Images Dated 2009

Royal Engineers bomb disposal team at work, [Mar 1941]

Bognor Regis. The men are tying a rope around an unexploded bomb, which has come to rest several feet below a kale field near Shripney Road. The bomb fell on 19 March 1941. A sign saying Danger Unexploded Bomb lays close by.
L'Alouette Collection
West Sussex Record Office Ref No: L'Alouette/A/1/4/57

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Presentation of a tank in South Street, Worthing

Presentation of a tank in South Street, Worthing, c.1919. People crowd around a military tank on which several men in military uniform are standing. The tank was presented to mark the town's contribution to the war effort during the First World War. The town hall is in the background. Businesses to the right of the town hall include Godden's Antiques, a mews and garage, and a shop with a sign reading Hilton'. On the left is Patching & Co. Undertakers, Decorators and House Agents. Walter Gardiner Photography Collection, PP/WSL/WGNG000014. WSCC Library Service Photograph and Picture Collections

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Bren Gun Carriers parading past The Arcade, Bognor, 1941

High Street. For the War Weapons Week March 1941. There are people looking out of the windows of the Westminster Bank. The salute was taken, according to the Bognor Regis Observer, by Brigadier W P A Bradshaw, accompanied by Mr T W Marshall (Chairman of the Council) and Mr R W J Hill (Clerk of the Council).
L'Alouette Collection
West Sussex Record Office Ref No: L'Alouette/A/1/12/6

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