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Homefront photos of WWII

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Post by South » 06 Sep 2018, 10:41

https://www.cheatsheet.com/culture/thes ... r-ii.html/

Good morning all,

Above is a collection of mostly homefront pictures. Most, as per my tally, are of Britain with a couple of Greek and German backgrounds. My tally far from accurate......still impressed with the class conscious society whereas curing tobacco while wearing a tie shows that the Yank tobacco farmers do not know how to dress properly.

What was ... what is ... a "typical childhood" ?

The article's editor indulged in too much of that single malt product from up north - or is just unskilled - to write "Some people followed the rules-others didn't". Literature involving the Revelation At Sinai explains this well prior to the Great War Part II.

After the photographer left, the 3 American GIs with the Armored Division patch, voted themselves a waiver and asked the 2 ladies for directions to a nice typical restaurant where all 5 could learn about the culture and cuisine and tightening tank treads - and they also invited along the Max Factor beautician.

.......

Besides chewing gum wrappers and cigarette pack wrappers with their recyclable foil, don't forget the apricot seeds for the gas mask filters. (And if you do buy a car, don't plan on a spare tire to be part of the sale.)

~ Bob
eastern Virginia, USA

Now, to read Sid's post which this inadvertently displaced from top of pile.

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Post by tigre » 08 Sep 2019, 21:24

Hello to all :D; more................................

Great Britain 1939.

Source: LIFE 2 Oct 1939

Cheers. Raúl M 8-).
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AH Burial at a London Fire Station........................................
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Waterloo Station in London......................................
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Post by tigre » 04 Feb 2020, 01:36

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Great Britain 1940.

Source: https://www.tradera.com/item/292217/360 ... m-category

Cheers. Raúl M 8-).
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Winston Churchill inspects British defenses after the withdrawal from the continent....
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Post by OpanaPointer » 04 Feb 2020, 02:36

Come visit our sites:
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Post by tigre » 01 Mar 2020, 18:33

Hello to all :D; thanks for that link, fully appreciated :wink:. More................................

Great Britain 1939.

Source: https://www.todocoleccion.net/coleccion ... x128777359

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Air Warden Post 1939............................................
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Post by tigre » 25 Mar 2020, 20:20

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Great Britain - London 1940.

Source: LIFE 13 Jan 1941.

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Crater caused by the explosion of a bomb in the damaged quarter of West Ham......
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Great Britain - London under attack 1940.

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Post by tigre » 27 Aug 2020, 21:40

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Great Britain - London 1939.

Source: LIFE 2 Oct 1939.

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Tea Party.

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Post by tigre » 21 Feb 2021, 19:02

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London 1940.

Source: ILLUSTRIERTER BEOBACHTER WWII No. 10-1940 - March 7

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The King and Queen visit the female auxiliaries ......................................
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Post by tigre » 25 Nov 2023, 02:39

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Great Britain 1939.

Source: https://www.delcampe.net/it/collezionis ... 97642.html

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Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty (left); Sir John Gilmour, Minister for Shipping (right) and John Simon, Chancellor of the Exchequer (center)...........
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Post by Sheldrake » 25 Nov 2023, 12:11

South wrote:
06 Sep 2018, 10:41

What was ... what is ... a "typical childhood" ?
The Imperial War Museum has some content on this topic.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/growing- ... -world-war
https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/how-chil ... ir%20lives.

https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/what-lif ... -world-war

Social conditions in the 1930s
https://www.blacksacademy.net/pages/hy- ... %20popular.

One of the best sources for individual accounts is the Mass Observation archive.
http://www.massobs.org.uk/about/mass-ob ... on-project

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