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Newcastle Chronicle and Journal staff wearing gas masks as part of air raid precautions (A R P) training. Air Raid Wardens. Circa : 1940
A German Heinkel He 111 medium bomber aircraft, shot down near Edinburgh during World War Two. 30/10/1940
Val McDermid, Sunday People Journalist, 4th February 1981. House Sale Story
Members of the Home Guard march whilst wearing gas masks. 14 / 07 / 1942Members of the Home Guard march whilst wearing gas masks. 14/07/1942
Volunteer workers prepare a meal for families rendered homeless by an air raid on the North East on Thursday 2nd October, 1941. 04/10/1941
Major General R C Money inspects members of the Home Guard at Throckley, Northumberland. 27/11/1941
Families enjoy a hot meal at an emergency centre. They had been rendered homeless from a town in the North East during the air raid of Tuesday 15th April 1941
Newcastle residents try out a stirrup pump as part of prepartions to fight fires following air raids. Air raid precautions (A R P). February 1941
Newcastle West End Police held a gas mask snooker handicap in aid of the British Red Cross. 5th May 1941
After a patrol in November 1940, members of a North-East Home Guard unit enjoy a little relaxation at their new headquarters. 07/11/1940
A hundred household in Oakhurst Terrace, Benton gave up their garden railings to help the drive for scrap metal during the Second World War. Workmen are seen removing some of the railings. 12/08/1940
Northumberland Home Guard units attend a St Georges Day service at St James Park, Newcastle, in 1944. 24/04/1944
The Lord Mayor of Newcastle (Councillor A D Russell) inspecting men of the Home Guard attached to an engineering establishment in the North East. 13/08/1940
Units of the Queens Messengers Food Convoy arrive in Newcaslte, for service in the Northern Region. 24/04/1941
Storekeepers checking some of the 19, 000 new-type steel helmets which arrived in Newcastle for distribution to street fire watchers. 26th March 1941
Gosforth Home Guard members marching to the Royalty Cinema to see a special film show. 21st April 1941
Members of the kitchen staff preparing meals while wearing gas masks during an exercise at the Royal Station Hotel, Newcastle. 2nd April 1941
Sandbags are placed for the protection of vital buildings in Gateshead in prepartion for air raids. Here workmen place the bags around the childrens hospital. 07/10/1939
A shot down German Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter aircraft. It is seen here at Blyths Market Place for the towns War Weapons Week. 28/01/1941
Crime writer Val McDermid working at the Daily Record in the 1980s