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Forties Collection (#11)

Background imageForties Collection: Latex being cut for straps for corsets and girdles at the Spirella Corset factory in

Latex being cut for straps for corsets and girdles at the Spirella Corset factory in Letchworth 14th January 1949

Background imageForties Collection: Au Fait girdle being sewn at the Spirella Corset factory in Letchworth 14th January 1949

Au Fait girdle being sewn at the Spirella Corset factory in Letchworth 14th January 1949

Background imageForties Collection: Au Fait girdle manufacture at the Spirella Corset factory in Letchworth 14th January 1949

Au Fait girdle manufacture at the Spirella Corset factory in Letchworth 14th January 1949 Straps being attached to a girdle

Background imageForties Collection: Workers at K & L Steel Founders and Engineer Limited seen here preparing a cast for

Workers at K & L Steel Founders and Engineer Limited seen here preparing a cast for the manufacture of mobile crane components, Letchworth. Circa November 1949

Background imageForties Collection: A worker at K & L Steel Founders and Engineer Limited seen here preparing a furnace for

A worker at K & L Steel Founders and Engineer Limited seen here preparing a furnace for the casting of mobile crane components, Letchworth. Circa November 1949

Background imageForties Collection: Completed mobile cranes awaiting delivery at the Jones Crane factory, Letchworth

Completed mobile cranes awaiting delivery at the Jones Crane factory, Letchworth, Circa November 1949

Background imageForties Collection: Air raid warden with nurse and baby in arms seen demonstrating the new gas helmet during

Air raid warden with nurse and baby in arms seen demonstrating the new gas helmet during an air raid gas exercise on Merseyside 24th July 1941

Background imageForties Collection: A girl telephonist at the main A. R. P. control centre of Liverpool operating her phone

A girl telephonist at the main A. R. P. control centre of Liverpool operating her phone
A girl telephonist at the main A.R.P. control centre of Liverpool operating her phone while wearing a gas mask. 13th April 1941

Background imageForties Collection: Theres a look of keen anticipation on the faces of these Bevin Boys about to make

Theres a look of keen anticipation on the faces of these Bevin Boys about to make their first descent of the Moirrison Pit. 19th January 1944

Background imageForties Collection: Boy trainees get their lamps before going below to the Ashington Colliery Company

Boy trainees get their lamps before going below to the Ashington Colliery Companys underground school. 30th April 1942

Background imageForties Collection: Bevin Boys attendng the Annefield Plain pit school seen leaving the Morrison Pit after

Bevin Boys attendng the Annefield Plain pit school seen leaving the Morrison Pit after descending the mine. 23rd January 1944

Background imageForties Collection: HMS Cossack returns to Leith on 17 February 1940, after rescuing the British prisoners

HMS Cossack returns to Leith on 17 February 1940, after rescuing the British prisoners held in Graf Spees supply ship Altmark

Background imageForties Collection: Peddler Palmer with his penny farthing bicycle still in perfect running order after 55

Peddler Palmer with his penny farthing bicycle still in perfect running order after 55 years. 9th September 1948

Background imageForties Collection: Escapologist demonstrating their skills in the Birmingham Bull Ring, West Midlands

Escapologist demonstrating their skills in the Birmingham Bull Ring, West Midlands. 30th July 1947

Background imageForties Collection: Middlesbrough legends George Hardwick and Wilf Mannion line up with the England team

Middlesbrough legends George Hardwick and Wilf Mannion line up with the England team. Circa 1948

Background imageForties Collection: The Thornton Varley site, Brook Street, Hull 8th May 1941

The Thornton Varley site, Brook Street, Hull 8th May 1941

Background imageForties Collection: ARP personnel and rescue workers did through the rubble of Sculcoates Lane

ARP personnel and rescue workers did through the rubble of Sculcoates Lane, Hull looking for survivors following the raid on the city 7th - 8th May 1941

Background imageForties Collection: Giant vacuum cleaner seen here during the clean up following the Luftwaffe raid on Hull

Giant vacuum cleaner seen here during the clean up following the Luftwaffe raid on Hull 24th June 1943

Background imageForties Collection: A unexploded parachute mine outside 10 Ellerby Grove, East Hull being visually inspected

A unexploded parachute mine outside 10 Ellerby Grove, East Hull being visually inspected before being defused. 23rd February 1941

Background imageForties Collection: The Grand Hotel and Corbyn Head Torquay Circa 1940s The elm trees fell victim to

The Grand Hotel and Corbyn Head Torquay Circa 1940s The elm trees fell victim to Dutch Elm Disease in the 1970s

Background imageForties Collection: House in Park Hill Road, Torquay partly destroyed by a bomb during an air raid

House in Park Hill Road, Torquay partly destroyed by a bomb during an air raid. 29th May 1944

Background imageForties Collection: Pilots from 501 squadron show off the tailplane rudder of a Messerschmitt 109 at RAF

Pilots from 501 squadron show off the tailplane rudder of a Messerschmitt 109 at RAF Filton in 1st November 1940

Background imageForties Collection: Quarry Steps, Clifton, Bristol 1949

Quarry Steps, Clifton, Bristol 1949

Background imageForties Collection: The Stag and Hounds in Old Market war time Bristol

The Stag and Hounds in Old Market war time Bristol

Background imageForties Collection: Bristol Bridge in 1940, bomb damage in Victoria Street next to George

Bristol Bridge in 1940, bomb damage in Victoria Street next to Georges Brewery Bristol Blitz Between 24 November 1940 and 11 April 1941 there were six major bombing raids on Bristol

Background imageForties Collection: Dads Army, the Home Guard, in Bristol and Somerset between 1940 and 1942

Dads Army, the Home Guard, in Bristol and Somerset between 1940 and 1942

Background imageForties Collection: Bristol Blitz War time pictures of destruction visited on the city by German bombers

Bristol Blitz War time pictures of destruction visited on the city by German bombers. 12th April 1941 Between 24 November 1940 and 11 April 1941 there were six major bombing raids on Bristol

Background imageForties Collection: Remains of the Tivoli cinema in Weston Super Mare after the air raid of the 28th June

Remains of the Tivoli cinema in Weston Super Mare after the air raid of the 28th June 1942

Background imageForties Collection: Womens Land Army girls with a tractor probably taken on farms in North Somerset

Womens Land Army girls with a tractor probably taken on farms in North Somerset during the Second World War. Circa June 1942

Background imageForties Collection: Easton Road, Bristol the morning after a large air raid on the city

Easton Road, Bristol the morning after a large air raid on the city. The bus in the foreground was from the Lawrence Hill depot and was destroyed by a bomb. Victor T

Background imageForties Collection: Farmer Harold Robert Mapstone with Mr Green and Jack Humphreys on hay wagon Glastonbury

Farmer Harold Robert Mapstone with Mr Green and Jack Humphreys on hay wagon Glastonbury 1945

Background imageForties Collection: St Mary Le Port Church Tower All that was left after the bombing of World War II Circa

St Mary Le Port Church Tower All that was left after the bombing of World War II Circa 1946

Background imageForties Collection: A 12000 lb cookie bomb compared with a 500 lb and 1000lb bomb

A 12000 lb cookie bomb compared with a 500 lb and 1000lb bomb, which has been used by the RAF on bombing raids on industrial tragets in occupied France and Germany during World War Two March 1944

Background imageForties Collection: World War Two - Evacuation of children This happy study of evacuees from Heaton

World War Two - Evacuation of children This happy study of evacuees from Heaton, Newcastle, shows a school class setting out for a nature study in the woods " somewhere in Northumberland"

Background imageForties Collection: War - World War II - RAF - Battle of Britain 'Tin-Legs'

War - World War II - RAF - Battle of Britain "Tin-Legs"
War - World War II - RAF - Battle of Britain " Tin-Legs" Group Captain Douglas Bader pictured with a Hurricane fighter after officially opening the Swansea air show yesterday - 30th May 1976

Background imageForties Collection: Casualties being tended at a field dressing station, June 1942

Casualties being tended at a field dressing station, June 1942. As the Afrika Corps pushes the British Army back towards the Egyptian border

Background imageForties Collection: A nurse who was a dancer shows the children an exercise at the Thames Side war nursery

A nurse who was a dancer shows the children an exercise at the Thames Side war nursery. This is the biggest nursery of its kind in London

Background imageForties Collection: Women wearing gas masks while watching a cookery. June 1941

Women wearing gas masks while watching a cookery. June 1941

Background imageForties Collection: World War Two. These four women of the WaF, the Womens Auxiliary Air Force

World War Two. These four women of the WaF, the Womens Auxiliary Air Force, are working on the Rolls Royce engine of the Hurricane. women mechanics July 1942

Background imageForties Collection: George Sizeland wears a World War Two gas mask as his sister, Marie, looks on. circa 1939

George Sizeland wears a World War Two gas mask as his sister, Marie, looks on. circa 1939

Background imageForties Collection: The shattered nave of Llandaff Cathedral in the harsh light of dawn on January 3rd

The shattered nave of Llandaff Cathedral in the harsh light of dawn on January 3rd, 1941 following a German bombing raid. Cardiff air raid

Background imageForties Collection: General Bernard Montgomery seen here posing for a photograph on the El Alamein

General Bernard Montgomery seen here posing for a photograph on the El Alamein battlefield quite unconcerned about enemy shells falling close behind him November 1942

Background imageForties Collection: Children board a train at Euston Station during evacuation from London WW2

Children board a train at Euston Station during evacuation from London WW2

Background imageForties Collection: Engelbert Nadermayer (right) who was formerly in charge of the notorious crematorium at Dachau

Engelbert Nadermayer (right) who was formerly in charge of the notorious crematorium at Dachau, shown in his cell alongside a former SS trooper who is also on the list of war criminals to be tried

Background imageForties Collection: Picture shows a church in Dover, bombed in The Blitz of World War Two

Picture shows a church in Dover, bombed in The Blitz of World War Two. Mirrorpix do not have a name for the church
Picture shows a church in Dover, bombed in The Blitz of World War Two. **Mirrorpix do not have a name for the church, ** Picture taken 23rd August 1940

Background imageForties Collection: The scene outside Coventry railway station when film comedians Laurel and Hardy

The scene outside Coventry railway station when film comedians Laurel and Hardy and their wives Ida Kitaeva Raphael and Virginia Lucille Jones arrived

Background imageForties Collection: Land Army Girls stooking the corn in a Cambridge field. Circa 1939

Land Army Girls stooking the corn in a Cambridge field. Circa 1939

Background imageForties Collection: Damage to a Battersea street following a daylight raid on London

Damage to a Battersea street following a daylight raid on London. February 16th 1941



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