Sandbagging at Morda for civil defence

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Teitl Cymraeg/Welsh title: Llenwi bagiau tywod ym Morda ar gyfer amddiffyn adeiladau
Ffotograffydd/Photographer: Geoff Charles (1909-2002)
Dyddiad/Date: September 6, 1939.
Cyfrwng/Medium: Negydd ffilm / Film negative
Cyfeiriad/Reference: (gcc00923)
Rhif cofnod / Record no.: 3472116

Rhagor o wybodaeth am gasgliad Geoff Charles yn Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru

Ceir mwy o ffotograffau o Gymru a'r Gororau adeg yr Ail Ryfel Byd ar wefan geoffcharles.llgc.org.uk

More information about the Geoff Charles Collection at the National Library of Wales

More photographs of Wales and the English border during the Second World War can be found at geoffcharles.llgc.org.uk

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    LlGC ~ NLW

    • 17/Feb/2010 14:51:09

    Sandbags were used to protect buildings from the expected bombing. Here are seen children and adults sharing in the work and the fun of placing sandbags on a building in Morda, near Oswestry, over the border in Shropshire.

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    SO_R3TRO

    • 22/Feb/2010 05:16:02

    nicee..