Raids in October 1940, Whiteley's department store in Bayswater suffered severe damage - this shot shows part of the ground floor. A home in the London area demolished during a enemy night raid. Survivors are given a much needed cup of tea by a Salvation Army worker as they collect together their belongings from the wreckage of their home. A Mrs Mann lay asleep in bed when a bomb dropped on the rear of her cottage in outer London. She escaped uninjured. Mrs M. Robertson and her family removing articles from their wrecked house.