1940s Collection (page 7)

WW2 Air Raids Ilford Essex East London WW2 Bomb damage in Ilford East London after an air raid is looked over by emergency service as they look for survivors amongst the rubble of collapsed

WW2 bomb damage in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, East Anglia. June 1943

Women Wrestling in 1941

Joe Louis with female model cheerleader feeling the size of his bicep at Earls Court

Wimbledon tennis star Gertrude "Gussie"Moran showing off her new style dress
Wimbledon tennis star Gertrude " Gussie" Moran showing off her new style dress and pants. June 1949

World War II Women. 14 yrs old Delsia Barnes of Ivybridge, Devon has taken the place of her brother at Robert Babers saddlery. Her brother is a prisoner of war

Theres a shortage of stockings, and a shortage of coupons among the women of Tyneside, but they have found a way of beating the Board of Trade by getting stockings coupon free

Coal Miners shower after their shift in the pit head. February 1942 P018169

World War II Fashion 1939 knickers bloomers underwear

World War II Fashion 1939 womens underwear knickers

13th November 1945. Chelsea vs. Moscow Dynamo. OPS: Chelsea line up

Manchester City v. United. Captains shake hands before the Derby. 20th September 1947. Mr C Fletcher of Northwich. He refereed the 1947 Manchester derby wearing a jacket and shorts, a high neck

Billiard Room at the Racquet Club, Upper Parliament Street, Liverpool, December 1947

The shape of things to come. *** Location unknown.*** Three ATS (The Auxiliary Territorial Service) ladies take a look into the future

Lifeboatmen pf Walmer, Kent, including Coxwain Fred Upton. 25th November 1945

The christening ceremony of the Rhyl lifeboat Gordon Warren by Lady Scarisbrick. Picture shows Lady Scarisbrick christening the lifeboat with lifeboat crew and cox in attendance. 14th September 1946

Clearing snow off railway lines at Hartington, Derbyshire Peak District, England, during the harsh winter of 1947, using the recently developed Jet Engine

Rolls Royce and Railway staff, carrying out trials with a jet engine to clear snow off railway lines, Derbyshire Peak District, England, during the harsh winter of 1947

Residents of Beche Road, Cambridge pose during street party celebrations, held on VE Day at the end of the Second World War in Europe. 8th May 1945

Czechoslovak pilots of No. 310 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF and their British flight commanders grouped in front of Hawker Hurricane Mark I, P3143 NN-D, at Duxford, Cambridgeshire

Firemen tackling fires in Ave Maria Lane, London, started by high explosive and incendiary bombs dropped by the Luftwaffe on the night of 29th December 1940

A turntable ladder of the London Fire Brigade tacklest fires close to Waterloo railway station as nine thousand incendiary

A London Transport double decker bus stopped on St Pauls Churchyard l. As over nine thousand incendiary and high explosive bombs fall on the City of London, 29th December 1940

Members of the public inspect a crater in Albert Bridge Road, Battersea, London, following a daylight raid. February 16th 1941

Damage to Ethelburga Street School following a daylight raid on Battersea, London. February 16th 1941

East End greengrocer doing his best to remain open for his customers despite the inconvenience of the shop and his home being bombed by the Luftwaffe during the air raids on London in the Second

Fire crews, police and ARP wardens help salvage furniture from properties close to Taylors Great Central Depository in St Georges Road, Southwark

Devastation at Upton Park following a V2 missile explosion in which 16 people were killed. 28th January 1945

The bomb damaged shell of the Coliseum Theatre, Bristol, following the Luftwaffe raid on the city. Circa November 1940

Bomb damage to Plymouth following a tip an run raid by Luftwaffe fighter bomber aircraft on the town. Circa April 8th 1941

Damage to Ashford, Kent following a tip and run attack by Luftwaffe fighter bombers. 24th March 1943

Bomb damage to Telham Road and Vicarage Lane, East Ham, following several heavy air raids on the capital. Circa March 1941

Under the educational and valuational training scheme the R. A. F
Under the educational and valuational training scheme the R.A.F. Station at Arundel have stared a dramatic school. John Dobbas, professional ballet dancer instructs a ballet class

Petty Office Cock (right) survivor of the sinking of HMS Hardy at Narvik seen here with entertainer Teddy Brown. Circa 20th April 1940

Damage to Fetter Lane, London following a V1 explosion in the capital. 19th July 1944

Red Cross flag seller in central London catches up on the latest news from Normandy following the Allied invasion. 7th June 1944

Mr Ernest Bevan the Foreign Secretary seen here leaving 10 Downing Street following the Prime Minister broadcast to the country on VJ Day. 15th August 1945

Prime Minister Clement Attlee seen here on the steps of 10 Downing Street after his broadcast to the nation on VJ Day. 15th August 1945

Famous brothers meet on land: Lieutenant General Sir Alan Cunningham of the British Army, Commander-in-Chief of the British Middle East Command, with his older brother

Flight Sergeant J. Leaky, aged 57, and 48 year old Sergeant J. R
Flight Sergeant J. Leaky, aged 57, and 48 year old Sergeant J.R. Caudlish, two " grandads" of the Royal Air Force

Stage Door Canteen, 201 Piccadilly, Central London. Masses of rubbish have to be cleared out before alterations for the Club can be carried out

An Air Raid Precaution (ARP) warden and a messenger who wears the 1941 dark blue uniform, which later became the standard for most Civil Defence workers. 13th August 1941

Child refugees washing in Salisbury Cathedral during the Second World War. 25th November 1940

Reconnaissance equipment is fitted to the fuselage of a Spitfire by airmen of a Royal Air Force Reconnaissance Unit before flying out on a mission

Floodlights light the scene of a V2 explosion close to Tottenham Court Road which killed 9 civilians and injured 46 and badly damaged the Whitfield Memorial Chapel. 25th March 1945

Damage to housing in Fulham, London, following an air raid on the city, carried out by the Luftwaffe as a revenge attack to the RAF bombing of Berlin. 3rd March 1943

A prototype Cromwell tank is put through its paces for, and then inspected by King George VI and the Queen at an un-named Midlands tank factory. 26th February 1942

Soldiers of an anti aircraft battery in the West Midlands, seen here training. 12 December 1941

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