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Bournemouth in the 1940s

An RAF funeral in 1943
Poole ATC cadet Derek Groves on D-Day. He recorded 875 aircraft flying over Poole Harbour towards France
The Home Guard, Bournemouth
St Paul's Campaigners, 1940
Ferndown School 1945 Christmas play
Children enjoying a party given by Harold "Ginger" Benwell in Redhill Drive,
East Howe school dinner hall
Historian John Walker with his father and sister in the Lower Gardens, 1944
Seaman Albert Swansbury, who served with the Royal Naval Patrol Services on H.M Waterfly, a trawler converted to minesweeper. He was 26yrs old when he was killed with 14 others when the boat was sank by German aircraft off Dungeness on Sept 17 1942. .
VE Day street party in Wheaton Road, 1945
VJ Day street part in Wheaton Road ,1945
Vera Rose Rae working in the gardens at Upton House in the summer of 1942. She worked there during the war, having trained at Seale Hayne Agricultural College at Newton Abbot. After her death a tree was planted in the gardens in her memory.
Postcard recording the wedding of Professor Newlandsmith, musician,philosopher and author to Maria Romero, Diplomat's daughter and descendant from ancient Aztecs, at St Stephen's Church on Easter Monday 1940. The couple had 14 bridesmaids.
East Howe School. Leslie Batchelor and his brother Desmond in their Boys Brigade uniforms taken a few days before Leslie died when the Gas Works was bombed.
Southern Railway Home Guard with stationmaster Prosser at Bournemouth Central Station
Children on dustcart in Saxonbury Road, Tuckton circa 1940-42. Submitted by Mrs Jean Lees. Left to right, John Bramwell, Jean and her identical twin Ann Stockley. Dustman on far right Mr Rodaway of Southbourne.
Local man Arthur Cox found this in his father Cyril's possessions. He thinks it dates to just after WWII. Cyril is in the centre, wearing dark clothes and a white shirt, sleeves rolled up, looking directly at the camera.
Poole Fire Brigade outside the station during the War Years.
Nurses at the Victoria and West Hants Hospital in 1939
Bonfire at the Quomps, Christchurch, 1945
Branksome and Upper Parkstone Conservative Club ready for an outing aboard a Royal Blue coach sometime during the war.
Another photo from the wedding of Professor Newslandsmith at St Stephen's Church in 1940, showing the 14 bridesmaids
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