Gas Mask Drill at Huntley and Palmers, Reading
Photograph from Reading Chronicle Collection - April 1938
Gas Mask Drill at Huntley & Palmers
Staff from the Huntley and Palmers biscuit factory prepare for war, taking a course in air raid precautions. Everyone in Britain was given a gas mask in case of a gas attack during an air raid - thankfully these were never needed.
This photograph was published in the Berkshire Chronicle on 29 April 1938.
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