Historic Collection (page 9)

St Pauls Cathedral in 1941
St. Pauls Cathedral remains intact after enemy air raid during World War II 1941 Taken from the steeple of St Mary Le Bow

Sky Diving into London
Cpl. Graham Copestake of the Red Devils parachute team, drops from a Royal Navy Sea King helicopter, with a bottle of Beaujolais Nouveau strapped in a pouch on his hip 1982

St Pauls Cathedral after an air raid
St. Pauls Cathedral surrounded by destruction during World War II Traffic and pedestrians can be seen going through Queen Victoria Street of which a portion is in ruins 1941

Corner of Boswell st and Theobalds rd
A small bakery which survived the blitz - corner of Boswell Street and Theobalds Road in Holborn 1952 Now demolished

RAF ground crew loading air sea rescue equipment into the belly of a Spitfire 1943

The Vickers Rolls Royce Vanguard 1925 At the time, the largest passenger plane in the world

A Fokker single seater FG-1 Biplane 1922 flown by Captain Percy Olley

A Tiger Moth over snow-covered countryside, 1927
Aerial shot of Tiger Moth aeroplane over snow-covered countryside, 1927

Charles Lindbergh landing at Croydon
Aviator Charles Lindbergh landing at Croydon 1927

HMS Cheerful, Royal Navy minesweeper, going through Tower Bridge
HMS Cheerful, Royal Navy minesweeper going through Tower Bridge 1954

Edinburgh Castle sentry by moonlight
A sentry standing guard in the moonlit entrance of Edinburgh Castle 1951

Start Point Lighthouse, Devon, 1933

St Marys lighthouse, Whitley Bay
St Marys lighthouse, Whitley bay, Northumberland, 1935

Eddystone lighthouse, with plane flying past, 1931

New Brighton Lighthouse, with silhouetted figures watching
New Brighton Lighthouse, with figures watching from beach, 1955

Aerial view of Stonehenge 1931
Aerial view of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, 1931

The High Street at Ilfracombe in Devon, July 1937

Herne Bay, 1935
Aerial View of seafront and old clock tower at Herne Bay in Kent, 1935

Traction engine driving a threshing machine
A traction engine being used on a farm to drive a threshing machine, 1953

Ploughing scene in Cheshire
A ploughing scene in Cheshire, 1948

Grimsby docks 1945
A busy quayside scene at Grimsby, where large quantities of fish have been landed. 1945

Decorating a Christmas tree 1922
A sister at the Royal Waterloo hospital, London helps a little girl to decorate a Christmas tree, 1922

Hanging up his stocking, 1954
A boy hangs his stocking on the fireplace and leaves a note for father Christmas as he prepares for his visit, 1954

Derry and Toms Christmas 1935
Christmas shoppers look at figurines at Derry & Toms department store in Kensington, London, 1935

Gamages toy dept 1936
A Christmas shopping crush round a model railway display at Gamages 1936

Christmas kiss 1937
The silhouettes of a man and woman kissing under the mistletoe, 1937

Salvation Army band in the snow 1935
Salvation Army band in the snow at Bramhall, Cheshire 1935

Travel in the 1930s
Passengers with luggage at Southampton

Sleeping sailors
Sailors sleeping on a bench at Waterloo train station waiting for their train

Gypsy Wedding
Gypsies wedding at the Yorkshire moorland village of Baildon in 1938

2is Coffee Bar in Old Compton Street, Soho, 1963
2is Coffee Bar in Old Compton Street, Soho, London 1963

Cinema Queue
People queuing for the cinema. London 1932

School Milk
Schoolchildren drinking their free school milk at South Park School in Seven Kings, Essex - 1950 s

The Long and the Short of It
Jan Van Albert (Lofty), the tallest man in the world at 9ft 5in, with his brother-in-law Seppetoni, who is only 2ft 6in in London in 1939

Hairdressing Twenties style
New type of permanent waving apparatus is demonstrated at the Hairdressing Fair of Fashion in London in 1929

Highbury Crowd, 1934
Football Fans at Highbury, North London, the home of Arsenal, in 1934

Writing on slates
Children writing on slates in a classroom in the 1930s

Crowds outside the London Stock Exchange, 1931
Crowds outside the London Stock Exchange in Throgmorton Street as London goes off the Gold Standard in 1931

Thames View
Aerial view of London showing Tower Bridge, Pool of London and the Tower of London

Fulham Power Station with construction site of Westland Heliport in foreground, 1959
Fulham Power Station with construction site of Westland Heliport on south side of river in foreground, 1959

The Memorial Hall, Farringdon Street, London, 1968
The Memorial Hall in Farringdon Street, where Keir Hardy founded the Labour movement, waits for the demolition men

RAF Battle Of Britain Anniversary fly past, Big Ben London, 1953
Royal Air Force Battle Of Britain Anniversary fly past, Big Ben London, 1953

Foggy London
Fog over London The Scots Guards march off after their tour of duty at Buckingham Palace, 1952

Aerial view of Londonand the Thames
View over London with Tower Bridge and the City, 1985

Aerial view of London showing the Pool of London and Tower Bridge, 1961

BBC Broadcasting House at Langham Place
BBC Broadcasting House and All Souls Church Langham Place, 1933

Tower Bridge Beach, London in 1937, showing adults in deck chairs, and children playing in the sand

Horse guard in the snow
Royal Household Cavalry Life Guards, trumpeter waits in the snow covered Mall for the arrival of his new guard during the changing of the guard

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