A wrapper from a 'Services Assortment' sweet made by Cleeves Ltd of Clapham, depicting the barrage ballons and wartime searchlights used to protect London from bombing raids.From a series of albums containing newspaper and magazine clippings, assorted ephemera and a diary, kept by Mrs Lucy Awdry of 14 Franconia Road, Clapham, for the duration of World War II and recording wartime life in London. During the war Mrs Awdry volunteered with the Women's Voluntary Service (WVS) assisting with fire watch duties and also at the Clapham War Savings Centre. Included in the Lambeth Archives Home Front project 2005.
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Collection: | Home Front Project 2005 |
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Ref: | 06699 |
Identifier: | IV 169 Vol 12 |
Date: | 1943 |
#1926 - 1950 #Awdry Collection #FOOD AND DRINK #WAR AND ARMED FORCES