B/W print; "Tube Refreshments Special" train, Wood Lane Underground station, 1940

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Reference number	1998/84948
Description	Two women load a crate of food onto the "Tube Refreshments Special" train at Wood Lane Underground station, to serve Underground shelterers sleeping on station platforms during the Blitz.
Photographer	Topical Press
Dates	Dec 1940
Collection	Photographs
Object type	B/w print
Photograph number	U32324
Location	Acton Depot
Topics	People Wartime
Completeness	71% 71% ?

• Physical description

  Dimensions

  Attribute	Value
  Height	mm
  Width	mm
  Descriptive size	8x6ins

  Item content

  Attribute	Value
  Text	Sign: No Entry Tube Refreshments Special

  Design

  Attribute	Value
  Shot	medium interior

• People involved

  Role	Person(s) involved
  Photographer	Topical Press, Dec 1940

• Associated companies, people and places

  Places

  Location	Wood Lane, Hammersmith and Fulham W12