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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Joysmith Eric
LORD WOOLTON IS INTERVIEWED IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944Minister for Reconstruction Lord Woolton stands by a fireplace with his hands on his lapels as he is interviewed by Howard Marshall for a broadcast to troops in North Africa. According to the original caption, he is being asked "about his plans for the...
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Joysmith Eric
COVENTRY, SPRING 1944: EVERYDAY LIFE IN COVENTRY, WARWICKSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, 1944westward along Smithford Street in Coventry. Pedestrians can be seen on either side of the road. The rain-washed pavement is lined with wooden railings which run alongside empty spaces where shops and houses once stood. In the distance, the square...
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Joysmith Eric
COVENTRY, SPRING 1944: EVERYDAY LIFE IN COVENTRY, WARWICKSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, 1944Pedestrians and buses hurry along as they go about their daily business on High Street, Coventry. The focus of this photograph is the Cathedral, the tower of which can be seen behind some Ministry of Information posters.
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Joysmith Eric
COVENTRY, SPRING 1944: EVERYDAY LIFE IN COVENTRY, WARWICKSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, 1944A photograph of the interior of Coventry Cathedral, showing the roofless shell of the nave, looking towards the chancel, taken from the west door. A path has been cleared through the rubble, and behind a sign board, a cross made from charred roof beams...
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Joysmith Eric
COVENTRY, SPRING 1944: EVERYDAY LIFE IN COVENTRY, WARWICKSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, 1944The roofless shell of St Michael's Baptist Church in Coventry, taken from the top of the west tower of the Cathedral. In the top right hand corner of the photograph can be seen a timber-framed Jacobean pub 'The Golden Cross' which survived the blitz...
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Joysmith Eric
COVENTRY, SPRING 1944: EVERYDAY LIFE IN COVENTRY, WARWICKSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, 1944A view of the roofless shell of Coventry Cathedral, looking down the aisle from the altar end towards the west tower and door. Rubble and debris are piled inside, with a wide path cleared through towards the door.
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Joysmith Eric
WARTIME HAIR DRESSER: THE WORK OF STEINER'S SALON, GROSVENOR STREET, LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944Two members of the Women's Royal Naval Service look through the window of Steiner's hairdressing salon on Grosvenor Street, London. The window is small and is a picture frame in the centre of a larger window, now boarded up following blast damage....
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Joysmith Eric
WARTIME HAIR DRESSER: THE WORK OF STEINER'S SALON, GROSVENOR STREET, LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944A copy of the price list at Steiner's salon in Grosvenor Street, London, propped up on an ornate clock. Treatments range from a shampoo and set for 12/-, through a hand massage or a '20 minute facial clean up', both costing 10/6, to 'permanent waving...
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Joysmith Eric
WARTIME HAIR DRESSER: THE WORK OF STEINER'S SALON, GROSVENOR STREET, LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944Manicurist Celia at work on a customer at Steiner's salon in London's Grosvenor Street, although wartime restrictions mean that no nail varnish is used. According to the original caption, Celia "is a Belgian who escaped to Britain after the German...
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Joysmith Eric
WARTIME HAIR DRESSER: THE WORK OF STEINER'S SALON, GROSVENOR STREET, LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944At Steiner's salon on London's Grosvenor Street, 16 year old trainee Josephine mixes hair dye in a measuring glass. According to the original caption, "hair dressers are only allowed a small quantity of dye nowadays, use it mixed and diluted to make it...