B/W print; Piccadilly Circus station exterior by Topical Press, 14 Aug 1944

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Reference number	1998/36210
Description	Piccadilly Circus station exterior. View showing the baffle walls at the north-west entrance to the station. Air raid shelter and alert posters are displayed. A small crowd has gathered on the left, including a policeman and a LT staff member.
Photographer	Topical Press
Dates	14 Aug 1944
Collection	Photographs
Object type	B/w print
Photograph number	U36111
Location	Acton Depot
Topics	Wartime
Completeness	70% 70% ?

• Physical description

  Dimensions

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  Descriptive size	8x6ins

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  On poster: During an alert: No trains to Trafalgar Square, Charing Cross, Waterloo, Lambeth North, Elephant & Castle. Special buses to above stations from Jermyn Street and Haymarket On poster: Nearest public air raid shelters to this station. Surface shelters Swan & Edgar Haymarket Piccadilly Circus. Surface shelters Austin Reed Lower Regent Street 113-119 Regent Street. Surface shelters St James Church Piccadilly 41 Haymarket garage...Look for illuminated "S" signs.

  Design

  Attribute	Value
  Shot	Medium exterior

• People involved

  Role	Person(s) involved
  Photographer	Topical Press, 14 Aug 1944
  Copied by	Colin Tait, 1983

• Associated companies, people and places

  Places

  Location	Piccadilly Circus Westminster W1