Air raid drill at SS Simon and Jude’s School, Great Lever, 1940
This remarkable picture is a chilling reminder of what growing up during wartime was like for children in Bolton.
Taken in 1940 it shows pupils from SS Simon and Jude’s School on Rishton Lane, Great Lever, practicing a drill emerging from the school air raid shelter.
Drills like this were a common part of the school day as the danger of raids by the German Luftwaffe grew ever more likely
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