Picture No | 12688948 |
Date | 1939 |
Description | Air raid preparations at London gas station, September 1939 |
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An extreme example of sandbagging in anticipation of air raids at a garage in North London. The Sphere jokes that "motorists have to look twice before they recognise the petrol pumps" although praises the "efficient sand-bagging".
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Source | Unattributed photographer in ‘The Sphere’, 30 September 1939, page 504 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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