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Description: | People shelter from an air raid on an Underground station platform. It seems a train has pulled in.
Every night, up to 60,000 shelterers took refuge in the Underground. It was one of few refuges for people who lived in high-density housing. One advantage it had over the shelters at ground level was that the bombs could not be heard this deep underground, so some people managed to snatch a few hours' sleep.
These shelters were often damp and unhygienic, though after the first few months of bombing the authorities improved conditions by installing bunks, wash rooms and toilets, and providing medical care. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Sport & General/ Alpha Press | Subjects: | London at War | Temporal: | circa 1940 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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