1940 1949 Collection (page 7)

British Cars of 1949: Rover (b/w photo)
8657212 British Cars of 1949: Rover (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rover)

British Cars of 1949: Rolls-Royce (b/w photo)
8657210 British Cars of 1949: Rolls-Royce (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rolls-Royce)

British Cars of 1949: Hillman (b/w photo)
8657196 British Cars of 1949: Hillman (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hillman)

Tuning the engine of a British bomber before a raid (b/w photo)
8657044 Tuning the engine of a British bomber before a raid (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

British Cars of 1949: Austin (b/w photo)
8657182 British Cars of 1949: Austin (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Austin)

British Cars of 1949: Alvis (b/w photo)
8657177 British Cars of 1949: Alvis (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Alvis)

British Cars of 1949: Allard (b/w photo)
8657176 British Cars of 1949: Allard (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Allard)

British Cars of 1949: AC (b/w photo)
8657175 British Cars of 1949: AC (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: AC. Illustration for British Cars of 1949 by Peter Chambers (PC Publication)

Castlebay, Barra (b/w photo)
8652395 Castlebay, Barra (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Castlebay, Barra)

Tilbury Dock (b/w photo)
8652384 Tilbury Dock (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tilbury Dock. Illustration for The British Isles in Black's Geography Pictures series)

Cotton in transit shed, Manchester (b/w photo)
8652382 Cotton in transit shed, Manchester (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cotton in transit shed, Manchester)

Scottish National War Memorial: The Scottish Yeomanry (b/w photo)
8651722 Scottish National War Memorial: The Scottish Yeomanry (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Scottish Yeomanry)

Scottish National War Memorial: Tree of Empire within Shrine (b/w photo)
8651721 Scottish National War Memorial: Tree of Empire within Shrine (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tree of Empire within Shrine)

Scottish National War Memorial: The Casket (b/w photo)
8651298 Scottish National War Memorial: The Casket (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Casket)

Walter Trier's crazy costumes: Italy (colour litho)
8651061 Walter Trier's crazy costumes: Italy (colour litho) by Trier, Walter (1890-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: Italy)

Walter Trier's crazy costumes: Spain (colour litho)
8651060 Walter Trier's crazy costumes: Spain (colour litho) by Trier, Walter (1890-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: Spain)

"Little Tommy Tucker sings for his supper" (colour litho)
8650962 "Little Tommy Tucker sings for his supper" (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Children's seaside holiday, c.1950 (colour photo)
8634917 Children's seaside holiday, c.1950 (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustration for Seaside Holiday)

Children's seaside holiday, c.1950 (colour photo)
8634913 Children's seaside holiday, c.1950 (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustration for Seaside Holiday)

Children's seaside holiday, c.1950 (colour photo)
8634911 Children's seaside holiday, c.1950 (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustration for Seaside Holiday)

Revolving drum driving an escalator on the London Underground (b/w photo)
8626066 Revolving drum driving an escalator on the London Underground (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Charging an electric ticket machine (b/w photo)
8626065 Charging an electric ticket machine (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Charging an electric ticket machine)

Measuring bridge heights on a proposed bus route (b/w photo)
8626057 Measuring bridge heights on a proposed bus route (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Measuring bridge heights on a proposed bus route)

Weather forecasting room at the Met Office, London (b/w photo)
8626055 Weather forecasting room at the Met Office, London (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Weather forecasting room at the Met Office, London)

Abstract Composition 1940 (Oil on cardboard)
8766559 Abstract Composition 1940 (Oil on cardboard) by Gallatin, Albert Eugene (1881-1952); 40--29.8 cm; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; © High Museum of Art .

British Cars of 1949: Citroen, Front Wheel Drive (b/w photo)
8657185 British Cars of 1949: Citroen, Front Wheel Drive (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Citroen, Front Wheel Drive)

England-East Coast. Outer Gabbard to Outer Dowsing, 1941 (engraving)
7340584 England-East Coast. Outer Gabbard to Outer Dowsing, 1941 (engraving) by British School, (20th century) ; 99x66 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Hazel Lombard (colour photo)
8668485 Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Hazel Lombard (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hazel Lombard)

Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Evelyn Kelly (colour photo)
8668484 Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Evelyn Kelly (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Evelyn Kelly)

Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Adele Jergens (colour photo)
8669109 Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Adele Jergens (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Adele Jergens)

Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Susi Lanner (colour photo)
8668509 Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Susi Lanner (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Susi Lanner)

Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Nini Peters (colour photo)
8668492 Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Nini Peters (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Nini Peters)

Mail censorship office, Portsmouth, 1944 (watercolour on paper)
7342245 Mail censorship office, Portsmouth, 1944 (watercolour on paper) by Hennell, Thomas Barclay (1903-45); 60.9x83.8 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Spring (colour litho)
8632366 Spring (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Spring. Illustration for Furious Fun (Blandford Publications Ltd, London, 1949)

A blue boulder gatherer at work on the beach, Rye Harbour, Sussex (b/w photo)
8676076 A blue boulder gatherer at work on the beach, Rye Harbour, Sussex (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

A blue boulder gatherer at work on the beach, Rye Harbour, Sussex (b/w photo)
8676074 A blue boulder gatherer at work on the beach, Rye Harbour, Sussex (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Communal cookery, World War II (b/w photo)
8672749 Communal cookery, World War II (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lord Woolton, Minister for Food)

School's out - Australian schoolboys celebrate (b/w photo)
8634521 School's out - Australian schoolboys celebrate (b/w photo) by Australian Photographer (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: School's out - Australian schoolboys celebrate)

Illustration for Weldon's Children's Fancy Dress catalogue, 1940s (litho)
8634257 Illustration for Weldon's Children's Fancy Dress catalogue, 1940s (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Piccadilly Circus, London (b/w photo)
8635445 Piccadilly Circus, London (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Piccadilly Circus, London. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn.

Mad Hatter (b/w photo)
8634682 Mad Hatter (b/w photo) by Smith, Julian Augustus Romaine (1873-1947); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mad Hatter. Illustration for The British Journal Photographic Almanac)

Illustration for Weldon's Children's Fancy Dress catalogue, 1940s (colour litho)
8634276 Illustration for Weldon's Children's Fancy Dress catalogue, 1940s (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Illustration for Weldon's Children's Fancy Dress catalogue, 1940s (litho)
8634272 Illustration for Weldon's Children's Fancy Dress catalogue, 1940s (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Illustration for Weldon's Children's Fancy Dress catalogue, 1940s (litho)
8634265 Illustration for Weldon's Children's Fancy Dress catalogue, 1940s (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Illustration for Weldon's Children's Fancy Dress catalogue, 1940s (colour litho)
8634259 Illustration for Weldon's Children's Fancy Dress catalogue, 1940s (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Theatres in London's West End, World War II (b/w photo)
8672645 Theatres in London's West End, World War II (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Theatres in London's West End, World War II)

Buckingham Palace, London, damaged during the Blitz, World War II (b/w photo)
8672644 Buckingham Palace, London, damaged during the Blitz, World War II (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Buckingham Palace, London)

Saving waste paper for the war effort, World War II (b/w photo)
8672638 Saving waste paper for the war effort, World War II (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Saving waste paper for the war effort, World War II)

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"Journey through the 1940s: A Glimpse into Glasgow's Gorbals and Beyond" Step back in time to the vibrant streets of the Gorbals area of Glasgow, where two young boys stroll along a bustling street in 1948. The echoes of history are ever-present as Wellington Bombers soar through the skies above, their powerful engines leaving trails of determination. Amidst this backdrop, a Lancaster Bomber stands tall, symbolizing resilience and unity during challenging times. Just like the first Co-operative shop that opened its doors in Rochdale, Lancashire in 1844 - an emblem of community strength. A man walks through a backstreet in the heart of Gorbals; his footsteps echoing stories untold. The scars left by war are visible as remnants from bombed St Thomas Hospital remind us of sacrifice and healing. In contrast to these somber scenes, Banjo tunes fill the air with joyous melodies; black and white harmonies intertwine to create moments worth cherishing. Meanwhile, Dylan Thomas weaves words together like poetry on paper – capturing emotions that transcend time itself. Across continents, a U. S. Army Air Forces B-29 Superfortress bomber aircraft roars overhead - a testament to international alliances forged amidst global turmoil. And sailing across vast oceans is none other than Empress Of Canada - an elegant vessel carrying dreams and aspirations towards new horizons. As life unfolds around us, even simple pleasures find their place within this tapestry. A White Leghorn chicken struts confidently amongst backyard gardens – reminding us that beauty can be found even amidst chaos. Finally, "Under The Arch, " secrets whisper between bricks as generations pass by; it holds stories yet untold but forever etched into its very foundation. The 1940s were an era marked by both tragedy and triumph; they shaped our world today while leaving behind fragments for us to piece together. Let us remember the past, for it holds the key to our future.