World War II Evacuee's doll
Baby ‘John’ was an evacuee’s doll belonging to a little girl named Sheila.
She was evacuated to the area to escape the bombs at Tilbury Docks. She lived with a family in Blythe Bridge and went to a ...
World War II Police Helmet
Many police during the war were Special Constables, fit and able men in reserved occupation, they were issued with a steel helmet with ‘police’ marked on the front. The helmet was meant to withstand the ...
WRVS Tea Van, Stoke-on-Trent
The Lord Mayor, Lady Mayoress, Council Officials and Civil Defence members photographed in front of a mobile tea van during the Second World War.
Mobile tea vans like this would have been operated ...