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Times Gone By Collection (page 2)

British daily life from the 1920s to the 1960s

98 items

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Women at work in the Ferranti Radio works

Women at work in the Ferranti Radio works at Moston, Manchester 1935

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Furnace worker

Furnace worker at James Mills Ltd steelworks Bredbury near Stockport, 1957

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Wireless Operator at Marconi House London 1921

Wireless Operator at Marconi House London 1921
Wireless Operator receiving President Hardings speech at Marconi House London 1921

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Eye testing

Eye testing 1937

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Bootmakers shop

Bootmakers shop
Arthur Spray, bootmaker, in the doorway of his shop, A. Spray Practical Bootmaker 1935

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Covent Garden Flower Market 1972

Covent Garden Flower Market 1972
Covent Garden Flower Market in London 1972

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Fish packers in 1933

Fish packers in 1933
Scottish fishwives packing herring in Scarborough 1933

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Posting letters

Posting letters at Air Mail pillar box at Charing Cross post office 1930

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Filling clerks 1932

Filling clerks 1932
Clerks storing census forms in the census room at the Ministry of Health in Acton 1932

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Edinburgh telegram workers 1950

Edinburgh telegram workers 1950
A view of the teleprinter room with operators handling telegrams at the Edinburgh post office 1950

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Travel in the 1930s

Travel in the 1930s
Passengers with luggage at Southampton

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Newspaper linotypers at work

Newspaper linotypers at work
A newspaper linotyper at work in 1933

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Waiting for the bus

Waiting for the bus
Passengers queuing up at a request bus stop in Marylebone in London, 1951

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: A linotype operator

A linotype operator
A newspaper linotyper at work in the 1940s

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Regent Canal docks

Regent Canal docks
Regent Canal Docks showing cargo dumped by German boat, 1932

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Carrying potatoes

Carrying potatoes
A porter carrying potatoes at Kings Cross Sidings which were a wholesalers at the time, 1962

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Spitalfields Market

Spitalfields Market, London 1936

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: A knife grinder at work, 1946

A knife grinder at work, 1946

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Snow plough 1940

Snow plough 1940
Horse pulling snow plough through Hyde Park, London in winter, 1940

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Fun in Brighton

Fun in Brighton
The Sunday Dispatch water Push-ball in Brighton

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Billingsgate market reopens

Billingsgate market reopens
Billingsgate market, London, 1939

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: School Milk

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

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Southport miniature railway

Southport miniature railway
Holiday makers on the miniature railway in Southport 1936

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Debutantes and their escorts chat on the stairs at Queen Charlot

Debutantes and their escorts chat on the stairs at Queen Charlottes Ball at Grosvenor House in London 1950

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Open wide

Open wide
Young children at the Greek Road Nursery Day School in Deptford, South London, queue to receive a sweet from their teacher, 1948

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: A chair mender in Kensington 1935

A chair mender in Kensington 1935
A chair mender in Kensington, 1935

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Boating on the lake at Calderstones Park, Liverpool, 1952. The l

Boating on the lake at Calderstones Park, Liverpool, 1952. The l
Boating on the lake at Calderstones Park, Liverpool, 1952

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Ascot racegoers

Ascot racegoers reading the racing form, 1966

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Shrimping at Brighton

Shrimping at Brighton in 1951

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Typing pool

Typing pool
Women at typewriters in an office, 1934

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Checking the racing form

Checking the racing form
Ascot - a gentleman checks the racing form, 1967

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Southdown foxhounds in Rottingdean

Southdown foxhounds in Rottingdean
Southdown Foxhounds at their meet in Rottingdean near Brighton, Jimmy Edwards in in the group, 1953

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: The early days of television

The early days of television
A visitor to the Radio Exhibition at Olympia examining a television set - 1936

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Douglas Motor Cycle works, Bristol. Frame assembly shop

Douglas Motor Cycle works, Bristol. Frame assembly shop
Frame assembly shop, Douglas Motor Cycle works, Bristol 1930

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Cycle racing at Wembley, London

Cycle racing at Wembley, London 1936

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: The golden age of cruising

The golden age of cruising
On deck of the Canadian Pacific Liner Empress of Australia during the vessels recent a cruise to Spain 1933

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: The Long and the Short of It

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

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Hairdressing Twenties style

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

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Parking at the Royal Albert Hall

Parking at the Royal Albert Hall
Cars parked at the Royal Albert Hall, London in 1932

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Time for Coffee

Time for Coffee
A group of women enjoy a coffee outside a cafe on Regent Street in 1938

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Bus Conductor

Bus Conductor
Conductor on a London Bus in 1931

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Flower Seller

Flower Seller
A flower seller prepares flowers at Piccadilly Circus, London in 1933

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Motorcyclist in Dulwich

Motorcyclist in Dulwich
A motorcyclist passes through a toll gate at College Road in Dulwich in 1927

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Bookshop browsers

Bookshop browsers
Shoppers peruse the shelves outside a bookshop in Charing Cross Road, London WC2 in 1932

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Crowd waiting to see Rock Around The Clock

Crowd waiting to see Rock Around The Clock at the Gaiety Cinema Manchester 1956

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: The composing room

The composing room
Printers in the composing room of the Daily Mail in the 1940s

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Tom Mix in London

Tom Mix in London
Screen cowboy Tom Mix riding his horse in Hyde Park 1925

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Penguin feeding time

Penguin feeding time
Crowds watch feeding time as staff transfer penguins to new quarters designed by Berthold Lubetkin at London Zoo, 1934



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