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Building the outer foundations for an air raid shelter in a garden in Hextable. 1938
The construction of an Air Raid Precautions shelter beneath a war memorial in Swanley, Kent. 1939
Teaching young women cooking in a kitchen 1950s
St Josephs School children during a gas mask drill in St Mary Cray, Kent. 1939
A policeman is fitting an air raid siren along with a warning sign to a police car in Eltham, Kent. 1939
Moments of stress in the kitchen before the start of a state banquet, Mansion House, London, England June 1954
Lamouille, assistant chef of the Ritz Hotel for ten years reads out the orders of the day to kitchen staff as they prepare for another day of culinary excellence. 7 October 1950
The rush to buy silk hats for the Royal Wedding keeps London factories busy. 5 November 1934
Europes largest block of flats will have bomb proof shelter at Albany Street and Euston Road. Pouring out the roof of the new flats. 25 July 1935
Territorial Army recruits at camp in Chichester, Sussex. A game of cricket. 1939
Spooning lemon mixture into pastry case sitting on baking sheet, to minimise spillage when putting in the oven credit: Marie-Louise Avery / thePictureKitchen / TopFoto
A restaurant proprietor of Dean Street, Soho, has, for 30 years, supplied a dainty dish of snails for his customers. They are in season now and in great demand 16 October 1922
A Dawsons shop front advertising that they have Air Raid Precautions ( ARP ) outfits, 1939
ARP ( Air Raid Precautions ) wardens in Crayford, Kent, looking at maps of the area. 1939
Schoolboys wearing their gasmasks in a drill at Erith, Kent 1937
An Air Raid Precautions first aid post in Sidcup, Kent. The building has been fortified with sandbags to bolster its defenses against bomb attacks. 1939
Sandbag protection for Livingstone Hospital at Gravesend, Kent. 1939
A new swimming pool under construction in Barnehurst, Kent. 1938
Delivering gas masks by pram to families in Sidcup, Kent. Mrs Topham and Mrs Boggett delivering to Mrs Williams (centre). 1939
Children at school in Sidcup, Kent, during wartime. Here they are watching workmen digging out a trench for an A R P shelter. 1939
The Duchess of Kent inspecting the guard of honour. 1938
Territorial Army recruits at camp in Chichester, Sussex. Fetching water on a bicycle. 1939
Casualties are being loaded into the back of a lorry during an air raid drill in Sidcup, Kent. 1939
The ARP ( Air Raid Precautions ) headquarters in Dartford, Kent. Captain Spencer Tucker organising the troops. 1939
Officers Training Corps demonstration at Dartford Grammer school in Kent. 1937
Traffic lights beings obscured for an Air Raid Precautions drill at Gravesend, Kent. 1939
The Dartford Territorial Army unit in a drill display, in Central Park. 3-inch-mortar crew demonstrate mortar procedure. Mayor of Darford, Count E R Blackman, Colonel Hs Browne
Cricket in Eltham, Kent. A barrage balloon can be seen in the background. 1939
Coronation decorations in Sutton at Hone, Kent, to celebrate the coronation of King George VI. 6 May 1937
Major M J Malling overlooks the Voluntary Aid Detachment demonstration in Orpington, Kent. 1939
Miss Peggy Macleod making butter Skimming off the cream from thee cream pans note that she uses skollop sheel in Daliburgh South Uist Outer Hebridges Scotland September 1961
The interior of a flooded dug out in Sidcup, Kent. Mr George Harris attempts to bucket the water out. 1939
Women doing their voluntary service by knitting in Dartford, Kent. Here they are winding up the wool. 1939
ARP ( Air Raid Precautions ) wardens examines the casualties during a drill in Sidcup, Kent. 1939
Three De Havilland DH60X moths ( G-aPW, G-aRA, G-AFPY ) perform a dummy air raid on Dartford, Kent. 1939
Mrs Ellis and Valerie Ellis sitting in an air raid shelter in Downham, Kent. 1939
An Air Raid Precautions demonstration held at Sidcup Place, Kent. Demonstration involving tackling a fire on a mock up village 1938
