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Description: | Most Londoners were keen to help the war effort during the Second World War. London Transport staff were often not allowed to leave their jobs as their work keeping the City moving was seen as too valuable. Because of this many undertook voluntary work.
This included raising funds to pay for two Spitfire planes. This 1943 photo shows volunteers making aircraft parts in their spare time. It was taken in the subway of Earls Court Underground station, where work benches and machinery had been set up. A number of men are sitting at the benches working. In the foreground, a tea lady is pouring a cup of tea from an urn. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | London at War | Temporal: | 17 Jan 1943 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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