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'YWCA War Workers' Club- Rest and Relaxation in Yeovil, Somerset, England, UK, 1944 D20914

'YWCA War Workers' Club- Rest and Relaxation in Yeovil, Somerset, Engl...

Ywca War Workers' Club- Rest and Relaxation in Yeovil, Somerset, England, UK, 1944 A scene in a Make Do and Mend class at the YWCA war workers' club in Yeovil. Amongst the group are Mrs Norman, who works in a ... More

'YWCA War Workers' Club- Rest and Relaxation in Yeovil, Somerset, England, UK, 1944 D20915

'YWCA War Workers' Club- Rest and Relaxation in Yeovil, Somerset, Engl...

Ywca War Workers' Club- Rest and Relaxation in Yeovil, Somerset, England, UK, 1944 A view of the busy canteen at the YWCA war workers' club in Yeovil. According to the original caption, prices here are very re... More

'YWCA War Workers' Club- Rest and Relaxation in Yeovil, Somerset, England, UK, 1944 D20918

'YWCA War Workers' Club- Rest and Relaxation in Yeovil, Somerset, Engl...

Ywca War Workers' Club- Rest and Relaxation in Yeovil, Somerset, England, UK, 1944 Elsie Richards (left) and Margaret Yeoman (right) wash their clothes in the laundry provided at the YWCA war workers' club in Y... More

'YWCA War Workers' Club- Rest and Relaxation in Yeovil, Somerset, England, UK, 1944 D20921

'YWCA War Workers' Club- Rest and Relaxation in Yeovil, Somerset, Engl...

Ywca War Workers' Club- Rest and Relaxation in Yeovil, Somerset, England, UK, 1944 Laundry and bathing facilities are provided at the YWCA war workers' club in Yeovil. Whilst their laundry is drying, girls can... More

'YWCA War Workers' Club- Rest and Relaxation in Yeovil, Somerset, England, UK, 1944 D20923

'YWCA War Workers' Club- Rest and Relaxation in Yeovil, Somerset, Engl...

Ywca War Workers' Club- Rest and Relaxation in Yeovil, Somerset, England, UK, 1944 Two female war workers enjoy a game of table tennis at the YWCA war workers' club in Yeovil, whilst several male members of the... More

'YWCA War Workers' Club- Rest and Relaxation in Yeovil, Somerset, England, UK, 1944 D20928

'YWCA War Workers' Club- Rest and Relaxation in Yeovil, Somerset, Engl...

Ywca War Workers' Club- Rest and Relaxation in Yeovil, Somerset, England, UK, 1944 A group of men and women arrive at the YWCA war workers' club in Yeovil.

A canteen lounge of the Women War Workers' Club at Darlington House in Wolverhampton, 1943. D17474

A canteen lounge of the Women War Workers' Club at Darlington House in...

A canteen lounge of the Women War Workers' Club at Darlington House in Wolverhampton, 1943. A busy scene in the canteen lounge of the women war workers' club at Darlington House. The canteen provides hot and c... More

A Chemist Carries On- the work of Allen and Hanburys in the Production of Cod Liver Oil, 1942 D6764

A Chemist Carries On- the work of Allen and Hanburys in the Production...

A Chemist Carries On- the work of Allen and Hanburys in the Production of Cod Liver Oil, 1942 A van from 'Allenbury's Foods' delivers a large box of cod liver oil compound to a chemist's shop, somewhere in Brit... More

A family relaxes at home in Taunton, Somerset, on a Sunday afternoon during 1942. D12274

A family relaxes at home in Taunton, Somerset, on a Sunday afternoon d...

A family relaxes at home in Taunton, Somerset, on a Sunday afternoon during 1942. Home Front: A family relaxes at home on a Sunday afternoon in Taunton, Somerset. A man and two women occupy themselves with typi... More

A group of children sitting on a large pile of hay outside Chapel Cleeve Nursery in Washford, Somerset during 1942. D9211

A group of children sitting on a large pile of hay outside Chapel Clee...

A group of children sitting on a large pile of hay outside Chapel Cleeve Nursery in Washford, Somerset during 1942. A group of young children smile for the camera as they sit on a large pile of hay, probably on... More

A group of young children listen intently as a nurse reads them a story in the grounds of the Querns Nursery, Gloucestershire, October 1942. D10604

A group of young children listen intently as a nurse reads them a stor...

A group of young children listen intently as a nurse reads them a story in the grounds of the Querns Nursery, Gloucestershire, October 1942. A group of young children listen intently as a nurse reads to them fr... More

A housewife with a shopping basket full of bananas after a visit to the Co-Op store on Westhorne Avenue, Eltham in London, 1940. HU92467

A housewife with a shopping basket full of bananas after a visit to th...

A housewife with a shopping basket full of bananas after a visit to the Co-Op store on Westhorne Avenue, Eltham in London, 1940. With her husband at work, and her children at school, Mrs Suter carries out the d... More

A Middle East Soldier Revisits Britain- Life in Wartime Bournemouth, Hampshire, England, UK, October 1943 D16671

A Middle East Soldier Revisits Britain- Life in Wartime Bournemouth, H...

A Middle East Soldier Revisits Britain- Life in Wartime Bournemouth, Hampshire, England, UK, October 1943 A tea dance in progress in the big ballroom tea lounge at the Municipal Pavilion in Bournemouth. In the... More

A Middle East Soldier Revisits Britain- Life in Wartime Bristol, England, UK, October 1943 D16641

A Middle East Soldier Revisits Britain- Life in Wartime Bristol, Engla...

A Middle East Soldier Revisits Britain- Life in Wartime Bristol, England, UK, October 1943 Service personnel and civilians queue outside the Broadmead Odeon, Bristol. The film showing at this cinema is 'Danger... More

A Middle East Soldier Revisits Britain- Life in Wartime Durham, England, UK, 1943 D15631

A Middle East Soldier Revisits Britain- Life in Wartime Durham, Englan...

A Middle East Soldier Revisits Britain- Life in Wartime Durham, England, UK, 1943 A group of young men and women look in the window of a jeweller's shop on Silver Street in Durham.

A Middle East Soldier Revisits Britain- Life in Wartime Durham, England, UK, 1943 D15632

A Middle East Soldier Revisits Britain- Life in Wartime Durham, Englan...

A Middle East Soldier Revisits Britain- Life in Wartime Durham, England, UK, 1943 A busy scene showing shoppers going about their daily business on Silver Street in Durham. On the left, the clothing store 'Bur... More

A Middle East Soldier Revisits Britain- Life in Wartime Durham, England, UK, 1943 D15635

A Middle East Soldier Revisits Britain- Life in Wartime Durham, Englan...

A Middle East Soldier Revisits Britain- Life in Wartime Durham, England, UK, 1943 A woman uses several buckets to collect coal from a large pile outside the houses in Claypath, Durham. This photograph was taken... More

A mother and daughter feed chickens in the garden of their home in Rowney Green, Worcestershire during 1943. D17524

A mother and daughter feed chickens in the garden of their home in Row...

A mother and daughter feed chickens in the garden of their home in Rowney Green, Worcestershire during 1943. Mrs Brown and her daughter Peggy feed the chickens in the garden of their home in Rowney Green, Worce... More

A Picture of a Southern Town- Life in Wartime Reading, Berkshire, England, UK, 1945 D25205

A Picture of a Southern Town- Life in Wartime Reading, Berkshire, Engl...

A Picture of a Southern Town- Life in Wartime Reading, Berkshire, England, UK, 1945 A National Fire Service (NFS) fire engine rushes down Broad Street, Reading, on the way to a fire. The appliance is travellin... More

A representative of the YMCA delivers a Christmas tree to Mrs Devereux in Pinner. The tree is a present from her husband, serving in the arm and purchased through the 'Gifts to Home League' of the YMCA, 1944. D23004

A representative of the YMCA delivers a Christmas tree to Mrs Devereux...

A representative of the YMCA delivers a Christmas tree to Mrs Devereux in Pinner. The tree is a present from her husband, serving in the arm and purchased through the 'Gifts to Home League' of the YMCA, 1944. ... More

A Rest Break Home For Nurses- Everyday Life at a Hostel Funded by the British War Relief Society, Bedford Hotel, Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK, 1945 D23821

A Rest Break Home For Nurses- Everyday Life at a Hostel Funded by the ...

A Rest Break Home For Nurses- Everyday Life at a Hostel Funded by the British War Relief Society, Bedford Hotel, Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK, 1945 A general view of women relaxing beside the fire in the lou... More

A Rest Break Home For Nurses- Everyday Life at a Hostel Funded by the British War Relief Society, Bedford Hotel, Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK, 1945 D23822

A Rest Break Home For Nurses- Everyday Life at a Hostel Funded by the ...

A Rest Break Home For Nurses- Everyday Life at a Hostel Funded by the British War Relief Society, Bedford Hotel, Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK, 1945 Dinner is served by chef Mr Adams and warden Miss Falkhous,... More

A Rest Break Home For Nurses- Everyday Life at a Hostel Funded by the British War Relief Society, Bedford Hotel, Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK, 1945 D23823

A Rest Break Home For Nurses- Everyday Life at a Hostel Funded by the ...

A Rest Break Home For Nurses- Everyday Life at a Hostel Funded by the British War Relief Society, Bedford Hotel, Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK, 1945 Off-duty nurses relax in the Games Room at the Bedford Hote... More

A Substitute For Quinine- the Production of Mepacrine at a Factory Near Leicester, England, UK, 1945 D23837

A Substitute For Quinine- the Production of Mepacrine at a Factory Nea...

A Substitute For Quinine- the Production of Mepacrine at a Factory Near Leicester, England, UK, 1945 Mepacrine pills are sent from the factory near London where they are produced to a factory near Leicester whe... More

A Substitute For Quinine- the Production of Mepacrine at a Factory Near Leicester, England, UK, 1945 D23838

A Substitute For Quinine- the Production of Mepacrine at a Factory Nea...

A Substitute For Quinine- the Production of Mepacrine at a Factory Near Leicester, England, UK, 1945 A worker at a factory near Leicester fixes strips of cellophane to a machine. These strips will be used in t... More

A Substitute For Quinine- the Production of Mepacrine at a Factory Near Leicester, England, UK, 1945 D23839

A Substitute For Quinine- the Production of Mepacrine at a Factory Nea...

A Substitute For Quinine- the Production of Mepacrine at a Factory Near Leicester, England, UK, 1945 Mepacrine pills are sent from the factory near London where they are produced to a factory near Leicester whe... More

A Substitute For Quinine- the Production of Mepacrine at a Factory Near Leicester, England, UK, 1945 D23841

A Substitute For Quinine- the Production of Mepacrine at a Factory Nea...

A Substitute For Quinine- the Production of Mepacrine at a Factory Near Leicester, England, UK, 1945 Mepacrine pills are sent from the factory near London where they are produced to a factory near Leicester whe... More

A Substitute For Quinine- the Production of Mepacrine at a Factory Near Leicester, England, UK, 1945 D23842

A Substitute For Quinine- the Production of Mepacrine at a Factory Nea...

A Substitute For Quinine- the Production of Mepacrine at a Factory Near Leicester, England, UK, 1945 Mepacrine pills are sent from the factory near London where they are produced to a factory near Leicester whe... More

A Village Saves- National Savings in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, England, 1941 D3661

A Village Saves- National Savings in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, England, 19...

A Village Saves- National Savings in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, England, 1941 Mrs Scott, school mistress at Lewknor village school, talks to her pupils about National Savings. According to the original caption, it ... More

A Village Saves- National Savings in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, England, 1941 D3662

A Village Saves- National Savings in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, England, 19...

A Village Saves- National Savings in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, England, 1941 Mrs Scott helps two pupils at the village school in Lewknor with the posters they are drawing for a competition organised by the National... More

A Village Saves- National Savings in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, England, 1941 D3663

A Village Saves- National Savings in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, England, 19...

A Village Saves- National Savings in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, England, 1941 Joan Hartwell, a pupil at the village school in Lewknor, concentrates on the poster she is drawing as part of a competition organised by ... More

A Village Saves- National Savings in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, England, 1941 D3665

A Village Saves- National Savings in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, England, 19...

A Village Saves- National Savings in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, England, 1941 Mrs Scott looks on as a young pupil at the village school stands in front of the blackboard to display his poster to the rest of the clas... More

A Village Saves- National Savings in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, England, 1941 D3668

A Village Saves- National Savings in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, England, 19...

A Village Saves- National Savings in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, England, 1941 In their classroom at the village school, children crowd around the desk of their teacher Mrs Scott, as they give her their weekly saving... More

A Village Saves- National Savings in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, England, 1941 D3671

A Village Saves- National Savings in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, England, 19...

A Village Saves- National Savings in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, England, 1941 Joan Hartwell brings in sixpence as part of Savings Day at the village school in Lewknor. Her teacher, Mrs Scott, notes her contribution... More

A Village Saves- National Savings in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, England, 1941 D3673

A Village Saves- National Savings in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, England, 19...

A Village Saves- National Savings in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, England, 1941 Heather Scott, aged 4, licks a Savings Stamp to add to her savings booklet. Behind her is a poster showing a female factory worker, with... More

A Village Saves- National Savings in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, England, 1941 D3674

A Village Saves- National Savings in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, England, 19...

A Village Saves- National Savings in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, England, 1941 Heather Scott, aged 4, sticks a Savings Stamp into her savings booklet. Behind her is a poster showing a female factory worker, with the... More

A Village Saves- National Savings in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, England, 1941 D3677

A Village Saves- National Savings in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, England, 19...

A Village Saves- National Savings in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, England, 1941 Mrs Scott, school mistress at the village school, visits the village Post Office in Lewknor and hands over to the clerk the money she has... More

A Village Saves- National Savings in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, England, 1941 D3680

A Village Saves- National Savings in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, England, 19...

A Village Saves- National Savings in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, England, 1941 Mrs Scott, school mistress at Lewknor village school sells Savings Stamps to Bill Hopkins, the engine driver of the 4:20 from Princes Ris... More

A Village Saves- National Savings in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, England, 1941 D3682

A Village Saves- National Savings in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, England, 19...

A Village Saves- National Savings in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, England, 1941 Mrs Amor, a member of the local Savings Committee, sells Saving Stamps to farmer Robert Graham, over the farm gate. Mr Graham is on his ... More

A Village Saves- National Savings in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, England, 1941 D3684

A Village Saves- National Savings in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, England, 19...

A Village Saves- National Savings in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, England, 1941 Village school mistress, Mrs Scott, sells Savings Stamps to the local policeman, PC Hufton, on a sunny country lane. PC Hufton is an ex-guardsman.

A Village Saves- National Savings in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, England, 1941 D3691

A Village Saves- National Savings in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, England, 19...

A Village Saves- National Savings in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, England, 1941 Local school mistress Mrs Scott sells Savings Stamps to Mrs Nunn, the landlady of 'The Fox' public house. Behind them, a local regular c... More

A Village Saves- National Savings in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, England, 1941 D3693

A Village Saves- National Savings in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, England, 19...

A Village Saves- National Savings in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, England, 1941 Ladies of the Lewknor Savings Committee meet for tea in the sunshine outside the home of one its members. Mrs Scott, Mrs Amor, Mrs Bate... More

A Village Saves- National Savings in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, England, 1941 D3697

A Village Saves- National Savings in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, England, 19...

A Village Saves- National Savings in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, England, 1941 A whist drive in progress in the village schoolroom, Lewknor, 1941. The prizes are paid in Savings Stamps.

A Village Saves- National Savings in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, England, 1941 D3698

A Village Saves- National Savings in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, England, 19...

A Village Saves- National Savings in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, England, 1941 This young baby, John Andrew, is 6 months old and is worth his weight in gold, as he weighs 18lb, and has �GBP18 in National Savings Certificates.

A Village Saves- National Savings in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, England, 1941 D3700

A Village Saves- National Savings in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, England, 19...

A Village Saves- National Savings in Lewknor, Oxfordshire, England, 1941 A portrait of a smiling John Andrew, aged 6 months, with his mother. John is worth his weight in gold, as he weighs 18lb and has �GBP18 ... More

A Working Class Family in Wartime- Every Day Life With the Suter Family in London, 1940 D786

A Working Class Family in Wartime- Every Day Life With the Suter Famil...

A Working Class Family in Wartime- Every Day Life With the Suter Family in London, 1940 Doris and Alan Suter examine something of interest in a bush in the front garden of their Eltham home, in the summer of 19... More

A Working Class Family in Wartime- Every Day Life With the Suter Family in London, 1940 D788

A Working Class Family in Wartime- Every Day Life With the Suter Famil...

A Working Class Family in Wartime- Every Day Life With the Suter Family in London, 1940 Mrs Suter hangs up washing on the clothes line in the garden of the family home at 44 Edgeworth Road in Eltham, South East... More

A Working Class Family in Wartime- Every Day Life With the Suter Family in London, 1940 D795

A Working Class Family in Wartime- Every Day Life With the Suter Famil...

A Working Class Family in Wartime- Every Day Life With the Suter Family in London, 1940 Mrs Suter cuts a slice of bread for her husband at the breakfast table of the family home at 44 Edgeworth Road in Eltham, ... More

All-in War Worker- Everyday Life For Mrs M Hasler, Barnes, Surrey, 1942 D9371

All-in War Worker- Everyday Life For Mrs M Hasler, Barnes, Surrey, 194...

All-in War Worker- Everyday Life For Mrs M Hasler, Barnes, Surrey, 1942 Mrs Hasler, shopping baskets in hand, checks her ration book as she leaves a shop. Two other women can be seen in the photograph outside ... More

American Aid To Britain- Life at Dyrham Park Nursery, Wiltshire, England, 1942 D8872

American Aid To Britain- Life at Dyrham Park Nursery, Wiltshire, Engla...

American Aid To Britain- Life at Dyrham Park Nursery, Wiltshire, England, 1942 Children at Dyrham Park Nursery, near Chippenham in Wiltshire, read at an open window. One is reading "Giant Sleepyhead and the Ma... More

American Aid To Britain- Life at Dyrham Park Nursery, Wiltshire, England, 1942 D8875

American Aid To Britain- Life at Dyrham Park Nursery, Wiltshire, Engla...

American Aid To Britain- Life at Dyrham Park Nursery, Wiltshire, England, 1942 Children play ring-a-roses with their nurses in the grounds of Dyrham Park near Chippenham, Wiltshire. The impressive East Front o... More

American Aid To Britain- Life at Syston Court Nursery, the Sara Delano Roosevelt Home, Gloucestershire, England, 1942 D8869

American Aid To Britain- Life at Syston Court Nursery, the Sara Delano...

American Aid To Britain- Life at Syston Court Nursery, the Sara Delano Roosevelt Home, Gloucestershire, England, 1942 A nurse holds up a child so that she can read the name plate of the nursery at which she is ... More

American Aid To Britain- Life at Syston Court Nursery, the Sara Delano Roosevelt Home, Gloucestershire, England, 1942 D8876

American Aid To Britain- Life at Syston Court Nursery, the Sara Delano...

American Aid To Britain- Life at Syston Court Nursery, the Sara Delano Roosevelt Home, Gloucestershire, England, 1942 Children sit in a circle, some on the floor and others on the window seat, to listen to a st... More

American Aid To Britain- Life at the Montclair Nursery, 1942 D8864

American Aid To Britain- Life at the Montclair Nursery, 1942 D8864

American Aid To Britain- Life at the Montclair Nursery, 1942 Children enjoy breakfast in the open air at tables set up on the terrace beside the nursery. They are helped by the nurses that run the home.

American Boy Meets British Girl- Love and Romance on the Home Front, Bournemouth, England, 1941 D4757

American Boy Meets British Girl- Love and Romance on the Home Front, B...

American Boy Meets British Girl- Love and Romance on the Home Front, Bournemouth, England, 1941 A head and shoulders portrait of the smiling happy couple. Robert Ames and Norah McMullen have just met and are c... More

American Children Give British Party- Christmas For Evacuees, Henley-on-thames, Oxfordshire, 1941 D5698

American Children Give British Party- Christmas For Evacuees, Henley-o...

American Children Give British Party- Christmas For Evacuees, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, 1941 Father Christmas hands out toys and games, including a set of building bricks, to children at a home for evacuee... More

American Embassy Representative Opens New Youth Hostel- Life at Burgage Manor Youth Hostel, Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England, UK, 1944 D21339

American Embassy Representative Opens New Youth Hostel- Life at Burgag...

American Embassy Representative Opens New Youth Hostel- Life at Burgage Manor Youth Hostel, Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England, UK, 1944 A general view of the opening ceremony of the Youth Hostel at Burgage Ma... More

American Embassy Representative Opens New Youth Hostel- Life at Burgage Manor Youth Hostel, Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England, UK, 1944 D21343

American Embassy Representative Opens New Youth Hostel- Life at Burgag...

American Embassy Representative Opens New Youth Hostel- Life at Burgage Manor Youth Hostel, Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England, UK, 1944 A group of young women wearing bobble hats climb the stairs to the femal... More

American Embassy Representative Opens New Youth Hostel- Life at Burgage Manor Youth Hostel, Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England, UK, 1944 D21344

American Embassy Representative Opens New Youth Hostel- Life at Burgag...

American Embassy Representative Opens New Youth Hostel- Life at Burgage Manor Youth Hostel, Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England, UK, 1944 Sunday lunches are prepared for the guests in the kitchen of the new you... More

American Embassy Representative Opens New Youth Hostel- Life at Burgage Manor Youth Hostel, Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England, UK, 1944 D21345

American Embassy Representative Opens New Youth Hostel- Life at Burgag...

American Embassy Representative Opens New Youth Hostel- Life at Burgage Manor Youth Hostel, Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England, UK, 1944 Land Girl Marjorie Price (originally from London) uses the telephone in ... More

American Embassy Representative Opens New Youth Hostel- Life at Burgage Manor Youth Hostel, Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England, UK, 1944 D21348

American Embassy Representative Opens New Youth Hostel- Life at Burgag...

American Embassy Representative Opens New Youth Hostel- Life at Burgage Manor Youth Hostel, Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England, UK, 1944 Mr and Mrs Barnes, wardens of the new youth hostel at Burgage Manor, Sou... More

American Embassy Representative Opens New Youth Hostel- Life at Burgage Manor Youth Hostel, Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England, UK, 1944 D21349

American Embassy Representative Opens New Youth Hostel- Life at Burgag...

American Embassy Representative Opens New Youth Hostel- Life at Burgage Manor Youth Hostel, Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England, UK, 1944 Guests at the new youth hostel at Burgage Manor, Southwell sign in upon ... More

American Red Cross Service Club, Norwich- Life at the Club at the Bishop's Palace, Norfolk, England, UK, 1943 D15828

American Red Cross Service Club, Norwich- Life at the Club at the Bish...

American Red Cross Service Club, Norwich- Life at the Club at the Bishop's Palace, Norfolk, England, UK, 1943 John H Finitzer of 806 Rudyard Road, Cleveland, Ohio plays table tennis in the wood-panelled lounge ... More

American Service Women Meet Princess Royal- Luncheon at Peterborough Town Hall, Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England, UK, 1944 D20725

American Service Women Meet Princess Royal- Luncheon at Peterborough T...

American Service Women Meet Princess Royal- Luncheon at Peterborough Town Hall, Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England, UK, 1944 In the Reception Room at Peterborough Town Hall, American service women stand i... More

Answering You- the Production of a BBC Radio Programme For the United States of America, 1941 D4567

Answering You- the Production of a BBC Radio Programme For the United ...

Answering You- the Production of a Bbc Radio Programme For the United States of America, 1941 One of the panelists on 'Answering You' was Edward Hulton, proprietor of a publishing house. Here we see Hulton (le... More

Answering You- the Production of a BBC Radio Programme For the United States of America, 1941 D4568

Answering You- the Production of a BBC Radio Programme For the United ...

Answering You- the Production of a Bbc Radio Programme For the United States of America, 1941 One of the panelists on 'Answering You' was Edward Hulton, proprietor of a publishing house. Here we see Hulton (ri... More

Army Post Office- Correspondence and Mail in Wartime, England, UK, 1944 D20382

Army Post Office- Correspondence and Mail in Wartime, England, UK, 194...

Army Post Office- Correspondence and Mail in Wartime, England, UK, 1944 A busy scene in a disused dance hall, somewhere in the Midlands, which is now used as the Army Post Office. Sorting is underway by member... More

Army Post Office- Correspondence and Mail in Wartime, England, UK, 1944 D20384

Army Post Office- Correspondence and Mail in Wartime, England, UK, 194...

Army Post Office- Correspondence and Mail in Wartime, England, UK, 1944 A busy scene in a disused dance hall, somewhere in the Midlands, which is now used as the Army Post Office. Sorting is underway by member... More

At the British Army School of Hygiene, a sergeant instructor demonstrates the use of a knapsack spray to American servicemen, 1944. D19477

At the British Army School of Hygiene, a sergeant instructor demonstra...

At the British Army School of Hygiene, a sergeant instructor demonstrates the use of a knapsack spray to American servicemen, 1944. At the British Army School of Hygiene, a sergeant instructor demonstrates the ... More

At Wotton-under-Edge police station, Sergeant Auger (seated at the head of the table) chats to some of the twenty-two Special Constables who have joined the three regualrs in keeping law and order in the town, 1944. D22047

At Wotton-under-Edge police station, Sergeant Auger (seated at the hea...

At Wotton-under-Edge police station, Sergeant Auger (seated at the head of the table) chats to some of the twenty-two Special Constables who have joined the three regualrs in keeping law and order in the town, ... More

Autumn on An English Farm, Kingston Blount, Oxfordshire, 1941 D5081

Autumn on An English Farm, Kingston Blount, Oxfordshire, 1941 D5081

Autumn on An English Farm, Kingston Blount, Oxfordshire, 1941 Joseph Hill, billeting officer and local farmer, helps Mrs Holdsworth to fill in her subsistence form at the table in her cottage. Two of the three... More

Ballet Goes To the Factory- Dance and Entertainment Organised by the Council For the Encouragement of Music and the Arts, England, 1943 D14036

Ballet Goes To the Factory- Dance and Entertainment Organised by the C...

Ballet Goes To the Factory- Dance and Entertainment Organised by the Council For the Encouragement of Music and the Arts, England, 1943 Dancers Marguerite Stewart (left) and Olivia Sarel of the Ballet Rambert l... More

Ballet Goes To the Factory- Dance and Entertainment Organised by the Council For the Encouragement of Music and the Arts, England, 1943 D14038

Ballet Goes To the Factory- Dance and Entertainment Organised by the C...

Ballet Goes To the Factory- Dance and Entertainment Organised by the Council For the Encouragement of Music and the Arts, England, 1943 Marie Rambert (centre), founder and director of the Ballet Rambert, demons... More

Ballet Goes To the Factory- Dance and Entertainment Organised by the Council For the Encouragement of Music and the Arts, England, 1943 D14039

Ballet Goes To the Factory- Dance and Entertainment Organised by the C...

Ballet Goes To the Factory- Dance and Entertainment Organised by the Council For the Encouragement of Music and the Arts, England, 1943 Marie Rambert, founder and director of the Ballet Rambert (left), directs ... More

Ballet Goes To the Factory- Dance and Entertainment Organised by the Council For the Encouragement of Music and the Arts, England, 1943 D14046

Ballet Goes To the Factory- Dance and Entertainment Organised by the C...

Ballet Goes To the Factory- Dance and Entertainment Organised by the Council For the Encouragement of Music and the Arts, England, 1943 The Ballet Rambert's performance of 'Peter and the Wolf' begins on the sta... More

Ballet Goes To the Factory- Dance and Entertainment Organised by the Council For the Encouragement of Music and the Arts, England, 1943 D14048

Ballet Goes To the Factory- Dance and Entertainment Organised by the C...

Ballet Goes To the Factory- Dance and Entertainment Organised by the Council For the Encouragement of Music and the Arts, England, 1943 A view of the stage in the factory canteen, taken from 'the wings', showin... More

Ballet Goes To the Factory- Dance and Entertainment Organised by the Council For the Encouragement of Music and the Arts, England, 1943 D14054

Ballet Goes To the Factory- Dance and Entertainment Organised by the C...

Ballet Goes To the Factory- Dance and Entertainment Organised by the Council For the Encouragement of Music and the Arts, England, 1943 Factory workers relax and enjoy the performance of 'Peter and the Wolf' be... More

Ballet Goes To the Factory- Dance and Entertainment Organised by the Council For the Encouragement of Music and the Arts, England, 1943 D14055

Ballet Goes To the Factory- Dance and Entertainment Organised by the C...

Ballet Goes To the Factory- Dance and Entertainment Organised by the Council For the Encouragement of Music and the Arts, England, 1943 Members of the Ballet Rambert return to the factory workers' hostel follow... More

Bathing Pool- Entertainment and Relaxation in the Open Air, Guildford, Surrey, England, 1943 D15968

Bathing Pool- Entertainment and Relaxation in the Open Air, Guildford,...

Bathing Pool- Entertainment and Relaxation in the Open Air, Guildford, Surrey, England, 1943 A busy scene of children at play in the sunshine in the paddling pool at Guildford Lido. The pool is surrounded by g... More

Bathing Pool- Entertainment and Relaxation in the Open Air, Guildford, Surrey, England, 1943 D15969

Bathing Pool- Entertainment and Relaxation in the Open Air, Guildford,...

Bathing Pool- Entertainment and Relaxation in the Open Air, Guildford, Surrey, England, 1943 A father helps his son get dried after a dip in the paddling pool at Guildford Lido. In the foreground, a woman sits... More

Bathing Pool- Entertainment and Relaxation in the Open Air, Guildford, Surrey, England, 1943 D15973

Bathing Pool- Entertainment and Relaxation in the Open Air, Guildford,...

Bathing Pool- Entertainment and Relaxation in the Open Air, Guildford, Surrey, England, 1943 A young boy, rubber ring around his chest, launches himself into the water at Guildford Lido. His father is already ... More

Bathing Pool- Entertainment and Relaxation in the Open Air, Guildford, Surrey, England, 1943 D15978

Bathing Pool- Entertainment and Relaxation in the Open Air, Guildford,...

Bathing Pool- Entertainment and Relaxation in the Open Air, Guildford, Surrey, England, 1943 Parents doze in the sunshine whilst their children play in the water at Guildford Lido. The fountain, which can be s... More

British Workers Guard Their Work- Civilian Firefighters, England, 1941 D4361

British Workers Guard Their Work- Civilian Firefighters, England, 1941...

British Workers Guard Their Work- Civilian Firefighters, England, 1941 Fireman Brook practices using his fireman's hose during a training exercise. He is one of many volunteer firefighters at the factory where... More

British Workers Guard Their Work- Civilian Firefighters, England, 1941 D4362

British Workers Guard Their Work- Civilian Firefighters, England, 1941...

British Workers Guard Their Work- Civilian Firefighters, England, 1941 A group of volunteer firefighters at this Ministry of Supply factory play darts and Shove Ha'penny to pass the time whilst on their shift. ... More

Captain Robert Russell of the US Army inspecting work in the kitchen of a NAAFI canteen in England during 1943. D17237

Captain Robert Russell of the US Army inspecting work in the kitchen o...

Captain Robert Russell of the US Army inspecting work in the kitchen of a NAAFI canteen in England during 1943. Captain Robert W Russell (of 544 Wyoming Avenue, Wyoming, Pennsylvania) inspects work in the kitch... More

Catholic Public School- Everyday Life at Ampleforth College, York, England, UK, 1943 D17342

Catholic Public School- Everyday Life at Ampleforth College, York, Eng...

Catholic Public School- Everyday Life at Ampleforth College, York, England, UK, 1943 A wide view of the college hall at Ampleforth, taken from above, showing boys at work on private study. Just visible under t... More

Catholic Public School- Everyday Life at Ampleforth College, York, England, UK, 1943 D17345

Catholic Public School- Everyday Life at Ampleforth College, York, Eng...

Catholic Public School- Everyday Life at Ampleforth College, York, England, UK, 1943 Boys study zoology in one of the laboratories at Ampleforth College. According to the original caption, many Ampleforth boys... More

Catholic Public School- Everyday Life at Ampleforth College, York, England, UK, 1943 D17347

Catholic Public School- Everyday Life at Ampleforth College, York, Eng...

Catholic Public School- Everyday Life at Ampleforth College, York, England, UK, 1943 During a Science lesson at Ampleforth college, boys in the middle section of the school are gathered round a bench in the Che... More

Catholic Public School- Everyday Life at Ampleforth College, York, England, UK, 1943 D17351

Catholic Public School- Everyday Life at Ampleforth College, York, Eng...

Catholic Public School- Everyday Life at Ampleforth College, York, England, UK, 1943 Boys in their final year at Ampleforth College study in the extensive library, as the winter sun streams in through the large... More

Catholic Public School- Everyday Life at Ampleforth College, York, England, UK, 1943 D17353

Catholic Public School- Everyday Life at Ampleforth College, York, Eng...

Catholic Public School- Everyday Life at Ampleforth College, York, England, UK, 1943 Boys in the final year at Ampleforth College engage in some private study in the extensive and ornate library. Books are arr... More

Catholic Public School- Everyday Life at Ampleforth College, York, England, UK, 1943 D17355

Catholic Public School- Everyday Life at Ampleforth College, York, Eng...

Catholic Public School- Everyday Life at Ampleforth College, York, England, UK, 1943 Boys at Ampleforth College participate in a Physical Training class on the flagstones beside the impressive facade of the Col... More

Catholic Public School- Everyday Life at Ampleforth College, York, England, UK, 1943 D17357

Catholic Public School- Everyday Life at Ampleforth College, York, Eng...

Catholic Public School- Everyday Life at Ampleforth College, York, England, UK, 1943 Two of the older boys who act as monitors at Ampleforth College enjoy tea and toast beside the fireplace in their study. The... More

Catholic Public School- Everyday Life at Ampleforth College, York, England, UK, 1943 D17360

Catholic Public School- Everyday Life at Ampleforth College, York, Eng...

Catholic Public School- Everyday Life at Ampleforth College, York, England, UK, 1943 Boys at Ampleforth College play rugby on the school playing field in the winter sunshine. The original caption states that r... More

Catholic Public School- Everyday Life at Ampleforth College, York, England, UK, 1943 D17370

Catholic Public School- Everyday Life at Ampleforth College, York, Eng...

Catholic Public School- Everyday Life at Ampleforth College, York, England, UK, 1943 A preparatory school for younger boys is held at Gilling Castle, three miles from Ampleforth, to prepare boys for entrance to... More

Catholic Public School- Everyday Life at Ampleforth College, York, England, UK, 1943 D17372

Catholic Public School- Everyday Life at Ampleforth College, York, Eng...

Catholic Public School- Everyday Life at Ampleforth College, York, England, UK, 1943 A preparatory school for younger boys is held at Gilling Castle, three miles from Ampleforth, to prepare boys for entrance to... More

Chester Railway Station, England, C 1944 D18523

Chester Railway Station, England, C 1944 D18523

Chester Railway Station, England, C 1944 A striking photograph showing a British Army soldier caught in a shaft of sunlight as he crosses the footbridge at Chester Station, c 1944.

Children learning maths by adding up the costs of a shopping list in a classroom gorcery shop at Fen Ditton Junior School, Cambridgeshire in December 1944. D23629

Children learning maths by adding up the costs of a shopping list in a...

Children learning maths by adding up the costs of a shopping list in a classroom gorcery shop at Fen Ditton Junior School, Cambridgeshire in December 1944. Children enjoy a maths lesson with a difference at Fen... More

Children make use of the library in a newly constructed County School, 1945. D25741

Children make use of the library in a newly constructed County School,...

Children make use of the library in a newly constructed County School, 1945. Children make use of the library in a newly constructed County School.

Christmas 1944 in the Devereux house in Pinner. The Christmas tree was a gift from Mr Devereux, who was serving in Italy. The tree was purchased through the 'Gifts to Home League' of the YMCA. D23010

Christmas 1944 in the Devereux house in Pinner. The Christmas tree was...

Christmas 1944 in the Devereux house in Pinner. The Christmas tree was a gift from Mr Devereux, who was serving in Italy. The tree was purchased through the 'Gifts to Home League' of the YMCA. In the living roo... More

Christmas dinner for children in a home for evacuees at Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, 1941. D5703

Christmas dinner for children in a home for evacuees at Henley-on-Tham...

Christmas dinner for children in a home for evacuees at Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, 1941. Children enjoy their Christmas dinner at this home for evacuees in Henley-on-Thames. Behind the long table at which ... More

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