Thirties Collection (page 10)

Walton on the Naze, 1938
East beach and beach huts at Walton on the Naze, Essex

Beach Huts at Frinton-on-Sea 1936
Frinton-on-Sea in Essex Holidaymakers walking past beach huts on the beach front and sunbathing

Fred Perry playing at Wimbledon 1934. He won the final in straight sets

Tennis Player Helen Jacobs in action at Wimbledon 1931

Wimbledon in 1935
1935 Wimbledon Tennis Championships. View of the courts and crowds

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

Residents of Peel Street, Lincoln digging trenches as precautions against possible air raids in the city during the Second World War. 12th September 1939

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

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

Soldiers of an anti aircraft battery at an un-disclosed location close to Birmingham. 12th October 1939

A little group of Birmingham children who as a result of the evacuation, have exchanged the citys crowded streets for the peace and calm of an un-named Warwickshire village. 4th September 1939

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 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

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

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

The Tribal Class destroyer HMS Zulu (F. 18) helps destroy a U-boat whilst defending an
The Tribal Class destroyer HMS Zulu (F.18) helps destroy a U-boat whilst defending an Allied convoy. Circa December 1939

Bren gun carriers move through France. November 1939

Watched by Neville Chamberlain along with Benito Mussolini and Lord Halifax A Youth Display Given By Young Organizations In The Mussolini Forum, in Rome, Italy, on January 14, 1939

British troops celebrating Christmas in France. Pictured inspecting the turkey before Christmas dinner. 24th December 1939

Watched by Neville Chamberlain along with Benito Mussolini and Lord Halifax, A Youth Display Given By Young Organizations In The Mussolini Forum, in Rome, Italy, on January 14, 1939

Some of the children who were evacuated from Bristol and sent to the safety of the Somerset, Devon and Cornwall countryside between February 1941 and March 1942

The hand maidens. They also serve who only sit and wait. So the youngest inhabitant in the Cardiff Royal Infirmary, her fingers too small to hold knitting needles

Scottish regiment - bayonet practice. Location England. Picture taken 22nd September 1939

The group of young typists, who send out letters to the boys on the front. Pictured here reading a letter of thanks for what they do. Picture taken 19th November 1939

Mr T. M. Watson, Chief Constable of Wallsall (wearing mac), leading his men in to the gas van during the Gas Drills at Walsall Fire station in preparation for a real attack. 29th October 1936

The War Cabinet. Standing: Arthur Greenwood, Ernest Bevin, Lord Beaverbrook, Sir Kingsley Wood. Sitting: Sir John Anderson, Winston Churchill, Clement Attlee, Anthony Eden. Circa 1939

District Officer Coleman explaining the air raid precautions to the members of the Aston Hippodrome Company during their visit to the Central Fire Station in Birmingham

The first picture showing the British War Cabinet together. Back row, L-R: Sir Kingsley Wood (Secretary of State for Air), Mr Winston Churchill (First Lord of the Admiralty)

Bren gun carriers make their way to the front lines in France during the Second World War. 30th October 1939

Picture taken on the roads near the Belgium - Luxembourg border showing barricades with three, four and sometimes five stone walls jutting out from alternate sides of the road

The self fitting ARP blind invented by Mr Geoffrey Mortimer, being placed into position on the windows of a residential house. The window on the right has already been blacked out

Air Raid Precautions refers to a number of organisations and guidelines in the United Kingdom dedicated to the protection of civilians from the danger of air raids. (Picture) A.R.P

Air raid shelter in College Green, in the centre of Bristol. 1939, only a few weeks into the war with the whole country on alert with towns building air raid shelters at pace. Somerset and Avon area

Kennington Tube Station. World War Two started only three weeks before, and families are responding to air raid warnings and finding safety in the tube stations of London

Celebrating the Army chef, at the beginning of World War Two. Picture taken 15th September 1939

A barrage balloon is a large unmanned tethered kite balloon used to defend ground targets during the Second World War. (Picture)

British soldiers pass through a French village during the Second World War. 26th October 1939

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