In the Blackout Be Sure the Bus or Tram Has Stopped.

ID: 671 ~ Source: National Archives ~ Creator: Office for Emergency Management. ~ Date: 1942-1945
This file appears in: In the Dark
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Cities around the world such as London and Jacksonville had to implement regular blackouts during the war. This poster is one of many the British government created to give London citizens advice on how to navigate the city in the dark.

This file appears in: In the Dark

By Edith Bond
“They put us on the midnight shift and you had, it was at the shipyard and we weren’t close to the shipyard and we had to ride one bus and change buses in the middle of town and everything was blacked out. There was not a sight of light anywhere and…