Hunters Vale Blitz damage

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Date:2002

Description:German air-raids targetted the industrial buildings of Handsworth in WW2. Most of the photographs taken by the Public Works Department are of damage to domestic buildings so this is a rare example of industrial damage. The photograph probably dates from the Summer of 1942.

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Time Subject Street Place Military & War Hunters Vale Homefront Handsworth District 1939 - 1945 (World War II) 1901 - 2000 (20th Century)

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Source: Local Studies and History Department

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