Forties Collection

The 1948 Grand National winner Sheilas Cottage ridden by Arthur Thompson

Lyons Corner House on Coventry Street in London 1947

Vera Lynn 1947
Singer Vera Lynn, The Forces Sweetheart in 1947

The launch of HMS Eagle aircraft carrier
Launch of HMS Eagle, Royal Naval aircraft carrier by Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) in Belfast, 1946

B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 303rd Bomber Group 1945
B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 303rd Bomber Group, the original " Hells Angel" on the airfield " cab rank" 1945

Turkeys for Christmas, 1946
Christmas fare displayed outside a butchers shop in Scunthorpe High Street, 1946

Princess Dock in Hull 1949

Bill Shankly 1949
Bill Shankly when he played for Preston North End F.C. 1949

Sheffield United team group 1947 Dick Young Stan Machent J Smith Harry Latham Albert Cox Alex Forbes Dennis Thompson Harold Brook, Walter Rickett, Jimmy Hagan, Colin Collindridge

Wolverhampton Wanderers FC Season 1949 / 1950
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC Season 1949/1950 Back Laurie Kelly, Terry Springthorpe, Eddie Russell, Dennis Parsons, Sammy Smyth, Billy Crook Front Johnny Hancocks, Jessie Pye, Bill Shorthouse

Battersea Power Station generating hall turbines in 1948

Ploughing in Lasswade, 1949
Ploughing in progress near Lasswade against the background of the snow covered Pentland Hills 1949

Fishing boats at Fleetwood, Lancashire 1947

Hull City 1949 Back row from left: Taylor, Berry, Bly, Jensen, McCans, White. Front Row: Harrison, Raich Carter, Price, Buchan and Mellor

Laurel and Hardy at Morecambe
The victory scene at the The Sunday Dispatch Bathing Beauty Contest at Morecambe and Heysham where the judges were Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy 1947

Swansea Town 1949
Swansea Town FC Front Row Billy Lucas, Jackie O Driscoll, Reg Weston, Sammy McCrory Frank Burns Back row Thomas Rory Keane, Jim Feeney, Danny Canning, Frank Scrine, Roy Paul, Stan Richards

Annotated view of London docks in 1947
Annotated view of London docks during the 1947 strikes

Trolley Bus in Castle Street, Glasgow 1949

1945 Volkswagen motor cars
Volkswagen motor cars in Germany 1945

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

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

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

Full Size Pedal Car
Mr and Mrs Bottani riding along Kilburn High Road, London, in their pedal car

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

Strabane, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland 1945

Denham Film Studios 1948
Denham Film Studios in Buckinghamshire The studios were known by various names during their lifetime including London Film Studios, the home of Kordas London Films

Wigan players with the Challenge Cup 1948
Wigan rugby league club bring the Challenge Cup back from Wembley 1948

Halifax players visit Wembley ahead of their Rugby League cup final 1949
Halifax players visit Wembley ahead of their Rugby League cup final Full back Chalkleys kick is watched by Price, Kenny, Pansegrouw, Hatfield, Reid and Mawson

Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip watching a cricket match at Windsor 1948

Marriage of Princess Elizabeth to Prince Philip 1947
Marriage of Princess Elizabeth to Prince Philip L-R George VI, Lady Mary Cambridge, Princess Margaret, Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) Prince Philip

HMS Nelson, battleship on her way to breakers yard, 1949
HMS Nelson, battleship on her way to Thomas Ward and sons breakers yard, Inverkeithing 1949

Oldham High Street 1949
Oldham High Street from the market place 1949

VJ Day celebrations
People dancing in the Trafalgar Square fountain on VJ Day

Fred Trueman in 1949

Women taking part in the annual pancake at Olney in Buckinghamshire

Glasgow Fish Market, 1949
Glasgow Fish Market, the Briggait 1949

The Avro York 1943

Humber Dock Sluice Gates in Hull 1949
Horse and cart driving over the Humber Dock Sluice Gates, Hull 1949

Arsenal Football Club team group 1948. Back row, from left: Alex
Back row, from left: Alex Forbes, Joe Wade, L Smith, George Male, Denis Compton, Joe Mercer Centre row, from left: Jack Crayston, Reg Lewis, A Fields, G Swindon, Len Compton

Royal Coach on Fleet Street
Crowds line Fleet street as the Royal Coach continues its journey to a thanksgiving service at St Pauls Cathedral 1945

The Windmill Theatre Soho, 1947
he Windmill Theatre, Great Windmill Street (Archer Street) Soho, 1947

Holborn Circus in 1947

A Jaguar S. S. in the Scottish Sporting Car Club Hill Climb
Mrs J. P. Hetherington, the only woman competitor, driving a Jaguar S.S. in the Scottish Sporting Car Club Hill Climb 1949

Britain: Air Raids. London: The Temple Church May 1941
WWII: Britain: Air Raids. London: The Temple Church. The Temple Church blazes during the raid in May 1941

London in the Blitz Temple Church air raid 18

London in the Blitz Temple Church air raid 17 The ruins of the Round Church in the Temple, showing the effigy of William the Younger lying in the rubble

London in the Blitz Temple Church air raid 16 The bust of Dr. Joseph Parker, the famous Nonconformist preacher, still stands amid the ruins of the famous City Temple

London in the Blitz Temple Church air raid 14

London in the Blitz Temple Church air raid 15

London in the Blitz Temple Church air raid 13

London in the Blitz Temple Church air raid 11

London in the Blitz Temple Church air raid 12

London in the Blitz Temple Church air raid 2

London in the Blitz Temple Church air raid 10

London in the Blitz Temple Church air raid 9

London in the Blitz Temple Church air raid 8

London in the Blitz Temple Church air raid 7

London in the Blitz Temple Church air raid 6

London in the Blitz Temple Church air raid 5

London in the Blitz Temple Church air raid 4

London in the Blitz Temple Church air raid 3

London in the Blitz Temple Church air raid 1

The damaged dome of the Victoria building in Manchester 1940
The damaged dome of the Victoria Building in Manchesters city centre rises above the ruins created by the bombing

Storm at Sandgate, Kent 1949
Waves breaking through the sea wall at Castle Close, near Sandgate Castle, Kent

Queue for tickets for the Arsenal v Moscow Dynamo friendly match at White Hart Lane 1945

Llandudno beach 1947

An artist painting the harbour in Tenby, Pembrokeshire 1947

The Tay bridge seen from a train going south from Dundee Showing the foundations of the old bridge 1947

Bradford Northern arrive home with the Rugby League Cup 1949
Bradford Northern arrive home with the Rugby League Cup

Bradford Northern with the Rugby League Cup 1949

Bury F. C. 1947
Bury F.C. 1947 Back l-r D. Jones, E, Griffiths, G.F. Bradshaw, W. Griffiths, J Bickerstaffe, R. Halton, G.W. Day (trainer) Front Row l-r E Kilshaw, E Quigley, J Constantine, D Carter, N Berry

Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret attending a wedding in Westminster Abbey in 1944

HMS Chequers in 1949
HMS Chequers, A Royal Navy Destroyer, the Duke of Edinburghs ship in 1949

Launch of destroyer HMS Decoy 1949
Launch of destroyer HMS Decoy at Yarrow Shipyard, Scotstoun Glasgow 1949

Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery shaking hands with footballer, Jackie Milburn of Newcastle Utd 1949

The Derby 1946. The winner Airborne being led in
The Derby 1946. The winner Airborne ridden by Tommy Lowrey being led in

The Derby 1947. The winner, Pearl Driver, being led from the course
The Derby 1947. The winner, Pearl Driver, Georges Bridgland, being led from the course

The Portobello Potteries of A. W. Buchan & Co
The Portobello Potteries of A.W. Buchan & Co. A woman making mugs1949

A women worker at a cotton factory 1957

A demonstration of cotton spinning 1949

Fishermen with their boats at Tenby 1947
Fishermen with their boats at Tenby, Pembrokeshire 1947

Market Street in Manchester, seen from Piccadilly 1949 Shows the Rylands Building

Winston Churchill trying on a flying helmet 1940

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