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Description: | This photograph shows air-raid damage to a road in Plumstead. The houses in the background are partially destroyed; the severed tram tracks rear into the air on either side of the water-filled bomb crater.
Two uniformed London Transport officials and several workmen stand in and around the crater.
The bombing of residential area caused a huge problem of homelessness. Over 500,000 Londoners were made homeless by air raids. Central government made empty properties available to some families, others stayed with friends, family or other Londoners while they waited to be re-housed.
The authorities also helped to organise basic repairs so that where possible people could move back into their homes. There were also public laundries and canteens serving cheap and nutritious food. These were available at first in the bombed out areas, but soon spread to other parts of the capital. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | London at War Home and Family | Temporal: | 22 Apr 1941 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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