Thirties Collection (page 2)

Barrage balloons a new addition to the Derby skyline. 15th October 1939 Taken from the roof of the Derby Evening Telegraph, Northcliffe House

A peep inside the dug-out air raid shelter at Borrowash 15th October 1939

Soldiers of the 30th Surrey Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery, part of the Territorial Army sign in for their summer training camp at the TA barracks in Surbiton Road, Kingston Upon Thames

Midlands munitions factory 3rd October 1939 A party of London and Provincial journalists, including the representatives of important foreign newspapers

The Lord Mayor of Birmingham inspecting a fleet of new A. R. P
The Lord Mayor of Birmingham inspecting a fleet of new A.R.P. ambulances at the Municipal Car Park Depot with Councillor N Tiptaft (Chairman of the A.R.P. committee and Mr V Hamilton (Chief A.R.P)

Children of St. Benedicts Road School, Small Heath, listen to instructions from the head master during their evacuation rehearsal 28th August 1939

Some of the Militiamen from Birmingham and the Midlands seen here being issued with their uniforms at Whittington Barracks, Lichfield, this morning

A bandsman of the South Staffordshire Regiment seen here rehearsing with a boy soldier at the Regimental Training Depot. 15th September 1939

Ernie Wise telegram 6th January 1939 Telegram from Gladys Tudor Owen to H Spooner of the Daily Herald. " Have discovered boy comedian aged thirteen son of parcel porter Leeds Central Station

William Connor Daily Mirror columnist and leader writer. Known in the paper as Cassandra, seen here at his desk in Geraldine House writing tomorrows leader column. 27th November 1936

Making bowls is a fine art. At Messers Clapshaw and Cleave works, Coventry Road, Birmingham where woods for the game of bowls are made

Pit-head bathes at the Hamstead Colliery in Hamstead, South Staffordshire. 24th August 1937

Miners at the Cannock Wood Pit handing in their Davy Lamps and lanterns at the end of their shift. May 8th 1939

Southern Railways Lord Nelson class locomotive "The Lord Collingwood"
Southern Railways Lord Nelson class locomotive " The Lord Collingwood" seen here at full speed. 29th March 1933

Colne Bridge rebuilding, Uxbridge 1936

Grainges Yard, Uxbridge 1936

Cranford High Street, junction Bath Road, Cranford Circa 1936

Corner of Lees Road and Uxbridge Road, Hillingdon Circa 1935

George Street, Lees Beehive works, Uxbridge Circa 1935

Ploughing at Heathrow now the site where the of airport is located. 1935

Ickenham village, the pump 1936

Scottish herring girls in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, circa 1936

Slum clearance of Bakers Yard, Uxbridge to make way for the new Underground station circa 1936

Boots the Chemist, Nash Yard, Uxbridge High Street, Circa 1936

A Blackburn Shark seaplane bound for the Portuguese Airforce seen here on the slipway of the Blackburn works at Brough on the Humber Estuary. 1935

A gunner checks the Coventry Ordnance Works C. O. W 37 mm autocannon in the bow gunners
A gunner checks the Coventry Ordnance Works C.O.W 37 mm autocannon in the bow gunners position of a Blackburn Perth aircraft of 209 Squadron being prepared for a test flight at the Blackburn works at

The Piccadilly Inn, Caerphilly Circa 1930

Hollicombe gas works. 1936

Map of the world, laid out in concrete in the grounds of Audley Park school, Torquay in 1939. The map is figurative with the Americas on the right

Derelict 19th century cottage in Swan Street, Torquay before its demolition in the 1930s

Mother Wells tuck shop, College Place, 1934

Queens Road, Clifton, Bristol in the days when shops had chandeliers and sweeping staircases. 1930s

Bristol Times, The Globe Cinema, Lawrence Hill, 1932 Schoolchildren entering the cinema

An aerial view showing the St Mary Le Port area of Bristol before the Blitz Circa June 1939

Bristol Evening Post Cartoonist Bob Bennett "Uncle Bob"1935
Bristol Evening Post Cartoonist Bob Bennett " Uncle Bob" 1935

Some local Land Army girls learning to drive a Fordson tractor at the start of the last war, in 1939. As you can see, there was not much concern for health and safety in those days

Police with helmets and gas masks 1939 Bristol

Westland Wallaces of 501 (City of Bristol) Squadron on morning patrol above Staple Hill, Gloucestershire in 1933

Fishing boats seen here tied up and deserted in Lowestoft harbour after a busy and bustling herring season 18th March 1933

Boxer Tiger Pomphrey as an 18 year old 1931 Albert Pomphrey - Bristol boxer

Women give a demonstration on the proper use of gas masks at Hendon. 19th September 1939

Picture shows John Hobbs (Royal Airforce officer) instructing Ghita Moss (ballerina in black - centre) and members of the drama school that has been set up under the Educational

Jack Hylton was an English pianist, composer, band leader and impresario. Hylton rose to prominence during the British dance band era

Members of the Heaton Social Service Knitting Party making garments for troops. 16th November 1939

Field Marshal Viscount Gort (1886 - 1946): General Viscount Gort, Commander in Chief BEF with Air Vice Marshal C H B Blount, commanding the Air Component, outside the Hotel Moderne, Arras, France

Scottish troops practice bayonet training in England. 21st September 1939

Animals ARP. A gas proof kennel on displayed by the animal charity P. D. S. A
Animals ARP. A gas proof kennel on displayed by the animal charity P.D.S.A. at an unknown location during the build up to the Second World War. Circa 1939

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

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