Blitz Collection (page 4)

The remains of Union Street, Bristol, Avon and Somerset, photographed from the nearby Odeon Cinema. 24th November 1940 Bristol was Englands fifth most heavily bombed city

The bombed site of Scull & Sons, Sanitary Engineers, in Redcliffe Street, Bristol, Somerset. Pictured after a German air raid in world War Two

View of the damage to to Mark Street, Cardiff following an air raid by bombers German Luftwaffe on the city on 29th April 1941

View of the damage to Ben Evans devastated shop at Wind Street, Swansea following an air raid by bombers German Luftwaffe on the city on 16th February 1943

View showing the damage to pensioners bungalows in a residential area of Lincoln following an air raid by bombers of the German Luftwaffe on the night of 8th - 9th May 1941. 8th May 1941

View showing the damage to St Michael and All Angels church in Waddington, Lincolnshire following an air raid by bombers of the German Luftwaffe on the night of 8th - 9th May 1941

A view of the west corridor of St. Georges Hall in central Liverpool, where courts and a robing room were completely destroyed by bombs from a German air raid during gar night of 21st - 22nd December

View showing the damage to a school in Lincolnshire following an air raid by bombers of the German Luftwaffe. Circa May 1941

Air Raid Precaution training and demonstration taking place in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire during the Second World War, in preparation for German air raids on the town. 19th June 1939

Residents of Peel Street, Lincoln digging trenches as precautions against possible air raids in the city during the Second World War. 12th September 1939

Residents of Skellingthorpe Road, Lincoln digging trenches as precautions against possible air raids in the city during the Second World War. 1940

Residents of a residential are of Cardiff, Wales salvage goods from their homes after it was damaged by German bombs following a raid by the Luftwaffe in the Second World War. Circa 1941

These girls in an Essex coastal town have joined a roof spotters corps and are offering their services to any organisation or company that requires a spotter

A spotter in a city area finds the safe custody of his steel helmet for his two bottles of beer. November 1940

Firemen attend to a roaring blaze at a house on Tilehurst Road, London after it was struck by German incendiary bombs during the blitz in World War Two. Circa September 1940

The Royal Hospital, Salford, Manchester, after it was bombed in World War Two. Bombed in June 1941. Raids on Manchester started in August 1940 and lasted until June 1941

How to extinguish an incendiary bomb. If a stirrup pump is unavailable, a half-filled sand bag should be held up to protect the face and upper body

How to extinguish a fire bomb. A man crouches in the doorway of a smoke filled room and aims his stirrup pump around the edge of the door in an attempt to extinguish the fire. January 1941

A London timber stack reduced to charcoal after being ravaged by fire during the blitz. December 1940

The Central Telegraph Office in London through which more than a quarter of the total telegraph traffic of Britain passed, was totally destroyed by fire on the night of 29th - 30th December

Women in Bristol learning how to put out the fires. Bristol was hit badly in The Blitz, along with the rest of the United Kingdom. Neighbours always helped each other out. Picture taken 8th June 1940

Second Great Fire of London. Scenes outside the Bank of England. December 1940

Wall round Bank Subway, London, following an air raid attack. Circa 1941

Second Great Fire of London. Amen Corner shops blaze furiously during H. E fire raid
Second Great Fire of London. Amen Corner shops blaze furiously during H.E fire raid. 29th December 1940

Shoe lane and Stonecutter Lane, London, damaged during the Nazi raids on 10th May 1941

Bomb damage at Plymouth, Devon, following an air raid attack. Circa 1941

The Second Great Fire of London. Fire and H. E blitz. Fire appliances
The Second Great Fire of London. Fire and H.E blitz. Fire appliances, hose etc buried under debris at B.D.V Tobacco Co. City Road. Two firemen were killed and several others injured

Enemy Raids on the North West, England, 30th August 1940

Bomb damage at Fetter Lane, London. Geraldine House, the Daily Mirror offices, can be seen in the distance. Circa 1941

The Second Great Fire of London. Huge crater outside the Bank. 30th December 1940

All that was left of the Sheffield trams after the raiders had passed. Sheffield workers went to their tasks handicapped by the crippled transport services but still they went to it determined

View looking down Oxford Street in Swansea, South Wales after three nights of heavy bombing by the German Luftwaffe in the blitz of the city. 24th February 1941

Children continue to play games and enjoy adventures, even amongst the desolation caused by German Luftwaffe air raids in Manchester, northern England during the Second World War. 25th June 1943

The remains of a bus, destroyed in Stepney, East London following an air raid by the German Luftwaffe in the Blitz. 15th December 1940

Scene showing the salvaged equipment of a burnt-out hospital in Weston Super Mare following an air raid by the German Luftwaffe during the Second World War. 28th June 1942

A dog rescued from a destroyed building by Air Raid Precaution wardens (ARP) following an air raid by the German Luftwaffe in London during there Second world War. 14th October 1940

Scene showing considerable damage to the front of a bus following an air raid by the German Luftwaffe during the Second World War. 18th August 1940

Bomb damage in central Bristol after an air raid by the Nazi German Luftwaffe one the night of 24th November 1940 during the Bristol Blitz of the Second World War

These little pigs investigate the bomb crater in their orchard following an air raid by the Nazi German Luftwaffe on a farm in South West England during the Second World War. 9th August 1940

Bomb damaged Castle Street in central Bristol the morning after an air raid by the Nazi German Luftwaffe on the night of 24th November 1940 during the Bristol Blitz of the Second World War

Firefighters tackle a blaze in Kings Street, central Bristol following the Good Friday air raids by the Nazi German Luftwaffe, one of the major assaults of the Bristol Blitz. 11th April 1941

Bomb damaged Park Street in central Bristol, after an air raid by the Nazi German Luftwaffe on the night of 24th November 1940 during the Bristol Blitz of the Second World War. 25th November 1940

Bomb damage in Bristol after an air raid by the Nazi German Luftwaffe during the Bristol Blitz in the Second World War. Picture shows: Bomb crater in a residential area of Bristol. Circa 1941

London Blitz, Police, Firemen and Troops search wreckage, June 1942. Sunday Pictorial Published Picture 07/06/1942

Father Christmas surprises children sheltering in the tunnels of London Underground, December 1940. Sunday Pictorial Published Picture 22/12/1940

Several people were slightly injured when a bomb struck the corner of Kings Heath public baths which was being used as a First Aid post in Birmingham during the Second World War. 30th October 1940

Two women salvaging the stock after their shop had been burnt out buy incendiary bombs, following an air raid by thew German Luftwaffe on a West Midlands town during the Second world War

Damage to shops and houses in a West Midlands town following an air raid during the Second World War. Not a single windows has remained in tact. Circa August 1940

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