Forties Collection (page 21)

Air raid cartoon
Cartoon depicting Oxford Circus tube station during an air raid. Date: 1940

Roberta Huby
Actress Roberta Huby (1913-1995) was appearing in Dick Whittington in Blackpool. Date: 1940

Lady Denham
Daphne Bowyer, Lady Denham (1895-1996), previously known as Daphne Freeman-Mitford. Date: 1940

Caroline Haslett (1895-1957), later made a Dame, was an electrical engineer and champion of women's rights. Date: 1940

Advert for anglepoise lamp
Advert for Terry's Anglepoise lamp, ideal for use during blackouts. Date: 1940

Bomb damage at the Red Cross
Members of the Red Cross, amidst bomb damage to one of their depots Date: 1940

Waifs and Strays appeal
Appeal for gifts on behalf of homeless wartime children. Date: 1940

Advert for Du Barry maternity wear
Advert for Du Barry promoting a woollen maternity suit. Date: 1940

Advert for Christmas dresses
Advert for Marshall & Snelgrove, promoting women's dresses in time for Christmas. Date: 1940

Eve Curie Labouisse (1904-2007) was a French and American writer, journalist and pianist. She fled to Britain in 1940 when the Germans occupied France. Date: circa 1940

Lady Leconfield on a motorbike
Lady Leconfield (1892-1956), born Beatrice Rawson. The motorbike was a present for her adopted son. Date: 1940

Pamela Berry and Diana Duff Cooper
Pamela Berry, Lady Hartwell (1914-1982) and Diana Duff Cooper, Viscountess Norwich (1892-1986), aso known as Lady Diana Manners. Date: 1940

Myra Hess at home
Pianist Myra Hess (1890-1965). She organised almost 2000 lunchtime concerts during the blitz. Date: 1940

John Snagge and Elizabeth Cowell at the BBC
John Snagge (1904-1996) was a BBC newsreader and commentator, who was made Presentation Director at the start of World War II

Elizabeth Cowell, BBC announcer
Elizabeth Cowell (1912-1998) was the first female television announcer. She made her debut with the BBC in 1936. Date: 1940

Director of the Tate Gallery, inspecting damage
John Rothenstein (1901-1992), the Director of London's Tate Gallery, inspecting bomb damage. Th museum suffered this fate several times during the war

Shelter suit
The shelter suit, essential for remaining fashionable in one's air raid shelter. This one is by Burberry. Date: 1940

Theatre goes rural
With many London theatres closed, this production of On Approval was rehearsed in a barn in Buckinghamshire, then toured the provinces. Date: 1940

Winston Churchill toby jug
Sculptor C. Tim Brown at work on a Winston Churchill toby jug Date: 1940

Princess Helena Victoria (1870-1948), originally of Schleswig-Holstein, was a grandaughter of Queen Victoria. Here she is seen as President of the National Women's Auxiliary of the YMCA

Tate Gallery bomb damage
The Tate Gallery initially sustained damage on 16 September 1940, when it was hit by a bomb, the first of several such incidents. Date: 1940

Canada's Air Chief in Britain
Air Commodore Leigh Forbes Stevenson (1895-1989), in command of the Royal Canadian Air Force in Great Britain, with Wing Commander A. P. Campbell, a member of his staff. Date: 1940

Old Bill Goes East
Cartoon by Bruce Bairnsfather (1887-1959), speculating that in 1940 Europe could be considered the darkest continent. Old Bill was a popular recurring character in his cartoons. Date: 1940

Lady Alexandra Haig (1907-1997), daughter of Field Marshal Earl Haig, on duty with the Voluntary Aid Detatchment (VAD). Date: 1940

Re-opened Cafe de Paris
The clientele and staff of a newly re-opened Cafe de Paris in London. It wouldn't stay open for long. In March 1941 the venue was bombed and 34 people were killed

Prime Minister of Canada
The Prime Minister of Canada, the Rt. Hon. William Lyon Mackenzie King (1874-1950) with his dog Pat (aged 17). Date: circa 1940

Elizabeth Arden dinner dress
A wool dinner dress from Elizabeth Arden, here accessorised with a gas-mask carrier. Date: 1940

James Jennings, assistant editor of The Tatler for many years, now retiring. Date: 1940

Lady Astor, motorcyclist
Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (1879-1964) was the first female MP to take her seat in Parliament. Here she is showing off her motorcycle, which she describes as her latest indiscretion'

Viscountess Castlerosse in New York
Colourful socialite Viscountess Doris Castlerosse (1900-1942) moved to New York in 1940. Date: 1940

Ivor Brown
The Observer's drama critic - and later editor - Ivor Brown (1891-1974) at the Clifton Hotel in Blackpool, Date: 1940

Norwegian Royal refugees
Crown Princess Martha of Norway (1901-1954), with her children Prince Harald, later King Harald V (b. 1937), Princess Ragnhild (1930-2012) and Princess Astrid (b. 1932), in exile in New York

Strategising in Gibraltar
Sir Dudley North (1881-1961), Sir Clive Liddell (1883-1956) and F.N.M. MacFarlane (1889-1953) confer about Gibraltar military matters. Date: 1940

Artist H. H. Harris at work
Artist H. H. Harris on a sketching tour in aid of the RAF Comforts Fund. Date: 1940

Training school for the Home Guard
Under-Secretary of State for War Sir Edward Grigg (1879-1955), at the opening of a new training school for the Home Guard. Date: 1940

Advert for Peggy Sage
Wartime advert for Peggy Sage Salons and nail polish. Date: 1940

Advert for Elizabeth Arden soaps, promoted as a little wartime luxury. Date: 1940

Shelter in comfort
Advert for Debenham and Freebody Department Store, promoting the latest fashion in air raid suits and coats. Date: 1940

Training regiment, Royal Armoured Corps
Cartoon by Mel depicting the officers of an army training regiment, part of the Royal Armoured Corps. Date: 1940

Wedding Guests
Virginia Gilliat, later Lady Sykes (1916-1970), Deborah Mitford, later Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1920-2014) and Mrs Sylvia Ormsby-Gore (b. 1920) arriving at a wedding. Date: 1940

BBC radio announcers
Portraits of BBC radio announcers Frank Phillips, Joseph MacLeod, Alan Howland and Alvar Lidell. Date: circa 1940

Members of the ATA (Women's Section)
Members of the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) Women's Section. Winifred Crossley (d. 2008) was one of the very first women to join. Date: 1940

Advert for Marshall & Snelgrove capes
Advert for a range of wool capes available from Marshall & Snelgrove. They are being marketed as ideal for the air raid shelter. Date: 1940

New Cabinet Ministers
Sir John Reith (1889-1971), ex-Director General of the BBC, recently appointed Minister of Public Works and Buildings, with Lt-Col J. T. C. Moore-Brabazon (1884-1964), the new Minister of Transport

Women ATA pilots
Gabrielle Patterson (1905-1968) and Grace Brown, pilots in the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA). Date: 1940

Lady Olein Wyndham-Quin (1892-1969) working as an administrator for the Red Cross. Date: 1940

Two VCs and a DFC
Sergeant John Hannah, V.C. Pilot Officer C. A. H. Connor, D.F.C. And Flt. Lt. R. A. B. Learoyd, V. C. being celebrated for their achievements leading to Victoria Crosses

Red Cross enquirers
Enquirers being interviewed in the Red Cross reception room. Date: 1940

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