The Blitz Collection (page 7)

The shell of the Sissons Brother factory in Hull following the German airforce raid on the city on the night of the 18th - 19th July 1941

The remains of St. Annes Convalescent Home and Chapel situated between St
The remains of St.Annes Convalescent Home and Chapel situated between St. Annes Road and Sands Lane, Bridlington on the morning of 18th June 1941

A surface air raid shelter that survived following a direct hit on the nearby house at an unknown location in Hull. Circa March 1941

Crater and damage to the newsagent at the junction with Goddard Avenue and Woodlands, Hull, following a heavy over night raid 14th March 1941

Womens Voluntary Service members serving tea to the firefights, soldiers and rescue workers in Central Hull following a heavy night raid on the city. Circa March 1941

The Central Post Office in Hull damaged in a overnight air raid on the city 18th July 1941

Police cordon off a crater caused by a German bomb outside The Albion Hotel at the junction of Hedon Road and Williamson Street, Hull on the morning 30th August 1940

Ferensway, Hull seen at the end of June 1943 bares the scars of three years of bombing with many of the completely demolished. In the fore ground at surface air raid shelters. 30th June 1943

Surface air raid shelters close to the remain of the bus station in Hull, which was completely destroyed over two nights in May 1942. 8th July 1942

The scene after the bombing of Mixbury in Lower Warberry Road, Torquay in April 22, 1941 Four people died. Henry Thompson was 67 and died alongside his six-year-old niece Elizabeth Windeatt

ARP Warden on fire watch in Bristol, armed with his trusted stirrup pump and buckets of sand. Circa December 1940

Bristol a newspaper reporter works by candlelight in January 1941 after bombs cut off the power

Stafford Street, Bedminster during the blitz. Blitz Between 24 November 1940 and 11 April 1941 there were six major bombing raids on Bristol

Swansea as dawn breaks after three night blitz attack by the Germans. August 1940

Service being held at St. Mary and Bow church in London during the Blitz attack of the German Luftwaffe. Circa 1940

A mother tends to her young son while her daughter settles into a bed made from a wooden fruit box. This East End family takes shelter from a German air raid in a un-named London Underground station

Clydebank Blitz March 1941 World War Two devastation in street Firemen Air raid Army bomb damage

London Blitz damaged premises in Marylebone 1940 WW2

Womens Voluntary Service serve tea and sandwiches to people sheltering from German bombing raids at the Liverpool Street underground air raid shelter 13th October 1940

Bomb damage after an air raid in Sheffield during the Blitz Krieg of the German Luftwaffe bombing bomb attack destroyed bus damaged damage second world war world war 2 December 1940 1940s ©

WW2 Rescue workers search rubble Dec 1940 of a building in City Road London after an air raid. Blitz

Clydebank Blitz March 1941 World War Two devastation in street Firemen Air raid Army bomb damage

Children collecting firewood from bombed building september 1941 OP136 W376A box 46 y2k The Blitz refers to the strategic bombing campaign conducted by the Germans against London

London Skyline 29 / 12 / 40 W101 Box 57 The Blitz in England lasted
London Skyline 29/12/40 W101 Box 57 The Blitz in England lasted from 1940 - 41and focussed mainly on London as well as smaller industrial cities such a Coventry

WW2 Air Raid Damage Rogerstone October 1941 Bomb damage at Rogerstone, civilians and rescue workers on a street amidst wreckage during the blitz WW2 WW2 WW2 WW2 WW2

The city of London burns in the Blitz, as seen from the dome of St Pauls

Fireman in Blitz on London

Burning Biuldings after a blitz bombing

WW2 Firemans tea break during the blitz of WW2

Firemen have a well earned drink whilst trying to quell the flames from a fire started by a German fire bomb during one of the overnight air raids in Autumn 1940

Firemen at work during Blitz on London WW2

London Blitz by German bombers during WW2

Result of the London Blitz by German bombers

An onlooker examines an unexploded aerial mine comes to rest outside a railway station at the height of the blitz Circa 1940

Blitz: Taken from the German word Blitzkrieg ( lightning war ), this was the British name for the Luftwaffes sustained night attacks against their cities from August 1940 to midway 1941

This is the room in which Mrs. Hanleys twins were born
This is the room in which Mrs.Hanleys twins were born....The crib is full of debris when the London Maternity Hospital was bombed, the babies were under their mothers bed. 10th September 1940

St Clement Danes in the Strand London on fire during Blitz during WW2. May 1941

WW2 A family seeks refuge inisde an Anderson Air Raid shelter during the blitz. These shelter came in kit form, they were made of corrigated iron

WW2 Air Raid Bomb Damage Sheffield Collapsed buildings on one of the major throughfares in Sheffield following a overnight air raid by the Luftwaffe (German Airforce) during the 1940 1941 Blitz

Plymouth Bomb Damage WW2 Civilians and rescue workers search through the the bomb damage buildings in the centre of Plymouth following a bombing raid by the Luftwaffe (The German Airforce)

WW2 Air Raid Damage Fetter Lane bomb damage - policemen on the beat on Fetter Lane after the Blitz

WW2 Air Raid Damage Bristol Civilians searching through rubble of their bomb damaged houses after an air raid on Bristol by the Luftwaffe (German Airforce) during the blitz Circa January 1941

WW2 London The Blitz Firemen Firemen reading their newspapers outside their sandbagged fire station at Kensington Close West London during The Blitz Circa September 1940

WW2 Air Raid Damage Nurses looking at a bombed hospital building during the blitz

City workers carry on with their daily routines walking past the damage caused by German bombers near to the Bank of England Circa 1940

Smoke rises from behind the dome of St Pauls Cathedral after the first daylight bombing raid by the Luftwaffe (German Airforce) on the docks and the East End of London in September 1940

WW2 Air Raid Damage Rescue workers at a bombed site after during blitz

Service being held at St. Mary and Bow church in London during the Blitz attack of the German Luftwaffe. 1940s

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"The Blitz: A Tale of Resilience and Destruction during WW2" As the sirens blared, a family sought refuge inside an Anderson Air Raid shelter, finding solace amidst the chaos of the blitz. Docklands were ablaze, with flames illuminating the night sky as bombed London bore witness to its darkest days. St Paul's Cathedral stood strong despite bomb damage, a symbol of unwavering faith in the face of adversity. The Sutton Coalfield Battalion proudly paraded for inspection, embodying the spirit of unity within the Warwickshire Home Guard. In London during the blitz, while services were held commemorating those lost, the skyline was forever changed by relentless bombings. Army bomb disposal squads risked their lives daily; rolling unexploded German bombs through city streets or meticulously placing explosive charges around fuses. Liverpool felt Merseyside's August 1941 wrath during this period of devastation. The old buildings stood as haunting reminders of what once was before being reduced to rubble. Business premises in Weston Super Mare suffered a similar fate - scars etched into Somerset's landscape. Newbridge Road in Hull became a testament to resilience after it was mercilessly bombed in the blitz. Despite destruction all around them, Yorkshire residents refused to be broken and rebuilt their shattered community from scratch. The blitz may have left indelible marks on history but it also revealed humanity's strength and determination against unimaginable odds. Through darkness emerged stories of bravery and hope that continue to inspire generations today.