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| Boys release toy balloons bearing appeals for the Doctor Barnardo's Home at Stepney, London, August 1939 |
Take a look at life in Britain in 1939 through these fascinating black and white photographs taken by Gerry Cranham:
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| The ladies' rifle team of Downe House School in Berkshire set out for a practice session with their guns, April 1939 |
Fascinating Black and White Photos of Life in Britain in 1939
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| Boys of the Duke of York's Military School at Dover dressed as toy soldiers, April 1939 |
Fascinating Black and White Photos of Life in Britain in 1939
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| Notices have been posted outside public buildings calling upon those men eligible, to register for military training under the Military Training Act, May 1939 |
Fascinating Black and White Photos of Life in Britain in 1939
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| The under-15 Harp Solo contest, part of the Eisteddfod Festival, in Denbeigh, August 1939 |
Fascinating Black and White Photos of Life in Britain in 1939
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| Boys release toy balloons bearing appeals for the Doctor Barnardo's Home at Stepney, London, August 1939 |
Fascinating Black and White Photos of Life in Britain in 1939
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| A group of men read the guarantee in a tailor's window promising service in spite of the threat of war, August 1939 |
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| Little Neville Mooney of Fulham, the first baby born in London after the declaration of war, in the arms of a nurse at Queen Charlotte Maternity Hospital, September 1939 |
Fascinating Black and White Photos of Life in Britain in 1939
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| Britons living abroad queue up outside the passport office in Westminster, September 1939 |
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| Eton schoolboys are back to school with top hats and gas masks, September 1939 |
Fascinating Black and White Photos of Life in Britain in 1939
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| Eton schoolboys are back to school with top hats and gas masks, September 1939 |
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| Children who have been evacuated from London to a country house in Surrey line up for their daily dose of medicine, September 1939 |
Fascinating Black and White Photos of Life in Britain in 1939
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| Stockwell Tube Station in London, September 1939 |
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| Women at the Food Executive Office in London prepare ration books from the National Registration returns, October 1939 |
Fascinating Black and White Photos of Life in Britain in 1939
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| British actress Elsa Buchanan does her bit during World War II by forking hay at a farm in Surrey, October 1939 |
Fascinating Black and White Photos of Life in Britain in 1939
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| London schoolchildren evacuated to Wiltshire having lessons in the South Gallery of Lacock Abbey, November 1939 |
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| Evacuated schoolchildren enjoying an art class in a makeshift classroom in the South gallery of Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire, November 1939 |
Fascinating Black and White Photos of Life in Britain in 1939
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| A soldier leaving a London railway station to re-join his unit took along a sprig of mistletoe to make sure he got his Christmas kiss, December 1939 |