I think it might be a pale of grease...I have an ex WD 5 litre tin that looks very similar...
It could be paint...though what she might be doing with it is anyones guess.
These propaganda photos of plucky young women helping the war effort were frequently 'staged' for the camera...'Here Luv..Sit there and hold this brush like you are doing something'....
I always have a laugh at the blokes with the special screwdriver that they use for pointing at things (not necessarily screws) or for resting on various parts of the bike as required by the cameraman....
How did we win the war?...Surely not by pointing screwdrivers at German tanks?...
...Ian
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And tyre pressure markings on an early bike
One original picture is all I need! Now where's that picture of a Morris PU8/4 with the BEF? Ron
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But the bike in the background isn't an 'early' one..
So it isn't an early photo and the TP could have been applied recently?...Ian
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Ron, the photo shows a woman bricked-up in a cellar. That means it's post-war and Austria !
One of these days, I'm going to prove that PU8/4s were only issued to The Salvation Army as tea-wagons !
I think if this was one of the WW2 staged propaganda shots, they would probably have asked her to cheer up, look a bit more interested in what she was doing and seem like she was doing her bit for the winning team?