Home Front Collection (#12)

A Royal Air Force officer addressing workers at a factory near Reading, Berkshire during the Second world War. 10th April 1942

ARP exercise in Reading during the Second World War in preparation for re-acting to German air raids on the city. Picture shows" A " casualty" awaitng attention during the training

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

Womens Home Guard on parade at St Benedicts Square in Lincoln during the Second World War. 15th May 1944

A Royal Air Force officer etched women workers at a factory near Reading, Berkshire during the Second world War. 10th April 1942

A group of recruits for the Reading Home Guard Ant-Aircraft Battery pictured on parade observed by NCOs and Officers during the Second World War. 1st June 1942

A scene inside the labour Exchange in Cardiff when the 1920 class of women attended for registration. From early 1941, it became compulsory for women aged between 18 and 60 to register for war work

A female worker inspecting the cooling system of a Lancaster bomber plane of the Royal Air Force at an aircraft production site near reading, Berkshire during the second world War. 8th July 1943

At tea-time on Wednesday 10 February 1943, a single Dornier bomber of the german Luftwaffe dropped four bombs across the centre of Reading

Princess Mary, the Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood, pictured at an ATS Training depot near Reading during the Second World War

A YMCA mobile canteen in operation in a poor area of Swansea, South Wales during the Second World War. The canteens were used to provide food and drink to those made homeless

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

A YMCA mobile canteen in operation in Cardiff City centre during the Second World War. The canteens were used to provide food and drink to those made homeless

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

Wooden boards erected outside the Lincoln Drill Hall on Broadgate street in Lincoln city centre, part of the precautions taken against any possible German air raids during the Second World War

A nice cup of tea. Ambulance drivers have a cup of tea at a canteen for A. R. P
A nice cup of tea. Ambulance drivers have a cup of tea at a canteen for A.R.P. workers at the Court Road depot, Sparkhill, which is open day and night. 26th October 1939

Shelters for Schools. Parents watch the construction of one of the air raid shelters, after a meeting at Hartfield Crescent School, Hall Green

Birmingham women A. R. P. ambulance drivers and attendants in their new uniforms at
Birmingham women A.R.P. ambulance drivers and attendants in their new uniforms at the Central Car Park Depot taking instruction. 23rd April 1940

Come to the cookhouse door. Serving out dinner at an anti aircraft battery at an un-disclosed location close to Birmingham. 12th October 1939

Birmingham A. R. P. Rescue drivers and attendants in their new uniforms at the Central Car
Birmingham A.R.P. Rescue drivers and attendants in their new uniforms at the Central Car Park Depot taking instruction. 23rd April 1940

Birmingham Town Hall is now heavily sandbagged on all sides. The photograph shows the Paradise Street frontage, where the archways are completely filled with sandbags, thus protecting the arcade

Petrol Rationing: Civil servants processing registration forms for petrol coupons after the government announcement that fuel would be rationed from the 22nd September 1939

These children in Sutton Coalfield, Birmingham have no school within reasonable distance of their homes, their own being now an emergency hospital

Evacuated Birmingham schoolchildren seen here taking in the sights of Stratford of Avon. 4th September 1939

Gas masks are distributed and fitted at the Broad Street offices of Birminghams A. R
Gas masks are distributed and fitted at the Broad Street offices of Birminghams A.R.P. service. As demand for gas mask rise as tension between Germany and Poland rises 28th August 1939

Gas masks are distributed from the Broad Street offices of Birminghams A. R. P
Gas masks are distributed from the Broad Street offices of Birminghams A.R.P. service. As demand for gas mask rise as tension between Germany and Poland rises 28th August 1939

The Head Teacher of Hartfield Crescent (Hall Green) Senior School speaking to parents about the possibility of re-opening the school on a voluntary basis following the return of a number of

Voluntary workers seen here assembling gas mask boxes at the Broad Street offices of Birminghams A.R.P. service. As demand for gas mask rise as tension between Germany

Rescuing a casualty. A series of realistic exercises were carried out at the A. R. P
Rescuing a casualty. A series of realistic exercises were carried out at the A.R.P. station at Anthony Road School, Alum Rock, Birmingham

Fire Float Practice. Members of the Birmingham Auxiliary Fire Service Naval Detachment seen here exercising on their 70 foot Fire Float, a converted narrow boat 19th October 1939

Police officers recover a cash register following a V2 attack on Sidmouth Street and Grays Inn Road, London. 21st February 1945

Dazed patients outside the Central London Ophthalmic Hospital Grays Inn Road, London following a V2 attack on the city. 21st February 1945

Rescue workers search the collapsed buildings of the Central London Ophthalmic Hospital Grays Inn Road, London following a V2 attack on the city. 21st February 1945

Stan Hall, a rescue service man who has served since the beginning of the war, viewing the latest damage in his area. 19th October 1943

Picture shows the damage caused to the terminus station at Middlesbrough after a direct hit from a German bomb during the Second World War

Royal Engineers Transportation Training Centre during the Second World War. A railway coach being dismantles by trainees at the centre. 24th August 1943

Miss Sarah Churchill, the Prime Ministers daughter with Wing Commander Hodsoll, Inspector General of Civil Defence Services

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

A party of boys from Army Cadet battalions from all parts of Southern England last week spent seven days at a REME School of Technical Training near Reading

Blood transfusion at Paignton hospital, Devon during the Second World War. July 1940

ARP personnel have been spending a holiday as the guests of Oxford University. They are given undergrads quarters, use the dining hall, eat meals with the undergrads

Royal Airforce Flying Officer Alan Preston with his partner Agnes Brown. The couple are engaged to be married. Picture taken circa 1st May 1942

Army Guns. Training exercise. Picture shows a gun mounted on a boat, (numbered 27). Location unknown. Picture taken circa 1st February 1942

Glyn Jones of the Newport Home Guard during the Second World War. Circa 1941

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