Image reference: xl05945
Description: A black and white photograph from the Wakefield City Engineers Collection showing salvage/collection vans travelling over Bridge Street in Wakefield in 1943. During the Second World War items were collected to help with the war effort such as paper, rubber and bones. There are signs reading 'Bones for Salvage, men need explosives' and 'Salvage saves shipping'. There are pictures of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth and Union Flags atop the lorries. Internal Reference: WYAS WND (B208) 20/1
Keywords: War, Lorry, Bridge, Chapel, Church, Banner, Flags, Advertisement, Telegraph pole, People, Road, War work
Place name(s): WF1, Wakefield
Date(s): 1943
Date added to archive: 05/08/2003
Original rights: Wakefield Express Series
Permission rights: Wakefield Express Newspaper Group Ltd
Digital rights: WMDC Libraries and Information Services
Digital publisher: WMDC, Education and Cultural Services, Libraries and Information Services
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