The collection of images range from the distribution of gas masks by the Red Cross to the US Rangers at Sunnylands Camp.
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5. WWII
Distribution of gas masks by the Red Cross in Carrickfergus Town Hall, 1939. Gas attacks were considered a very real threat in 1939, and the Government decided that gas masks should be issued to every man, woman and child. Some 38 million masks were needed for the civilian population and were distributed throughout the UK in small cardboard boxes. Photo: Carrickfergus Museum
6. WWII
No.10 section Greenisland Home Guard. Photo: Carrickfergus Museum
7. WWII
‘Littlewoods’ Barn Mills, Carrickfergus 1946. Barn Mills taken over by Littlewoods factory and tasked with turning production towards the manufacture of parachutes and, by late 1942, also para-dummies. The mill became the world’s largest parachute factory employing approximately 1,200 workers. In 1945, the workforce stood at 112 males and 1,032 females. Photo: Carrickfergus Museum
8. WWII
Sunnylands Camp, Carrickfergus. Inspection visit on 18 February 1942 by US Ambassdor John G Winant, Major General Hartle and General G. Cheney. The camp had been in use during the First World War and was reactivated when American troops started officially arriving in Northern Ireland in January 1942. Photo: Carrickfergus Museum