The Sentinel Magazine, Christmas 1939
Page 7 of the Sentinel Magazine. The first wartime issue of the Magazine for Icknield Street Boys School. Produced from their place of evacuation at Cinderford in Gloucestershire.
The Sentinel Magazine, Christmas 1939
Page 8 of the Sentinel Magazine. The first wartime issue of the Magazine for Icknield Street Boys School. Produced from their place of evacuation at Cinderford in Gloucestershire.
The Sentinel Magazine, Christmas 1939
Page 9 of the Sentinel Magazine. The first wartime issue of the Magazine for Icknield Street Boys School. Produced from their place of evacuation at Cinderford in Gloucestershire.
The Sentinel Magazine, Christmas 1939
Page 10 of the Sentinel Magazine. The first wartime issue of the Magazine for Icknield Street Boys School. Produced from their place of evacuation at Cinderford in Gloucestershire.
The Sentinel Magazine, Christmas 1939
Page 11 of the Sentinel Magazine. The first wartime issue of the Magazine for Icknield Street Boys School. Produced from their place of evacuation at Cinderford in Gloucestershire.
Tindal Street School evacuees with Queen Mary
The picture is dated 21st September 1939. Arthur Rose is to far left and sister Irene Rose is the girl in front with hand on the grass. Irene remembers writing home to her mum to say she had been gardening ...
Travel notice to housewives
An advertisment placed on public transport to encourage housewives not to travel after 4pm, to free up transport for essential workers.
Fewer buses and trains would have been available than in peace ...
Varna Road
Bomb damage on Varna Road, Balsall Heath during World War Two, 1941 (the area was one of the first to be redeveloped in the 1960's and the road was completely demolished and no longer exists)
VE Day in Cregoe Street
Cregoe Street party to celebrate the end of the Second World War. VE Day was officially on May 8th but this party may have been held after that date. The location is the "lower end" of Cregoe Street which ...
VE Day Service at St John's Church in Ladywood
View of the church during the service to mark the 60th anniversary of VE Day. Norman Bartlam and Eileen DOyle of the Housing Education Initiative put on an exhibtion and organised events for the day. ...
Waiting for Churchill
Children from St George's and The Oratory Ladywood Schools waiting for the arrival of "Winston Churchil" at the 60th Anniversary of VE Day celebrations at St John's Church in Ladywood.
Waste Is Wanted For War Weapons
Publicity poster asking the public to save their waste for the war effort. Suggested material is rags, paper, bones and metal. the poster goes on to point out that: "this week and every week salvage is ...
Waste Paper Warning!.
A poster issued by Birmingham City Council warning that the destruction of waste paper is an offence against the national war effort.
Winston Churchill in Birmingham City Centre
Churchill made an open-top car tour of Birmingham following the end of hostilities in Europe. During World War Two the city had contributed massively to the war effort in terms of manpower and materials. ...
Zeppelins!!
The threat and actuality of bombing raids by Zeppelins on Britain during the First World War prompted adverts such as these from insurance companies. The reality of raids such as that on the Midlands ...