Blissful Ignorance

Fox Photos1939-09-03

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3rd September 1939: Children play in a paddling pool on Brighton, Sussex sea front on the day Britain declared war on Germany in WW II. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

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Title: Blissful Ignorance
Creator: Fox Photos
Date Created: 1939-09-03
Date Published: 2004-03-26
Provenance: Hulton Archive
Subject Keywords: Paddle, Front, British, Swimwear, Enjoyment, Sport, Horizontal, Black And White, War, Crowd, UK, England, Germany, British Culture, Water, Day, Sea, Brighton - England, Swimming Pool, Sports Activity, Child, Sussex, Leisure Activity, Home Front, World War II

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