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• The Control-room at South West Regional Headquarters, Bristol

  (art) Made by: Piper, John (CH) 1940

  image: a room lit by electric light. On the right hand wall is an abstract map, with areas marked with numbers and letters. On the adjacent wall are more symbols, another smaller map and a clock. In the foreground are tables with a glass and carafe.

• Women Wanted as Ambulance Drivers

  (posters) Made by: Brookshaw, Drake (artist)

  whole: the image is positioned in the lower three-quarters. The title is partially integrated and positioned in the upper third, in dark blue. The text is separate and placed in the top edge left, in orange, and in the lower fifth, in black and in blue....

• Women Wanted - as Ambulance Drivers

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist)

  whole: the image occupies the majority. The title is integrated and positioned in the upper half, in yellow with black shadowing, and in white. The text is separate and positioned in the lower fifth, in yellow, set against a black background. image: a...

• Women Wanted for Evacuation Service

  (posters) Made by: Mathew, Jack (artist)

  whole: the image occupies the whole, with the title integrated and positioned in the upper quarter, in black and orange. The text is integrated and placed across the top edge, in blue, and in the lower quarter, in black and orange. image: a depiction of...

• It's the Women We Need

  (posters) Made by: Sutton, R Fran (artist)

  whole: the two images are positioned in the upper quarter and lower half. The title is partially integrated and placed in the centre, in black cursive script. The text is separate and positioned in the lower quarter, in black. Further, transparent text...

• In a Raid - Motorists ...

  (posters) Made by: Purvis, Tom (artist)

  whole: the image occupies the majority of the left half. The title is separate and positioned across the top edge, in red. The text is separate and positioned in the lower right, in black. All set against a white background. image: a depiction of the...

• In a Raid - Open your door to passers-by

  (posters) Made by: Purvis, Tom (artist)

  whole: the image occupies the majority of the left half. The title is separate and positioned across the top edge, in red. The text is separate and positioned in the lower right, in black. All set against a white background. image: a depiction of the...

• ARP Practice

  (art) Made by: Pitchforth, Roland Vivian (RA)

  image: in the background firemen fight a fire on the third floor of a building while in the foreground ARP officers wearing overalls and gas masks carry stretchers to ambulances. One figure in the foreground is tending to a civilian lying on the ground...

• V2 Damage at the Chelsea Pensioners' Hospital, London, SW3

  (art) Made by: Schwabe, Randolph 1945-01-01

  image: The Chelsea Pensioners' hospital following a German V2 flying bomb attack. The building on the left remains largely untouched, except for the windows which have all been blown out. Of the building on the right, half remains standing with severe...

• Fire Drill

  (art) Made by: Gabain, Ethel Leontine 1940

  image: A woman wearing overalls lowers herself to the ground on a rope suspended from a wooden platform. She is supervised by a uniformed man standing at the top of the platform, who holds the other end of the rope. On the ground a crowd of men and women...