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During the darkest days of the Second World War, a tiny underground library at an East London tube station provided blissful escapism for children sheltering from the air raids above
Bethnal Green library helped us win the war. Don't let a pandemic close it When German bombs crashed through its roof, the London library moved underground, providing books – and escapism – for children during air raids. Now the 99-year-old landmark is facing closure ‘I didn’t worry abut the bombs when I had my head buried in a book’ ... people sheltering, and reading, in Bethnal Green tube station during the second world war. Photograph: Daily Mail/REX/Shutterstock ‘I didn’t worry abut the bombs when I had my head buried in a book’ ... people sheltering, and reading, in Beth...