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Description: | The British government anticipated extensive bombing campaigns on British cities if war with Germany broke out. Long before war was finally declared, officials made plans for the evacuation of young mothers and children from London.
Evacuations began on 1 September 1939. Over four days, more than 550,000 children were evacuated. They were taken by bus, tram, and Tube to mainline stations around the city. From there they travelled to towns and villages across Britain.
This photo was taken on the first day of evacuations. Girls from the Charles Edward Brooke School in Camberwell are boarding trams destined for Waterloo station. They are carrying suitcases and each has a boxed gas mask over her shoulder. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | London at War Home and Family | Temporal: | 1 Sep 1939 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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