Main title: Clacton at War 1939-1945. Online Educational Activities for Schools

 

Images of Clacton in World War II used in the modules.
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Ad for shelter attendants

Air raid shelter

Advert for book recovery drive

Burrsville bomb crater

Church Service Advertisement

Cinema Advert

Clacton's busy seaside before the outbreak of war

Clearing Galleywood Common

Dig for Victory poster


Doris Wright's luggage labels

Easter Treats Leaflet

Evacuee's letter home

Evacuees to Holland-on-Sea

Fire bomb crater

German bomber

German mine

Greensward (West Clacton) fenced in

Group of Red Cross volunteers

Hadleigh Hotel

Lady Reading

Pillbox, Holland-on-Sea, 1953

Pre-war - children at Clacton

Ration book

86th Detachment, Clacton Red Cross at Clacton Hospital in 1939

Respirators (Gas Masks) - invitation to collect

Salvage Efforts - John Bull and children collecting scrap metal

Shelter seating advertisement

Shop ad for utilitywear

The Palace Theatre

Victoria Road bomb damage

V.J. Day party 1945

Wagstaff's corner - bomb damage

Wings for Victory parade

Women - recruiting to the factories

Women - recruiting to the land army

Women - Memorial to; Whitehall , London. Photographed Nov. 2005