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Muriel Haken waves from a gate. 1939
The windjammer Magdalene Vinnen at anchor. 1939
Fruit trees protection. A farm worker is burning insect traps. 1939
Storm damage in Sidcup, Kent. An uprooted tree. 1939
Land girls work on a farm in Beltring, Kent. 1939
Children at school in Sidcup, Kent, during wartime. Here they are in a lesson with their gas masks close at hand in case of bombing. 1939
Fruit tree protection. A farmer is setting up an insect trap on a tree. 1939
Evacuated children go for a ramble in Wye, Kent. 1939
Watercress growing in Darenth, Kent. 1939
A group of children walking past a seriers of London Transport buses which are parked on a side street in Sidcup, Kent. 1939
A farmer harvesting his crop with a tractor drawn combine. 1939
Sidcups General Post Office is being fortified with sandbags and telephone directories in preparation for the war. 1939
Children picking daisies. 1939
Evacuated children go for a ramble in Wye, Kent. 1939 / 40Evacuated children go for a ramble in Wye, Kent. 1939/40
London Transport buses parked in a side street in Sidcup, Kent. 1939
Cadets from the training ship HMS Worcester, which is part of the Thames Nautical Training College in Greenhithe, Kent, pulling hard on the oars. 1939
A farmer using a horse drawn machine to spread fertilizer on a field. 1939
A man grafting apple trees. 1939
Mr J D Richards, who is acting as an emergency postman in Horsmonden, Kent, is making a collection. 15 September 1939
Horses grazing on a snow covered field in Kent. 1939
Ducks floating on the water. 1939
Presentation of the Imperial Service Medal in Dartford, Kent. The medals are presented to civil servants who complete 25 years of service
Raspberry pickers in a field. 1939
Fruit tree protection. 1939
Water board men in Chislehurst, Kent. 1939
An exterior shot of Alexandra Hospital in Swanley, Kent. 1939
Storm damage in Sidcup, Kent. 1939
In response to the dangers of war the British government launched a scheme to evacuate the children from major urban centers to private housing in more rural areas
Mr Searles grafting fruit trees. 1939
A farmer ploughing a field with a tractor. Alongside are old cars which have been parked in order to cause obstruction to enemy gliders carrying invasion troops which may want to land on the field
A young girl in a rowing boat on Scadbury Lake. 1939
An old thatched roof cottage on Perry Street in Chislehurst, Kent. 10 June 1937
National Service is the business of the citizen. A tableau depicting voluntary organizations was staged at the Regal Cinema in Bexleyheath, Kent
Territorial Army recruits at camp in Lympne, Kent. Mounted machines. 1939
Men grafting apple trees. 1939
Territorials at camp at Lympne. A Territorial writing home. 1939
A farmer boadcasting clovers on a field in North Cray, Kent. 1939
Orpington railway bridge. 1939
A farmer and his team of horses ploughing a field in Kent. 1939
A decorated HMS Worcester, the training ship which is part of the Thames Nautical Training College in Greenhithe, Kent viewed from the river Thames. 1939
The beeche tree avenue at High Elms in Kent covered in snow. 1939
A man gives a drink to a tamed squirrel that is perched on his shoulder. 1939
A tame squirrel is given a drink. 1939