Sunday, March 21, 2010

World War Two Homefront

I did a walking tour on Saturday about the home life of Londoners during World War Two. It was in Lambeth-south London- though of course could have taken place anywhere.

A primary school built in the 1800s- still in use as a school
The inside of an Anderson shelter- the bomb shelters in people's garden

The Duchy Arms pub-so named because it's on land owned by the Duchy of Cornwall-ie Prince Charles is your landlord
Some of the public housing owned by the Duchy-pretty high end for social housing
An old Victorian school- during the war, it was used as a training centre for female engineers
A park built on a bomb site
A bit hard to see- but a stall full of guinea pigs!! They live at Vauxhall City Farm- I didn't use my flash because I didn't want to scare them.
A rather large bunny
Some alpacas that live on the farm