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A sign pointing to the Seven Sisters mountains, British Columbia.

Three views between Clearwater and Jasper taken from the train.

Tentative identification kindly provided by Frank Schilder.

A postcard of four women, captioned 'S-467 Hawaiian Beauties - Hawaiian Islands'.

A small boat on a bay.

A postcard taken from a river looking up to the snow covered Lion mountain.

Four totem poles in Stanley Park.

A postcard of a car full of people partly inside the Hollow Tree in Stanley Park.

A view of the entrance to Stanley Park, Vancouver, looking north.

Lions Gate bridge with no traffic, only a few pedestrians.

A view towards snow capped mountains.

The three are dressed in swimming gear and are sitting on a diving board, Blue Mountains

A newspaper cutting about civil unrest after the Balfour Declaration.

Advice that the helmet can be collected.

Four men in front of a fuel truck. On the reverse 'Giovanni, Eduardo, Callaghan & Driver. Udine 1946'.

Two identical colour photographs of Bill with union flags and his lucky horseshoe. He is standing at the door of his house.

A half length portrait of Bill, giving a thumbs up, standing in his garden. He is wearing a jacket with his medals.

A man standing in an empty warehouse or factory. Beside him are a pile of boxes.

A man sitting on a garden chair, leaning on a table.

Two skiers standing outside a wooden building.
There is a second identical photograph. On the reverse 'Charlie (A member of the dance orchestra) Cortina, Italy Jan 1946.'

Two men positioned at a garden table. Behind are trees and a suburban house.

Gwendoline Thickett grew up in Rotherham and was a young girl at school when the Second World War began. She was in Sunday School at her local church when the news of the declaration of war was announced. Her parents had already begun to prepare for…

A public information leaflet published by Civil Defence. It gives information about the scheme to evacuate children to safer areas.

A flying related birthday card with coloured drawings of aeroplanes. On the last page the message reads 'Thomaston, Ga. Saturday. Many returns of happy joyous birthdays. Tour Georgian friends, Mr & Mrs [indecipherable] Jones'.

A document from the church with details of the church service. It includes messages about the war.

A postcard of the First Baptist Church, Thomaston, Georgia. On the reverse is a message from AB Hawkes.