Bolton's spirit was highly visible during the Second World War as the nation prepared for an aerial bombardment. Here, a Bolton householder strengthens the air-raid shelter in his garden with earth while his neighbours look on in1939. Unfortunately the exact location where the image was taken has been lost.
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