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Guildford Place in Newcastle seen here following a overnight air raid in 1941
Duty calls - these young men answered the call to arms as they queued outside Maple Street recruiting office in Newcastle
Students are employed to fill bags with soil to protect Newcastle Dental Hospital in case of enemy attack
World War two victory celebrations
At 3pm on 8 May 1945, Prime Minister, Winston Churchill announced that the war in Europe would end at midnight. London erupted into a massive chorus of jubilation and celebration
This was a really happy party of Percy Main mothers and young children snapped while waiting for the evacuation train at the station
A relic of the First World War among a lorry load of scrap metal which toured Newcastle in July 1940 in connection with Salvage Week
The "Best-Kept Gardens"contest for Condercum Estate, NewcastleThe " Best-Kept Gardens" contest for Condercum Estate, Newcastle. Tenants brought to light a new angle on gardening - how to make the A.R.P
Unloading a German Messerschmitt plane shot down over England, at Blyth Market Place, January, 1941
South Shields Market Place in October 1941, the morning after heavy bombing during a World War Two air raid
Householders in Oakhurst Terrace, Benton, Newcastle have given their garden railings to help the drive for scrap iron. August 1940
Two air raid wardens cause a stir as they stroll in February 1939 in full regalia
The home guard in the North East circa 1940
Tyneside mothers and children prepare to leave for the Lake District as the war starts
Volunteers prepare a meal for families made homeless by bombing in October, 1941
Work in progress on one of the air raid shelters which is being constructed by the Newcastle authorities for the residents of Noble Street
In one of the air raids on the North-East during April, 1941, business premises of Messrs. Binns, Sunderland were destroyed by fire. Picture shows firemen still at work the following day
Residents of Links Avenue, Monkseaton, who decided to construct their own communal air raid shelter, pictured at work on the first trench, August 1939
Sandbags surrounding the Town Hall in Birmingham during the war. September 1939
Petrol Rationing in Birmingham September 1939 People queue for petrol coupons at the outbreak of the second world war
Sandbags being piled up outside Birmingham Magistrates Court during the war. 12/9/1939
World War Two - Evacuation of children from the safety of the English countryside at the start of the Secopnd World War
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Winston Churchill seen here in deep conversation with Admiral Ramsay on their way to the Mulberry harbour on Sword Beach for a tour of inspection of the Normandy Bridgehead 6 days after the D-Day
St Pauls Cathedral flood lit during VE day celebrations May 1945
World War Two Home Guard stand down parade in George Square Glasgow December 1944
A mother tends to her young son in an underground bomb shelter during an air raid while her daughter settles into a bed made from a wooden fruit box
Vera Lynn Famous Singer and heart throb of the British troops during the WW2 II seen her entertaining troops Dbase MSI WW2
Bomb damaged offices in St Georges Square Liverpool after a WW2 air raid 1941
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Merseyside Bomb Damage 1940 Civilians and rescue workers search through the the bomb damage buildings in the centre of Liverpool following a bombing raid by the Luftwaffe (The German Airforce)
Paratroops from the US 6th Airborne Division enjoy a swim in a canal near the battlefront during WW2 1944
British soldiers boarding troop ship for France during WW2
WW2 Sailors dancing to a military band on the Hoe in Plymouth 1941
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visit the East End, London during WW2 1939 - 1945 A serviceman shows a picture of two children Queen Mother Duke
Women during WW2 - 1939 Parents and children help to sandbag the main entrance to manchester Grammer School before the school was re opened after the begining of the war WW2
Bertrand Russell Februray 1962 Pictured at a Ban the Bomb meeting in Trafalgar Square in 1962. Born at Trelleck, Wales, 18 May 1872, educated at Cambridge where he became a lecturer in 1895
WW2 France British soldiers taking a bath in tubs 1939 Washing Community Laughter
Winston Churchill MP member of the WW2 War Cabinet 1939
Comedian Sandy Powell and cast of Can You See Me Mother entertaining soldiers during the interval at the matinee at the London Coliseum / Colosseum during WW2 1939
ENSA entertains the troops somewhere in Sussex as they wait for their posting to the front during WW2 1939
River emergency service at outbreak of WW2 September 1939 OP248 A y2k
Post War Food Rationing During the Second World War, (1939-45), there were a lot of shortages of essential foodstuffs, not just luxuries
Members of the Royal Family pass under Admiralty Arch, London, during the Victory Day procession Soldiers parade past Nelsons Column Flags flying the Union Jack in celebration June 1946
Evacuees returning from Leicestershire play in the street outside their tenement block in the East End of London A boy swings around the lamp post on a rope as their mothers look on WW2 Home Front
