Forties Collection (page 3)

Sir Winston Churchill looking through a set of binocular
Sir Winston Churchill is seen looking through a set of binoculars

GIs in England
American troops. newly arrived in England, give victory sign 26 Jun 1942

VE Day Street Party in Hunslet, Leeds

VJ Day in Piccadilly Circus
Crowds celebrate VJ Day in Piccadilly Circus

Soldiers celebrate VJ Day
Soldiers celebrating victory over Japan by throwing a fellow soldier into the air in Piccadilly Circus

VJ Day celebrations in London, crowds gathered in Piccadilly Circus and Shaftesbury Avenue

Crowds dancing in Piccadilly Circus on VJ Day
VJ Day celebrations in London, crowds dancing in Piccadilly Circus celebrating the victory over Japan

Preparations for the World War II Peace Victory Parade 1946
Preparations for the World War II Peace Victory Parade. Corporal Ahmed Gibba of the Sudanese Defence Force uses a charcoal-burning iron to press his uniform in camp at Kensington Gardens 1946

World War II Victory Day parade June 1946
World War II Victory Day parade Amphibious Vehicles with Royal Naval and Royal Marine Personnel June 1946

Crowds in Trafalgar Square Victory Day June 1946
World War II Victory Day June 1946 Scene from Admiralty Arch after the Victory Parade, showing crowds in Trafalgar Square

RAF mechanics working on an American Mustang aircraft 1942

Red Cross cricket match at Headingley, Herbert Sutcliffe VI v Maurice Leyland V
England Cricketer Maurice Leyland (right) with Bill Bowes (Left) Red Cross cricket match at Headingley, Herbert Sutcliffe VI v Maurice Leyland V 1940

Cyril Washbrook 1948
Lancashire and England Cricketer Cyril Washbrook 1948

A Charlton supporter dashes out to shake hands with Don Welsh
F.A. Cup Semi-Final: Charlton Athletic v Bolton Wanderers. A Charlton supporter dashes out to shake hands with Don Welsh on the 2-0 victory 1946

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

Bon Voyage
Queen Elizabeth passenger and her luggage on the quayside at Cherbourg waiting for news of the liner which is strike-bound in Southampton 1948

Street trader selling postcards, Embankment, 1946
Street trader selling postcards, Embankment, 194

Tower Bridge 1947
Tower Bridge raised during a dock strike while 2 boys look on 1947

A knife grinder at work, 1946

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

Remains of John Lewis department store following bombing in World War Two, 1945
Remains of John Lewis department store on Oxford Street, London, following bombing in World War Two, 1945

An attendant at London Tower Bridge closes the gate as the bridge raises, 1946

Royal Wedding Procession of Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) and Prince Philip (Duke of Edinburgh)
Royal Wedding of Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) and Prince Philip procession passing through AdmiraltyArch November 1947

Piccadilly Circus traffic in 1946

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