruction caused by a German air raid
Home front 1940. Servicemen on leave. Find their homes damaged and surrounded by debris, and still find the happy side
Home front 1940. A boy holds the world in his hand, he has just discovered the globe in his bomb damage school, at Northfleet
Home front 1940 A bus driver cleans debris from an air raid up before reporting for work at Bexleyheath
Home front 1940. The aftermath of a German air raid in which landmines (dropped by parachute) were dropped in Sidcup, destroying a complete Street in the process
A house showing considerable damage, surrounded by debris after a near miss from German bombs
A house in the Bexley area, showing considerable damage, surrounded by debris after a near miss from German bombs
Air raid results. A 50 kilo bomb fell on the pavement right immediately under the North Wall of the building and exploded in the basement. 1914 - 1918
1000 Class B have been released from the Army at Olympia, London. Among them are plumbers, carpenters, bricklayers - men of all trades who are required for Britains housing drive during the winter
Home front 1940. A residential area showing signs of being heavily damaged after a night raid from German bombers in the Bexleyheath area. (Lower left can be seen an Anderson shelter)
Home front 1940. Destroyed home in Sidcup, after a German air raid
Home front 1940. Air raid damage, Crayford
Damage caused to Sidcups main road during the German aerial onslaught
Home front 1940. Children in amongst the debris and rubble of Northfleet houses have been hit by German aerial bombs
Home front 1940. Destroyed house lies dormant after German bombers had finished their bombing in Crayford
Home front 1940. A house in the Bexley area, showing considerable damage, surrounded by debris after a near miss from German bombs
House destroyed by an air raid from German bombers
Home front 1940. clearing up after a raid at Sidcup
Home front 1940. An end of terrace house destroyed after a raid on Eltham by German bombers
Damage caused to Sidcups main road repaired after having been heavily damaged by the German bombing during the war. 1946
Home front 1940. House in the residential area of Bexley badly hit during the German air onslaught
Salvaged belongings, after robot plane crash. Furniture, and other household belongings salvaged from wrecked homes are piled in the street after a robot plane had crashed in southern England
Wimbledon No 2 Court at the new Wimbledon at Church Road in 1923.s M Jacobs (India) vs V Richards (US) The Encyclopedia of Tennis page 349
Changing Britain - the suburbs meet the farmland A farmer and his horse team plough a field at the back of houses in Eltham. 1939
169 Hay on Wye bookshops, England
Staffa The hexagonal basaltic columns pavements on the island of Staffa and which are often believed to have carved by giants or made by the ancient magicians
178. Shakespeares birth-place, Stratford upon Avon, England
North Yorkshire Hardraw Force waterfall
Scotland Staffa the hexagonal basaltic column walls and pavements on the Isle of Staffa in the Hebrides
Staffa Scotland the entrance to Fingals Cave among the basaltic pavements of the island of Staffa
North Yorkshire Castle Howard Stately Home
180. Shakespeares birth-place, Stratford upon Avon, England
Staffa Scotland Detail of the Basaltic pavements of the island of Staffa leading to Fingals Cave