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AIR RAID SHELTERS, STREATHAM : WORLD WAR II

AIR RAID SHELTERS, STREATHAM : WORLD WAR II

Communal Air Raid Shelters were scattered around Streatham and operated by Civil Defence volunteers for local residents. Mr.Wendell Wilkie seen here visiting a Streatham shelter, one of the many he visited to study 'London under blitz conditions'.Photograph from 'To, For and About Streatham', published by St.Leonard's Parish Church, Streatham, May 1945.
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Collection:Streatham Antiquarian Society
Image type:Photograph
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Ref:02606
Identifier:24/222 p.15
Date:c.1945

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