Rookery Road Blitz damage

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Date:1942

Description:The aftermath of an air-raid in Rookery Road during WW2. The photograph shows several recognisable themes from daily life in 1942 - a policeman stands guard over now dangerous buildings, mothers on the street are catching up with the latest news and in the foreground two men are moving rubble. The man on the left has paused from digging having located something of personal interest, perhaps it is his own house that he is sifting through.

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

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