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CLAPHAM WOMEN WORKING ON THE RAILWAY: WORLD WAR II

CLAPHAM WOMEN WORKING ON THE RAILWAY: WORLD WAR II

Due to wartime labour shortages, women were often employed in jobs formally considered suitable only for men. Here two women railway 'porteresses' are pictured in a 1943 newspaper - one is from Wandsworth Road Station. From the Lambeth Archives Home Front project 2005.

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Collection:Home Front Project 2005
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Ref:06857
Identifier:223.561
Date:1943

#1926 - 1950  #Home Front Project 2005  #People  #TRANSPORT  #WAR AND ARMED FORCES 

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