This well preserved wartime sign, painted onto brick, reads Public Shelters in Vaults Under Pavements in this Street, directing Londoners to underground protection during the Blitz of 1940 to 1941. Such civil defence signage is a rare surviving reminder of the city's wartime past, Lord North Street, London, United Kingdom
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This well preserved wartime sign, painted onto brick, reads Public Shelters in Vaults Under Pavements in this Street, directing Londoners to underground protection during the Blitz of 1940 to 1941. Such civil defence signage is a rare surviving reminder of the city's wartime past, Lord North Street, London, United Kingdom

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Jul 22, 2026

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Photo12/ImageBROKER/David Rowland

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