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  • Keep Death off the Road Keep Death off the Road

    (posters) Made by: Keely, Pat (artist)

    whole: the image occupies the whole. The title is integrated and positioned in the lower third, in pink. The text is integrated and placed in the lower quarter, in white. The title and text are held within a pink border. image: a half-length depiction of...

  • AMERICAN LEASE AND LEND FOOD BEING EATEN IN STAFFORSHIRE, ENGLAND, 1941 AMERICAN LEASE AND LEND FOOD BEING EATEN IN STAFFORSHIRE, ENGLAND, 1941

    part of "MINISTRY OF FOOD SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Food official photographer

    Children eating eggs supplied by America under the Lend Lease scheme in a school in the Staffordshire Potteries area.

  • WAR WORKERS NURSERY AT THE CARNEGIE INSTITUTE, HOCKLEY, BIRMINGHAM, WARWICKSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, 1941 WAR WORKERS NURSERY AT THE CARNEGIE INSTITUTE, HOCKLEY, BIRMINGHAM, WARWICKSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, 1941

    part of "MINISTRY OF LABOUR SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

    A nurse leads toddlers out to play in the sunny courtyard garden of the Carnegie Institute of Child Welfare in Birmingham. One young girl is climbing onto the rocking horse to the right of the photograph, and another girl can be seen playing on the...

  • BEVIN BOYS: MINING TRAINING, CANTERBURY, KENT, ENGLAND, UK, 1944 BEVIN BOYS: MINING TRAINING, CANTERBURY, KENT, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

    part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

    A group of 'Bevin Boys' listen to an afternoon lecture on 'underground transport' as part of their training at a colliery near Canterbury. Their lecturer (not visible) is Arthur Brooks, who has had 56 years of mining experience.

  • BEVIN BOYS: MINING TRAINING, CANTERBURY, KENT, ENGLAND, UK, 1944 BEVIN BOYS: MINING TRAINING, CANTERBURY, KENT, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

    part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

    A group of 'Bevin Boys' listen to an afternoon lecture on 'underground transport' as part of their training at a colliery near Canterbury. Their lecturer (back to camera) is Arthur Brooks, who has had 56 years of mining experience.

  • BELGIAN FISHERMEN IN BRIXHAM, DEVON, ENGLAND, UK, JULY 1944 BELGIAN FISHERMEN IN BRIXHAM, DEVON, ENGLAND, UK, JULY 1944

    part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

    A pupil (left) at the Belgian State Fishing School in Brixham, Devon, is questioned on what he has learnt by a panel of experts. This school is run by the Belgian Government.

  • BELGIAN FISHERMEN IN BRIXHAM, DEVON, ENGLAND, UK, JULY 1944 BELGIAN FISHERMEN IN BRIXHAM, DEVON, ENGLAND, UK, JULY 1944

    part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

    Pupils at the Belgian State Fishing School in Brixham, Devon, receive a lesson in knot-tying from a expert from Ostend (second from right). The school is run by the Belgian Government.

  • BELGIAN FISHERMEN IN BRIXHAM, DEVON, ENGLAND, UK, JULY 1944 BELGIAN FISHERMEN IN BRIXHAM, DEVON, ENGLAND, UK, JULY 1944

    part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

    A general view of some of the older girls as they sit quietly at their desks in their classroom during a lesson at the Belgian school in Brixham, Devon. At the back, one of the girls raises her hand in answer to her teacher's question.

  • BELGIAN FISHERMEN IN BRIXHAM, DEVON, ENGLAND, UK, JULY 1944 BELGIAN FISHERMEN IN BRIXHAM, DEVON, ENGLAND, UK, JULY 1944

    part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

    The schoolmistress points to the blackboard during a Flemish lesson at the Belgian school in Brixham, Devon. The children appear to be reading aloud from the board. According to the original caption, half the day is taught in English, and the other...

  • HISTORY OF THE IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM HISTORY OF THE IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM

    part of "IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM PHOTOGRAPH ARCHIVE COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Imperial War Museum official photographer

    A lecture in progress at the Ministry of Works training school, which occupied part of the Imperial War Museum Picture Galleries in Lambeth Road, London during the Second World War.

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