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