B/W print; Two signs displayed at Charing Cross (now Embankment) Underground station during the Second World War by Topical Press, 23 Feb 1943

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Reference number	1998/36506
Description	Two signs displayed at Charing Cross (now Embankment) Underground station during the Second World War. One sign is a route destination sign for the southbound Northern line, and one a special interruption of service board notifiying passengers of there being no tube trains owing to an air raid.
Photographer	Topical Press
Dates	23 Feb 1943
Collection	Photographs
Object type	B/w print
Photograph number	U34547
Location	Acton Depot
Topics	Wartime
Completeness	70% 70% ?

• Physical description

  Dimensions

  Attribute	Value
  Descriptive size	8x6ins

  Item content

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  Text

  Destination sign: Northern Line Platform 4 Southbound Kennington Oval Stockwell Clapham North Clapham Common Clapham South Balham Trinity Road (Tooting Bec) Tooting Broadway Colliers Wood South Wimbledon Morden Blackboard: Air Raid Warning No Tube Trains Strand Station for Northern Line Northbound Emergency Buses from Northumberland Avenue for Piccadilly & Waterloo Also Elephant & Castle for Morden Line Southbound

  Design

  Attribute	Value
  Shot	Close-up

• People involved

  Role	Person(s) involved
  Photographer	Topical Press, 23 Feb 1943

• Associated companies, people and places

  Places

  Location	Villiers Street Westminster WC2