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Reference Number (click to see whole series/group)15A13/15/140
Extent41 items
TitleIMAGES OF HAMPSHIRE EVACUATION
Date1939 - 1945
DescriptionSet of prints showing a variety of interior and exterior shots of activities around the Hurstbourne camp including road-building, pipe-laying, Christmas celebrations, office scenes, and winter weather at the camp.

1) Exterior view of icicles hanging from a covered walkway. (83mm x 107mm
2) Interior view showing clothing, bedding and wellington boots.. Verso: 'Hut interior'. (68mm x 114mm)
3) Exterior view. Verso: '[Mud] road making'. (113mm x 67mm)
4) Exterior view. Verso: 'Gents'. (68mm x 114mm)
5) Exterior view. Verso: 'Roadmaking'. (68mm x 114mm)
6) Exterior view. Verso: 'Packing [hot water] pipes'.. (68mm x 115mm)
7) Exterior view. Verso: 'Roadmaking'. (67mm x 114mm)
8) Exterior view. Verso: 'Back gate at Mansion'. (68mm x 113mm)
9) Exterior view. Verso: 'East corner of Work Hut. Note mud'. (68mm x 113mm)
10) Interior view. Verso: 'The serving maids Lyons'. (89mm x 107mm)
11) Exterior view. Mounted print showing a large tent and some brick huts.(93mm x 119mm)
12) Exterior view. Mounted print showing a covered walkway between huts. (97mm x 114mm)
13) Exterior view. Mounted print showing a row of huts. (97mm x 120mm)
14) Interior view. Verso: 'The work hut' (64mm x 94mm)
15) Exterior view. Verso: 'The Stables'. Markings suggest it may have been published. (62mm x 88mm)
16) Exterior view. Verso: 'Cycle and spare tents'. (62mm x 88mm)
17) Exterior view. Verso: 'The Mansion'. Markings suggest it may have been published. (61mm x 87mm)
18) Exterior view. Verso: 'The Mansion'. Markings suggest it may have been published. (62mm x 87mm)
19)Exterior view. Verso: 'Trees broken by weight of ice. First year at Whitchurch'. (61mm x 88mm)
20) Exterior view of ice covered trees. Verso: 'First year at Whitchurch'.(88mm x 62mm)
21) Exterior view of a steamroller by some huts.Verso: 'The old war horse'. (84mm x 108mm)
22) Interior view. Verso: 'The amateur chef Christmas 1939'. (84mm x 107mm)
23) Exterior view. Blank postcard of 'Hurstbourne Park'. (89mm x 138mm)
24) Exterior view. Blank postcard of 'View from Terrace, Hurstbourne Park'. (90mm x 139mm)
25) Exterior view. Postcard of 'Market Place, Whitchurch'. The message is dated 16.6.54 from 'Geoffrey S' to 'E C Alsop, Commonwealth Office, Bank of England'. (88mm x 139mm)
26) Interior view of people in an office. Verso: 'Mr Highley. Centre facing camera'. (84mm x 107mm)
27) Close up of a man holding a large icicle. (107mm x 83mm)
28) Interior view. Verso: 'The canteen. Christmas 1939'. (83mm x 108mm)
29) Exterior view. Image of snow-covered huts. (83mm x 107mm)
30) Exterior view. Image of a snow-covered road or driveway. (84mm x 107mm)
31) Interior view. Verso: 'Distribution Section with myself on extreme left'. Markings suggest it may have been published.(83mm x 107mm)
32) Interior view of tables set up for Christmas lunch. Verso: 'Christmas 1939'. (89mm x 107mm)
33) Interior view. Verso: 'The 'Heads' at lunch'. (84mm x 107mm)
34) Interior view. Verso: 'The canteen Xmas 1939'. (83mm x 107mm)
35) Interior view of staff wearing paper hats at dinner. Verso: 'Christmas 1939'. (83mm x 107mm)
36) Exterior view of a car outside a hut. Both a covered in snow. (88mm x 107mm)
37) Interior view. Verso: 'Dining room'. (83mm x 107mm)
38) Exterior view. Mounted print showing a row of huts with people outside. (97mm x 112mm)
39) Exterior view of the landscaped gardens at Hurstbourne. (64mm x 93mm)
40) Exterior view looking towards the Mansion. (64mm x 93mm)
41) Exterior view of the front of the Mansion. (84mm x 108mm)
YearOpen2017
KeywordWellies
Second World War (1939-1945); Weather; Personnel; Fashion; Celebrations; Transport; Wartime construction [UK Archival Thesaurus]
PhysicalDescriptionPhotographic Print

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