<p>A Second World War air raid shelter, filled with fascinating portraits scrawled on the walls.</p><p>Inside one of the chambers is a time capsule underground art gallery, of sorts. The walls are covered with around 20 portraits, mostly drawn in charcoal or soot. Many depict women with 1940s hairstyles, alongside soldiers and well-dressed men. Some are signed with initials.</p><p><a href="/tags/england/" rel="tag">#England</a> <a href="/tags/worldwar2/" rel="tag">#WorldWar2</a> <a href="/tags/ww2/" rel="tag">#WW2</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/bunker/" rel="tag">#Bunker</a> <a href="/tags/shelter/" rel="tag">#Shelter</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#Photography</a> <a href="/tags/underground/" rel="tag">#Underground</a> <a href="/tags/mastoart/" rel="tag">#MastoArt</a> <a href="/tags/sketch/" rel="tag">#Sketch</a> <a href="/tags/portrait/" rel="tag">#Portrait</a></p>
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<p>“Once, with hand-grenades in my shopping bag, I travelled in a train so full that I had to stand against a German NCO.” </p><p><a href="/tags/onthisday/" rel="tag">#OnThisDay</a>, 18 Mar 1943, Francine Agazarian arrives in Nazi-occupied France to be a courier in the Special Operations Executive. The British SOE supported the French Resistance.</p><p><a href="/tags/womeninhistory/" rel="tag">#WomenInHistory</a> <a href="/tags/womenshistorymonth/" rel="tag">#WomensHistoryMonth</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/worldwar2/" rel="tag">#WorldWar2</a> <a href="/tags/histodons/" rel="tag">#Histodons</a></p>
