Telephonists at Birmingham Council House taking calls during an ARP blackout in 1939.
A newspaper print worker masks the skylight at the Evening Despatch offices.
Police investigate why a shop has its lights on after the black-out time.
Before the street lights dim all down Birmingham's New Street during the testing of blackout conditions on July, 14, 1939.
After the street lights dim all down Birmingham's New Street during the testing of blackout conditions on July, 14, 1939.
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When all of Brum's lights went out
Dec 3 2009
AS THE air raid sirens of World War II echoed around blacked-out streets, the people of Birmingham would gather in basements and makeshift shelters in back gardens, wondering if their houses would still be standing when they emerged.
