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Picture shows business premises in Weston Super Mare, Somerset, decimated in The Blitz. June 1942. Street is unknown. On the nights of June 28 and 29

Cottingham Road, Hull, Yorkshire, after it was bombed in the Blitz. November 1940. The Hull Blitz was the bombing campaign that targeted the English port city of Kingston upon Hull by the German

Newbridge Road, Hull, Yorkshire, after it was bombed in the Blitz. Firefighters at the scene of a horrendous bombing raid The Hull Blitz was the bombing campaign that targeted the English port city

De La Pole Avenue in Hull, Yorkshire, during the blitz of World War Two. The emergency services search the rubble and crater lift by the bomb dropped by The Luftwaffe

Fountain Road in Hull, Yorkshire, during the blitz of World War Two. The emergency services, local people and the army search the rubble and crater lift by the bomb dropped by The Luftwaffe

Picture shows the ruins of The Natural History Section of The Bristol Art Gallery in Bristol. November 1940. In what became known as The Bristol Blitz

Picture shows the ruins of a bombed out building in Bristol November 1940. In what became known as The Bristol Blitz. The Bristol Blitz was the heavy bombing of Bristol, England

Clarendon Street, Hull, Yorkshire, after it was bombed in the Blitz. A sign to the centre right of the pictures shows Dewhirst Bros. Perhaps this is a family business

Queen Victoria Square, Hull, Yorkshire, after the Blitz raids of 8th and 9th of May 1941. The Hull Blitz was the bombing campaign that targeted the English port city of Kingston upon Hull by

Hull, Yorkshire, during The Blitz. Picture shows the devastation in Buckingham Street, Hull. The Hull Blitz was the bombing campaign that targeted the English port city of Kingston upon Hull by

Congregational Church, Albion Street, Hull, pictured in 1946, shortly after World War Two. The Church was bombed in World War Two

The Blitz. Bridlington, Yorkshire. June 1941. The bar and billiard room of The Britannia Hotel, Bridlington, Yorkshire, was destroyed by a German bomb, during the Blitz

The Blitz. Hull. Yorkshire. February 1941. Picture shows Goddard Avenue, Hull. Although the roofs were damaged, the houses were not

Picture shows Eagle Oil Mills in Hull, Yorkshire, on fire during World War Two. Location in Hull would be Eagle Terrace off Cleveland Street

The scene at the back of Mr Maccionis restaurant "Club Del Allaretusa"
The scene at the back of Mr Maccionis restaurant " Club Del Allaretusa" in the Kings Road, showing the mess left behind by the dustmen. 4th December 1970

The scene at the back of the restaurant "Melita"in the Kings Road, London
The scene at the back of the restaurant " Melita" in the Kings Road, London. 4th December 1970

Bernard Manning comedian eating a Walls Arctic Roll dessert. September 1997

The Suffolk Regiment with the B. E. F. (The British Expeditionary Force)
The Suffolk Regiment with the B.E.F. (The British Expeditionary Force). Pictures in the mess, having refreshments. The British Expeditionary Force was the name of the British Army in Western Europe

The officers mess. Picture taken 27th February 1944

Picture shows the ruins of a Presbyterian Church in Bristol. November 1940. In what became known as The Bristol Blitz. It is not confirmed, but this maybe The St James Presbyterian Church of England

James Reckitt Avenue, Hull, Yorkshire, after it was bombed in the Blitz, on the 2nd and 3rd March 1941 The Hull Blitz was the bombing campaign that targeted the English port city of Kingston upon

Bridlington Grammar School, destroyed in The Blitz. circa 16th November 1940. Picture is passed by censors. The Hull Blitz was the bombing campaign that targeted the English port city of Kingston

Hull, Yorkshire, during The Blitz. Picture shows un-named residents looking through their blown out window. They are smiling through the trauma of the devastation caused to Hull

Picture shows Alfred Gelder St Hull, Yorkshire, and the extensive damage to The Head Post Office. The Hull Blitz was the bombing campaign that targeted the English port city of Kingston upon Hull by

Picture shows Costellos Corner, the junction of Jameson Street with Savile Street and George Street, Hull, Yorkshire. ***Note

The Blitz. Hull. Yorkshire. August 1940. Picture shows the remains of a bomb damaged Post Office, Hull. No actual street name available

The Blitz. Hull. Yorkshire. November 1940. Picture shows Cottingham Road. There is a suggestion it may have been a nursing home hit

Fire Fighters Demonstration in ARP (Air Raid Precaution) in Hull, Yorkshire during World War Two. Large-scale attacks took place on several nights throughout March 1941, resulting in over 200 deaths

Picture shows a grocery shop front, possibly in Cardiff, Wales, badly damaged by either neglect, or by events in World War Two

The National Fire service, (NFS) and Civil Defence (CD) break for tea to gather their thoughts and strength, before resuming their search for signs of hope amongst the ruins of a block of flats

Firemen hosing the smouldering ruins of a factory, whilst still searching for people and bodies who may be laying under flats. They work by the light of their flares, well into the night

St Pauls Cathedral, in the centre of London. Picture taken looking towards it from the east of the city. St Pauls survived the London Blitz bombings of December 1940

A typical family scene around the television on Christmas day. Hampstead, 20th December 1970

Girl waiting for the train in Belfast. 15th July 1972

Stan Yates, an apprentice Mounter, The Art Reproduction, 7 Plough Place, who reached the age of 21 today, gets his apprentice initiation ceremony

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