Record

TitleHMS Pinner float in High Street, Pinner during 'Warship Week', 1942
RepositoryHarrow Local History Collection & Archive
Ref NoGB1102/LHC/3/1/1/402
Alt Ref No1289NW
MakerHumphrey-Saunders Studios Ltd.
DateMarch 1942
DescriptionBlack and white photographic print showing HMS Pinner float in High Street, Pinner during 'Warship Week'. View looking down toward large grey parade float in the shape of a boat, with a woman dressed as Britannia aboard. Crowds of people behind, including a brass band. Bunting hangs from shopfronts in background. Notes in pen and pencil on reverse.
CommentsAppears in "Panorama of Pinner Village" (1947), page 46. From accompanying text (also written on reverse of photo): "HMS Pinner in the High Street during "Warship Week", March 1942, collecting for war bonds for Pinner-Northwood Hospital. The staff of the Colne Valley Electric Supply Co was responsible for this enterprising piece of work."
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FormatPhotograph
CategoryPhotographs
LevelItem
LocationIn Storage
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