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Boys at Newhall Council School bringing their first contribution of scrap metal

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Ref No:	s03581
Title:	Boys at Newhall Council School bringing their first contribution of scrap metal
Location:	Sheffield
Date:	1940/07
Date Period:	1940-1959
Photographer:	Sheffield Newspapers Ltd
Copyright::	Sheffield Newspapers Ltd
Notes:	Nothing went to waste.It was July 1940 and boys at Newhall Council School (Intermediate Department) pile scrap metal.Most of the salvage went to making munitions.In most towns workmen set about cutting down the ornate railings in parks and cemeteries for salvage-it was later discovered that this metal was useless. For more information see; 'Sheffield At War, A Pictorial Account 1939-45', page 35, Cat. No. 940.5442 SQ.
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