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WARSHIP WEEK FLYER: WORLD WAR II

WARSHIP WEEK FLYER: WORLD WAR II

Leaflet for Warship Week March 1942, a drive to fund raise for the war effort. Typed on the reverse are the details of the week's events in Clapham, including a 'Grand Concert' at St Mary's Hall in St Alphonsus Road.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. From the Lambeth Archives Home Front project 2005.
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Collection:Home Front Project 2005
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Ref:06844
Identifier:IV 169 Vol.11
Date:1942

#1926 - 1950  #Awdry Collection  #CLAPHAM PARK  #FOOD AND DRINK  #WAR AND ARMED FORCES