1940s Collection (page 3)

Royal Engineers are removing the concrete dragons teeth defence blocks on the front at Hastings
Royal Engineers are removing the concrete " dragons teeth" defence blocks on the front at Hastings, Sussex. The blocks, weighing nearly three tons each, are loosened by a bull-dozer

HMS Woodcock, the British Royal Navy sloop. She is adopted by Cuckfield and district, Sussex

Floods in Sussex. The thaw which followed recent heavy snow has caused serious flooding in many parts of the country. Photo shows, a wide area of the Sussex countryside underwater at Robertsbridge

Study in disdain. Little Gillian Denman, of Pulborough, Sussex, made her first visit to the London Zoo at the age of two, and wanted badly to take Peggy, the camel for its first walk of the season

Smoke and debris thrown skywards after a direct hit from a German bomb in the suburbs

A panoramic view of one of the badly bombed areas of the city of London taken from the top of a building in Coleman Street

Home front 1940. Showing the destruction caused by German bombing, Brits go about their normal daily business, even in the throes of war

The Lord Mayor of Budapest, Hungary, Jozsef Kovago, arrived at Croydon by air. He has come from Budapest at the invitation of the London County Council to study English methods of housing

Champion American newspaper boy arrives in London. When the American Minneapolis Star and Tribune newspaper decided to celebrate its new building by delivering todays issue all around the world

Home front 1940. Bomb damage at Crayford

A destroyed home, after a German air raid

Busy market porters carrying boxes on their heads at Covent Gardens flower, fruit and vegetable market near to the entrance of St Pauls Church, Covent Garden, London, England. Late 1940s, early 1950s

Boys fishing by the riverside on the Thames at Richmond, London, England, UK. 1950s

Today, Monday, the eve of the Palestine conference, members of the British delegation Heighington Lancaster house, St James s, London, to meet delegates from 7 Arab nations, Egypt, Iraq, Syria

Home front 1940. Destroyed home in the Crayford area, after a German air raid

Two young girls in a bathroom, standing by a sink. [no caption, location or date]

A baby girl squatter from Duchess of Bedford house, (the block of luxury flats in West Kensington recently taken over by squatters) was taken by ambulance to hospital this morning

Sussex farm run by German ex-POWs. Bryckden lane farm, Waldron, Sussex, is a perfectly run farm with the most modern dairy for a T.T. tested herd. entirely staffed by Germans

The famous Hastings and St Leonard Bathing Pool reputed to be the finest in Europe opened on Whit-Saturday for its first season on a pre-war scale

A Russian WW2 propaganda poster. 1941

British World War II cartoon. Poster: In Germany, anti-government posters are forbidden

Fay Taylour, Speedways Queen of the cinders, hopes to return to the saddle. Frank Arnold, West Hams team manager, has invited her to take part in a trial

A speed trial held at Elstree, near Watford, on Easter Monday under the auspices of the Vintage Sports Car Club attracted entries from nine other clubs, and for the first time since 1939

A wide area of Berkshire lies underwater following the overflowing of the river Thames at Maidenhead after recent phenomenon of the heavy rains

In thousands of British homes this Christmas, rich plum puddings, which are earning precious dollars, will be on the menu

Nurses of Londons Westminster Hospital rehearsing the carols they will sing at Christmas. After touring the wards, they go through the gardens back to the nurses home, where they end their recital

Trawler skipper fought Nazi bombers Skipper Alexander Craig of the 192 ton Aberdeen trawler Arora who with his mate stuck to the guns in the face of machine gun fire

Wedding of Lieutenant D Shankland, RN, and Miss A Akers Douglas at St Georges Church, Hanover Square. 15 March 1940

Two women enjoying themselves playing the Arcade machine Cupids Secret

Wedding of Viscount Hanworth and Miss Rosamund Parker ( ATS ) at St Peters Church, Cranley Gardens, London. 27 April 1940

The wedding of Major Sir Alfred Hickman, and Miss Beryl Morse Evans at Caxton Hall, London. 23 April 1940

The twenty four finalists from all over the country who will tonight compete for the title " 1948 National Ballroom Queen" at Grosvenor House, London

Wedding of Captain Hamish Hamilton ( publisher ) and Countess Yvonne Pallavicino at Caxton Hall register office. 24 April 1940

9 November 1940 The milkman is allowed through the barrier to a street in his rounds that contains an unexploded bomb (UXB) Sidcup, Kent, England

King George VI poses with a large pig, helping to promote the use of swill made from waste during the war to keep Britain fed. 8 August 1942

Children playing in dock side street, Silvertown, London, England 1946

Children inspecting the damage after a bomb fell in Gravesend, Kent during WWII

Man cutting corn with a scythe - harvesting by hand. Picture shows Fred Goldup, aged 72, working on a farm near Shoreham, Kent

Womans Land Army 1940 Kent

Fire broke out in Britains biggest post-war merchant ship, but Corinthic, in her fitting out basis, at Birkenhead. Built for the New Zealand passenger cargo service of Shaw

The 263 mile pipelines of the scheme known as Pluto, which carried petrol and oil
The 263 mile pipelines of the scheme known as " Pluto", which carried petrol and oil from the Isle of Wight to the Cherbourg peninsula during the war

The SS Viking of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Co Ltd

The Empire Waveney, fomerly the German Strength Through Joy luxury liner Milwaukee
The " Empire Waveney", fomerly the German " Strength Through Joy" luxury liner " Milwaukee" is still burning in Canada Dock, Liverpool

P&O Liner Chitral, built 1925 23 August 1947
P&O Liner " Chitral", built 1925 23 August 1947

Suffering from that morning after feeling, DICKSI, the African bull elephant, gratefully accepts a livener from his keeper at the London Zoo on Boxing Day morning. 26th December 1946

Evacuation scenes. Brighton on Sunday evening, bidding goodbye
1940s Britain. Evacuation scenes. Brighton on Sunday evening, bidding goodbye

Flying boat in Jordan June 1946

The North Sea Patrol. Minesweepers of the Royal Navy, free from the hazardous war service, now play a vital role in protecting the rights of the North Sea fishermen

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