1942 Collection (page 6)

Neil Kinnock, British Labour politician
Neil Kinnock (Neil Gordon Kinnock, Baron Kinnock, b 1942), Labour Party Leader 1983-1992, later served on the European Commission. Date: circa 1980s

Roy Hattersley and Neil Kinnock at a Party conference
Roy Hattersley (Roy Sydney George Hattersley, Baron Hattersley, b 1932), British Labour politician, writer and journalist, served as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party 1983-1992

Tony Benn and Neil Kinnock at a conference
Tony Benn (Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn, formerly 2nd Viscount Stansgate, 1925-2014), Labour politician, former Cabinet Minister and currently President of the Stop the War Coalition

Photographic portrait of Noel Coward (1899-1973), the English playwright, actor and composer, in 1942, shortly after the release of In Which We Serve'. Date: c.1942

MALTESE ITALIAN SHOT
Malta : an Italian resident is accused of plotting, so the British authorities shoot him - he dies shouting Viva l'Italia ! which rather suggests he was guilty Date: December 1942

GEORGE, DUKE OF KENT (right) Younger son of George V, arriving by aeroplane at the Mousehold Aerodrome, Norwich - he was later to die in an air crash Date: 1902 - 1942

SOVIET MARINES & WIRE
Soviet Marines (known as The Black Death) in action, cutting wire Date: 1942 - 1945

Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat 3872 (msn ), at the National Museum of Naval Aviation, Pensacola, FL Loaned to 892 NAS Royal Navy while working up at Norfolk, VA.18 Jul y 1942

Avro 652 Anson I N4877 - G-AMDA of the Skyfame museum at Staverton Airport N4877 was built at the Avro factory at Newton Heath, Manchester and was taken on charge by the Royal Air Force on Nov 17

Vought-Sikorsky VS-200 Helicopter Date: 1942

De Havilland Hydromatic Airscrew Aircraft Engine
Diagram of De Havilland Hydromatic Airscrew Aircraft Engine, Feathering Date: 1942

Diagram of De Havilland Hydromatic Airscrew Aircraft Engine, Unfeathering Date: 1942

Grumman TBF-1 Avenger 4-T-2
United States Navy - Grumman TBF-1 Avenger 4-T-2 of VT-4 dropping a torpedo. (Note the exhaust plume from the torpedo motor). Date: circa 1942

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - But you said Fall In
The Caption is But you said - Fall In.The lad in the pool is wearing a forage cap, the Officer has a wooden sword and the girls has an oar and a walking stick for rifles

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - That ll stop your careless talk
The Caption is P raps that ll stop your careless talk!. Three little kids cover-up a younger toddlers mouth with a spotty hankerchief

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - In Convoy
The Caption is In Convoy. The convoy system for the merchant ships bringing in vital supples was introduced to counter the German U Boat attacks

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - All quiet on the Home Front
The Caption is All quiet on the Home Front. This derives from All Quiet along the Potomac tonight, a song written during the American Civil War, and repeated in WW1 with Eric Maria Remorques book

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - and NO matches
The Caption is ??? and NO matches. The Natzi wearing a saucepan on his head is confronted across a broken wooden fence by two boys, one with a make-shift bayonet and the other with a Union flag

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Who Cares a Darn
The Caption is Who cares a darn. A watrtime slogan was Make do and Mend. Clothing was rationed but this young lady seems prettly cheerful. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: circa 1942

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - A Mans Job
The Caption is A Mans job. Women filled so many jobs while the men were away. There is a series of photos showing King George VI and Queen Elizabeth at a balloon site

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Something Accomplished
The Caption says Something accomplished, something done, has earned a nights repose! The card was posted on the third anniversary of the start of WW2. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1942

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Smiling - even thro the tears
The rhyme says that things will be nice tomorrow - obviously they were not too good today. On the back is a printed message from the Prime Minister Let us all strive without failing in faith or in

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - The Sun is Out
The verse on the card contains the lines Coupon trouble grows - shes naught to dry - but pegs. Clothes rationing began in June 1941 and did not end until 1949

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Food Flash
The caption on the postcard is Food Flash. The girls are talking about the latest rationing news. In 1942 even sweets were rationed. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1944

Vintage photograph WW II - final moment of HMS Hermes
Vintage photograph World War II - final moment of HMS Hermes, tilting at an angle following attack by Japanese dive bombers, 1942 - sailors in sea, negative water damaged

Photograph of White Horse PH, Rotherhithe (New), London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Right face on view of the pub

Photograph of Waverley Arms, Nunhead, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details

Photograph of Victoria PH, Mile End, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Trading Record 1932

Photograph of Swan PH, Acton, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Trading Record 1933

Photograph of Star & Garter PH, Bermondsey, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

Photograph of Ship PH, Limehouse, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Photo of remainder of destroyed pub

Photograph of Royal Standard PH, New Kent Road (New), London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

Photograph of Railway Tavern, Kingsland, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub

Photograph of Princess Charlotte PH, Camberwell, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub

Photograph of Prince Of Wales PH, Wood Green, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

Photograph of Horse & Groom PH, Hackney, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Face on view of the pub

Photograph of George V PH, Slough, Buckinghamshire. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Picture of queue system at thebar

Photograph of George PH, Tower Hill, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Face on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Nothing for the George

Photograph of Duke Of Clarence PH, Camberwell (New), London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

Duke Of Cambridge PH, Hackney Road (New), London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

King of the Castle by Margaret Tempest. 1942

WW2 - Surfaced Enemy Submarine sees a Corvette on her track
WW2 - The Terror of the u-boat: by the white glare of a star shell and tracer bullets firing through a dark night, a surfaced enemy submarine sees a Corvette on her track 1942

Alastair Hunter on Ronnie Holbechs Paladin. Date: 1942

Page from The Tatler featuring sisters Myra and Georgina Wernher, daughters of Lady Zia and Sir Harold Wernher and grand-daughters of Grand Duke Michael of Russia

Memorial to Sgt Pavlik, RAF, near Dranouter, 5 May 1942 Date: 2016

Lets Face It at the London Hippodrome
Spread from The Sketch covering the latest show at the London Hippodrome, Lets Face It starring Bobby Howes and Pat Kirkwood

Salve it, 1942
Salve it article, 1942, about saving every scrap of paper for the war effort. Waste paper is a munition of war. Date: 1942

Laying up your car in wartime, 1942
Laying up your car? Some practical hints and tips, article by Alan Hess in Britannia & Eve, May 1942. The basic petrol ration was withdrawn at this time, leading many motorists to store their cars

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