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part of "MINISTRY OF LABOUR SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer
CIO OFFICIAL VISITS BRITISH LABOUR PROJECTS: WOMEN'S LAND ARMY CLUB, LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944Mr Irving Abramson (right), chairman of the War Relief Committee of the Congress of Industrial Organisations, takes tea with a group of women at the Women's Land Army Club in London. On the wall behind them is painted a commemorative mural 'scroll',...
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer
ROYAL HOSPITAL CHELSEA: EVERYDAY LIFE WITH THE CHELSEA PENSIONERS, LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1945Two gardening Chelsea Pensioners compare produce in the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea. The Pensioner on the right has an artificial arm with hook. The original caption states that the photograph was taken during the annual garden competition:...
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer
ROYAL HOSPITAL CHELSEA: EVERYDAY LIFE WITH THE CHELSEA PENSIONERS, LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1945Three Chelsea Pensioners work on their gardens in the sunshine at the Royal Hospital Chelsea. The Pensioner in the foreground has an artificial right arm, with hook. The original caption states that "any pensioners who like, may have their own gardens...
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer
SOLDIERS WORKING ON THE LAND: HELPING WITH THE HARVEST, UK, JULY 1945Three British soldiers helping with the harvest make stooks of wheat in the sunshine, somewhere in Britain. The solider in the centre appears to be from the Welch Regiment.
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer
SOLDIERS WORKING ON THE LAND: HELPING WITH THE HARVEST, UK, JULY 1945A British soldier, probably of the Welch Regiment, helps a Land Girl to stook wheat, as they bring in the harvest, somewhere in Britain.
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer
SOLDIERS WORKING ON THE LAND: HELPING WITH THE HARVEST, UK, JULY 1945Soldiers on pay parade queue up for their wages at the end of a day of working helping to bring in the harvest, somewhere in Britain. Included are a man from a Fusilier regiment, possibly the Lancashire Fusiliers, receiving his payment, and several men...
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer
A PICTURE OF A SOUTHERN TOWN: LIFE IN WARTIME READING, BERKSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, 1945A general scene of men at work on their sunny allotments on the outskirts of Reading. According to the original caption "some are on land owned by the Town Council, some are privately owned. You can have a piece of ground, usually rented out by the rod...
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer
BRITAIN'S YOUTH PREPARES: GIRLS CREATE ALLOTMENTS ON BOMB SITE, LONDON, ENGLAND, 1942Members of the Girls Training Corps dig over the ground in preparation for the creation of an allotment in what was once the garden of 145 Piccadilly, the former home of the King and Queen. Bomb damaged buildings can be seen behind them as they work.
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer
PARISH PRIEST: THE WORK OF THE VICAR OF ST MARK'S CHURCH, VICTORIA DOCKS, SILVERTOWN, LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944Reverend Joseph Stephens oversees work in the allotment next to St Mark's Church, Silvertown. The ground on which the allotments stand once held the vicarage, destroyed by a bomb in 1940. The youngest allotment holders, seen working here, are Stanley...
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer
BATTLE OF THE LAND: THE WORK OF THE WOMEN'S LAND ARMY ON THE BRITISH HOME FRONT, 1942Three Land Girls work with hoes in a field as part of their training at the Northampton Institute of Agriculture.