Shackleton over the Strand RAF_228_190E_0048
An aerial view looking down on an Avro Shackleton Mark II bomber in flight over the Strand as part of a fly-by celebrating Queen Elizabeth II's birthday. RAF photography 1956.
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Battersea Power Station AA98/05903
BATTERSEA POWER STATION, London. View from the north bank of the River Thames at night. It was designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott in 1937 and was the largest brick building in europe. Photographed by Eric de Mare. Date range 1945-1980.
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Farm wagons, Norfolk AA98_15161
Freethorpe, Norfolk. These two traditional horse-drawn farm wagons would still have been in regular use when this photograph was taken. Behind, a portable elevator was used to build the haystacks. Photographed by Hallam Ashley in September 1959.
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Hastings AA98/05468
HASTINGS, East Sussex. View of two women walking past a group of fishermen's stores during 1956. Eric de Mare.
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Saddlers, Suffolk AA98_14619
Halesworth, Suffolk. A typical saddler's shop displays horse collars and other horse equipment. Much of the rural saddler's trade came from the heavy work of the farms. Photographed by Hallam Ashley July 1949.
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Easter Fair, Norwich AA98_17164
Norwich, Norfolk. In addition to its market, Norwich held two fairs, one at Christmas and this one at Easter, on the site of the cattle market. Here a sailor demonstrates his skill at the shooting gallery with children gathered around to watch. Photographed by Hallam Ashley, March 1948.
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Farrier, Norfolk AA98_13563
Woodbastwick, Norfolk. Interior of blacksmiths shop. A farrier shoeing a horse. A working horse would need re-shoeing about every five weeks. Here a hot shoe is measured against the horse's hoof, and the farrier can tell by the mark left how much to alter the shoe. However, the post-war campaign to mechanise agriculture meant that within a decade of this picture being taken there were few working farriers left. Photographed by Hallam Ashley, February 1949.
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Man and woman looking out to sea OP04504
View of a man and woman standing at railings looking out to sea, silhouetted against a low sun and clouds. Date range 1950s - 1960s. Photograph by John Gay.
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The Church Stairs, Whitby AA98_15465
THE CHURCH STAIRS, Whitby, North Yorkshire. A baker makes deliveries, climbing the steps from the quayside to the church. 1950s. Hallam Ashley.
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Cutty Sark AA065184
CUTTY SARK, Greenwich, London. A detail view of the stern of the Cutty Sark by night, showing her decorative name plate and rudder. The Cutty Sark, the most famous extreme tea clipper of her age, was finally moored in dry dock at Greenwich in 1954, and opened as a museum in 1957. Photograph 1955-1965, John Gay.
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Grand Union Canal AA065340
GRAND UNION CANAL, London. A view from a misty canal towpath showing a man steering an industrial canal barge along the canal towards a road bridge. Photograph 1955-1965, John Gay.
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Blackpool AA047903
BLACKPOOL, Lancashire. General view along beach towards the Blackpool Tower seen through centre of ring of life buoy on central pier. Mid 20th century. John Gay.
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Man leaning forward AA054035
An informal portrait of a man seated on a stone bench on Blackfriars Bridge, London; leaning forward with his cap fallen on the ground in front of him. Photographed by John Gay. Date range: 1946-1959.
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Blackpool Beach AA047930
BLACKPOOL, Lancashire. Informal holiday portrait showing rear view of a family with two small daughters paddling in the sea, with Blackpool Tower in the background (mid-20th century). John Gay.
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Blackpool AA047928
BLACKPOOL, Lancashire. An elderly man on holiday paddling in the sea, with Blackpool Tower in the background. Date range 1946-1955. John Gay.
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Herring Girls, Great Yarmouth AA98_17150
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. A group of women, possibly Scottish herring girls, on the quay with herring boats beyond. Although the herring trade began to decline in the 1930s due to increased competition from a wider range of tinned foods, the herring girls continued to follow the migrating shoals in the early post-War years. Photographed by Hallam Ashley in November 1947.
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Whelk boats, Norfolk AA98_14631
Wells next the Sea, Norfolk. An inshore fishing boat, the William Edward, unloads cockles at Quayside, watched by an appreciative audience. Photographed by Hallam Ashley Augusr 1949.
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King George V Dock AA002109
KING GEORGE V DOCK, Canning Town, London. Shipping in the dock with dock workers standing on the dockside in the foreground (mid 20th century). Dock workers were employed on a casual, daily basis until the end of the 19th century when employment conditions improved. S W Rawlings.
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St Pauls Cathedral in bomb damaged surroundings AA093716
ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL, London. The cathedral in mist with the snow-covered ruins of a bomb damaged building in the foreground. Photographed by John Gay in 1947.
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Trinity Square, London AA001418
TRINITY SQUARE, London. A view looking along the pavement at cars parked outside the Port of London Authority building. Mid 20th century. S W Rawlings.
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