B/W print; Three young children sleep in hammocks slung across the tube railway lines at Aldwych Underground Station by Planet News, 5 May 1940

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Reference number	2005/8233
Description	Three young children sleep in hammocks slung across the tube railway lines at Aldwych Underground Station. Aldwych was one of the stations taken out of service to provide safe shelter for Londoners during air raids.
Photographer	Planet News
Dates	5 May 1940
Collection	Photographs
Object type	B/w print
Photograph number	Censor No.78625
Location	Acton Depot
Topics	Wartime
Completeness	69% 69% ?

• Physical description

  Dimensions

  Attribute	Value
  Descriptive size	8x6ins

  Design

  Attribute	Value
  Shot	medium interior

• People involved

  Role	Person(s) involved
  Photographer	Planet News, 5 May 1940
  Copied by	Norman R Kent, Nov 2006

• Associated companies, people and places

  Places

  Location	Aldwych