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Picture No 11111866
Date 1940
Description Households Encouraged to Give Aluminium for the War Effort
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Woman from the Women's Voluntary Services hangs up pans and kettles from the W.V.S. centre to encourage people to hand in aluminium items to aid the war effort. Aluminium was crucial for aircraft production, with the Battle of Britain at this time raging over the skies of England.
Source Unattributed photograph from 'The Bystander', 17 July 1940, page 69
Credit © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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