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  • FROM THE CHILDREN OF AMERICA TO THE CHILDREN OF BRITAIN: THE WORK OF KILRONAN NURSERY, WOKING, SURREY, ENGLAND, 1941 FROM THE CHILDREN OF AMERICA TO THE CHILDREN OF BRITAIN: THE WORK OF KILRONAN NURSERY, WOKING, SURREY, ENGLAND, 1941

    part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

    Harriet Hopkins (aged 2) cries following a disagreement with one of her friends at Kilronan Nursery, also featured in the photograph. The children are playing outside the nursery, and the remains of snow can be seen on the ground.

  • FROM THE CHILDREN OF AMERICA TO THE CHILDREN OF BRITAIN: THE WORK OF KILRONAN NURSERY, WOKING, SURREY, ENGLAND, 1941 FROM THE CHILDREN OF AMERICA TO THE CHILDREN OF BRITAIN: THE WORK OF KILRONAN NURSERY, WOKING, SURREY, ENGLAND, 1941

    part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

    Mary Dean sits on a chamber pot, surrounded by cots, in the dormitory of Kilronan Nursery in Woking, Surrey, in preparation for bedtime.

  • FROM THE CHILDREN OF AMERICA TO THE CHILDREN OF BRITAIN: THE WORK OF KILRONAN NURSERY, WOKING, SURREY, ENGLAND, 1941 FROM THE CHILDREN OF AMERICA TO THE CHILDREN OF BRITAIN: THE WORK OF KILRONAN NURSERY, WOKING, SURREY, ENGLAND, 1941

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

    Sister Morley uses cotton wool to wipe the eye of three-year-old evacuee Lawrence Humpreys in the medical room at Kilronan Nursery in Woking, Surrey.

  • MUSLIMS IN BRITAIN: EID UL FITR CELEBRATIONS, 1941 MUSLIMS IN BRITAIN: EID UL FITR CELEBRATIONS, 1941

    part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

    A group of Indian students, now training in British munitions factories in the North of England, sing songs in the open air, following the Eid ul Fitr ceremony at Woking Mosque.

  • MUSLIMS IN BRITAIN: EID UL FITR CELEBRATIONS, 1941 MUSLIMS IN BRITAIN: EID UL FITR CELEBRATIONS, 1941

    part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

    A collection of shoes await their owners outside a tent in which the Eid ul Fitr ceremony is being held, next door to Woking Mosque. There was not enough room in the Mosque for all those wishing to attend, so a tent was used instead. Shoes are not...

  • MUSLIMS IN BRITAIN: EID UL FITR CELEBRATIONS, 1941 MUSLIMS IN BRITAIN: EID UL FITR CELEBRATIONS, 1941

    part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

    Following the Eid ul Fitr ceremony at Woking Mosque, the celebrations continue with music and singing by the fireplace in the living room of the home of one of the Muslims present at the ceremony.

  • MUSLIMS IN BRITAIN: EID UL FITR CELEBRATIONS, 1941 MUSLIMS IN BRITAIN: EID UL FITR CELEBRATIONS, 1941

    part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

    A man removes his shoes before entering the tent which is being used in place of Woking Mosque to hold the Eid ul Fitr ceremony. Shoes are not permitted in a Mosque. Woking Mosque itself was not big enough to hold all those wishing to attend the...

  • MUSLIMS IN BRITAIN: EID UL FITR CELEBRATIONS, 1941 MUSLIMS IN BRITAIN: EID UL FITR CELEBRATIONS, 1941

    part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

    Muslims at prayer in a large tent which has been set up outside the Woking Mosque as part of the Eid ul Fitr celebrations. Included are men of the Royal Indian Army Service Corps.

  • MUSLIMS IN BRITAIN: EID UL FITR CELEBRATIONS, 1941 MUSLIMS IN BRITAIN: EID UL FITR CELEBRATIONS, 1941

    part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

    Imam Abdul Majid leads this Muslim congregation in prayer in a tent, set up alongside Woking Mosque, as part of the Eid ul Fitr ceremony. Included are men from the Royal Indian Army Service Corps.

  • MUSLIMS IN BRITAIN: EID UL FITR CELEBRATIONS, 1941 MUSLIMS IN BRITAIN: EID UL FITR CELEBRATIONS, 1941

    part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

    Men and women enjoy a feast in a large tent following the Eid ul Fitr ceremony at Woking Mosque.

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