Thirties Collection (page 6)

Competitor in the Liverpool Motor Club 24 hour trial seen here tackling the Bwlch y Groes (pass of the Cross). Circa 1930

Home Office steel A. R. P. Shelters tested at Shotton. Scenes in the works of Messrs. J
Home Office steel A.R.P. Shelters tested at Shotton. Scenes in the works of Messrs. J. Summers and Sons, Ltd. where thousands of the shelters are being made

Sandbags to the left, sandbags to the right, and sandbags all around. They are everywhere in Derby. This huge pile is seen against the walls of the Derby Borough Police. 15th September 1939

New recruits to the Derby Auxiliary Fire Brigade watching a fire-drill at Haslams old foundry. 15th September 1939

From town to country - Boys of King Edward VI School, Birmingham, have reassembled at Repton following their evacuation. Here some of them are seen in the streets of the village 15th September 1939

Somewhere in Derbyshire - Carpentry tools, varnish and paints line the walls of the woodwork room of a school in Derbyshire, where children, evacuated from the Manchester district

A wayward barrage balloon is brought under control in the Dean Street area of Derby. 15th October 1939

Housewife Baling waste paper into neat bundle in Derby 15th October 1939 Paper recycling was also important in the Second World War huge demands were put upon British timber stocks

Excavations for air raid shelters at Parkfields Cedars School, Derby. 15th November 1939

Cellars of serval firms in Derby are being rapidly adapted as public air raid shelters. Here is a view of the old wine vaults of Messrs. Alton and Co. Ltd

Black Out Novelty - Mr. A. K. Finchem of the Robin Hood Inn, Alfreton, has hit upon a novel idea of making his car visible after nightfall

Members of the Esher Auxiliary Fire Service parade with their Coventry Climax pump at a demonstration of civil defence and ARP procedures at Sandown Park April 1939

Members of the Auxiliary Fire Service seen here during a demonstration of civil defence at Sundown Park. April 1939

Arthur Winnington-Ingram Bishop of London attending a fete at Whiteley Village. Circa June 1939

30th Surrey Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery Summer Training Camp June 1939 Men peeling spuds for the mess and their lunch

Soldiers of the 30th Surrey Searchlight Regiment an air defence unit of Britains Territorial Army. Seen here waving to relatives as they depart their Surbiton Road barracks in Kingston Upon Thames

Soldiers and transport of the 30th Surrey Searchlight Regiment an air defence unit of Britains Territorial Army. Seen here departing their Surbiton Road barracks in Kingston Upon Thames for their

Members of the ARP demonstrate how to deal with a suspected gas attack during a series of civil defence demonstration at Sandown Park April 1939

Nurses at Birmingham Hospital going on duty with their gas masks 5th September 1939

A gas mask lesson at Bromsgrove school 22nd September 1939

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

Militiamen in training 27th July 1939 Militiamen seen here at Oswestry camp receiving training on different types of anti-aircraft gun

A gas mask lesson at Birmingham Hospital for the doctors, nurses and ambulance men. 5th September 1939

Lined up for the first roll call of their six monthsservice at Whittington Barracks, these young militiamen do not look as though they are finding it much of an ordeal

Militiamen in training 15th July 1939 Militiamen seen here at Whittington Barracks, Lichfield receiving basic training. The Militiamen were the result of The Military Training Act 1939 which was an

Militiamen in training 27th July 1939 Militiamen seen here at Oswestry camp receiving basic training. The Militiamen were the result of The Military Training Act 1939 which was an Act of Parliament

Some of the Militiamen from Birmingham and the Midlands arriving at Whittington barracks, Lichfield, this morning, to begin their six months training 15th July 1939 The Militiamen were the result of

Militiamen in training at Oswestry camp. 27th July 1939 The Militiamen were the result of The Military Training Act 1939 which was an Act of Parliament passed by the Conservative administration on 26

Militiamen in training 27th July 1939 On parade at Oswestry camp.in the background are several classes on different types of anti-aircraft gun

Militiamen under going training with a Bren light machine gun at the South Staffordshire Regiment training Depot. 15th September 1939 The Militiamen were the result of The Military Training Act 1939

Militiamen reporting for training at the South Staffordshire Regiment Training Depot seen here being issued with their uniforms

Dudley Road, Birmingham ARP Service parade after an exercise. September 1939 In 1935 the Home Office announced that local authorities would be responsible for drawing up plans for public protection

Ambulance men, ARP wardens and members of the public taking part in a air raid exercise at Dudley Road, Birmingham. September 1939 In 1935 the Home Office announced that local authorities would be

Council workmen constructing a public air raid shelter outside Lloyds Bank in Church Road, Birmingham on the eve of the outbreak of the Second Word War. 1st September 1939

Workmen complete the sandbagging of Birminghams Magistrates Court on Corporation Street in the week following the outbreak of the Second World War. 12th September 1939

A council workman surveys the sandbag protection at an un-named school in the West Midlands. Circa September 1939

A sound locator crew working with a Search Light unit during an air raid exercise in the West Midlands.. Such methods, as well as the Observation Corps

Schoolboys from Yardley Primary School help council workmen fill sandbags just prior to the outbreak of the Second World War. 1St September 1939

Birmingham University students and workmen from the City Council seen here filing sandbags in a pit near the University, for the protection of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital on the eve of the outbreak

The Out Patients Department of Birminghams Queen Elizabeth Hospital sandbagged in preparation for the outbreak of the Second World World. 1st September 1939

Registering for Military Training 3rd June 1939. Six thousand five hundred young men presented themselves at employment exchanges in the Greater Birmingham area on Saturday afternoon

Army spotter taking part in a searchlight exercise in the West Midlands involving the Army and the RAF just prior to the outbreak of the Second World War. 8th August 1939

Birmingham City Council workmen seen here filling and sandbagging the Citys Education Office in Margaret Street in the city centre a few days before the outbreak of the Second World War

Birmingham council workmen construct an emergency water container in the city centre on the eve of the outbreak of the second world war. 1st September 1939

Searchlight exercise in the West Midlands involving the Army and the RAF just prior to the outbreak of the Second World War. 8th August 1939

Many hands make light work... Said these girls from C and A
Many hands make light work...Said these girls from C and A. When they cheerfully joined in sandbag filling in Birmingham City Centre on the eve of the outbreak of the Second World War

Penarth Pier is a Victorian era pier in the town of Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales. The pier was opened in 1898 and was a popular attraction to seaside-goers at the time

A skilled leather cutter carries out the first stage of the manufacture of a handbag by cutting the leather to a template. 9th October 1931

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