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Times Gone By Collection

British daily life from the 1920s to the 1960s

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Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Best of friends - little boy with elephant

Best of friends - little boy with elephant

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Arbroath fishwives

Arbroath fishwives in Glamis, Scotland, 1930s

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: White coal cart in London

White coal cart in London
White Coal Cart in West End of London delivering Coalite, smokless fuel 1935

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Gypsy caravan

Gypsy caravan
Gypsies and their caravans on their way to Epsom Downs for the Derby 1933

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Knitting

Knitting 1934

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Boys scouts line up to wash in a bowl

Boys scouts line up to wash in a bowl
International Boy Scout Jamboree at Watcombe in Torquay 1964

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Cinema Queue

Cinema Queue
People queuing for the cinema. London 1932

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Sleeping sailors

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

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Gypsy Wedding

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

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: 2is Coffee Bar in Old Compton Street, Soho, 1963

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

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Painting the Forth Bridge

Painting the Forth Bridge
Workmen painting the Forth Rail Bridge in Scotland, 1931

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Highbury Crowd, 1934

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

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Writing on slates

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

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: The sea front on Douglas, Isle of Man, showing the horse drawn tram 1953

The sea front on Douglas, Isle of Man, showing the horse drawn tram 1953
The sea front on Douglas, Isle of Man, showing the horse drawn tram

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Last tram ceremony at Edinburgh. Trams leaving for the depot 20/12/1956

Last tram ceremony at Edinburgh. Trams leaving for the depot 20/12/1956
Last tram ceremony at Edinburgh. Trams leaving for the Shrubhill depot 20/12/1956

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: The last day of London's trams. People arriving on the Victoria Embankment for a last ride

The last day of London's trams. People arriving on the Victoria Embankment for a last ride on the tram
The last day of London's trams. People arriving on the Victoria Embankment for a last ride on the tram

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Tram hold up in Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow 1955

Tram hold up in Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow 1955

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Lt. Joseph J. (Jock) Smith (right) of the 1st Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment, of Motherwell

Lt. Joseph J. (Jock) Smith (right) of the 1st Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment, of Motherwell, who won the Military Cross for bravery, with Pte. Terence Patrick Sullivan, whose life he saved in Aden

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: The Eiffel Tower, Paris, France

The Eiffel Tower, Paris, France which formed part of Paris Exhibition. The view was taken from the Trocadero in 1937

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Picking grapes to make Champagne 1932

Picking grapes to make Champagne 1932

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: A busy street scene in Paris in 1928

A busy street scene in Paris in 1928
A busy street scene in Paris showing the corner house of Boulevard Haussmann

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: The beach at Juan-Les-Pins, 1931

The beach at Juan-Les-Pins, 1931
The beach at Juan Les Pins on the French Riviera, 1931

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Caf de de la Paix, Paris 1937

Caf de de la Paix, Paris 1937
Cafe De La Paix on the Place de l'Opra, Paris, during the waiters strike. Waiters had suddenly gone on strike and left customers without their drinks1937

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Picking grapes, France 1933

Picking grapes, France 1933
Picking grapes in the Rauzan Segla Vineyards, Margaux, France 1933

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: The Gare du Nord, Paris pictured in 1930

The Gare du Nord, Paris pictured in 1930

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Miki, the Japanese artiste, standing with her dog on the scales at Le Bourget Airport, Paris 1928

Miki, the Japanese artiste, standing with her dog on the scales at Le Bourget Airport, Paris 1928
Miki, the Japanese artiste, standing with her dog, on the scales at Le Bourget Airport, Paris

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: A newspaper boy with a sign

A newspaper boy with a sign saying that the Daily Mail edition has been delivered by Aeroplane in 1919

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: The Daily Mail clock outside the Daily Mail building

The Daily Mail clock outside the Daily Mail building, New Northcliffe House in Young Street, Kensington

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Newspaper printing 1933

Newspaper printing 1933
The machine room in Northcliffe House London, copies of the Daily Mail being printed 1933

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: A newspaper compositor at work

A newspaper compositor at work in the Daily Mail building, Northcliffe House in London 1930s

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Daily Mail Building Manchester Deansgate - 1928

Daily Mail Building Manchester Deansgate - 1928

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Newsagents shop

Newsagents shop
Exterior of a newsagents shop in 1961

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Northcliffe House Manchester

Northcliffe House Manchester Home of the Daily Mail Manchester edition, 1935

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Read All About It

Read All About It
Sailor an Evening News paper seller outside Kingsway Underground station 1952

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: The Norfolk Broads

The Norfolk Broads
Tea time on the Norfolk Broads in 1928

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Brighton rock factory

Brighton rock factory
Brighton Rock being produced at Maynards Ltd in Hove by employee Rosemary Stone 1967

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Rock making at Maynards sweet factory

Rock making at Maynards sweet factory at Hove, Sussex 1967

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: The Portobello Potteries of A. W. Buchan & Co

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

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Frys Cocoa and Chocolate works

Frys Cocoa and Chocolate works
The packing dept at Frys Cocoa and Chocolate works, Bristol 1930

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Mansfield and Sons shoe and boot factory

Mansfield and Sons shoe and boot factory
Workers go back to work after lunch Mansfield and Sons shoe and boot factory, Northampton 1931

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Workers at Frys Cocoa and Chocolate Works

Workers at Frys Cocoa and Chocolate Works in Bristol 1930

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Women sewing army uniforms 1939

Women sewing army uniforms 1939

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: At the Royal Ordnance factory 1939

At the Royal Ordnance factory 1939
At the Royal Ordnance factory - Assembling the moulds

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Lancashire Cotton Mill 1962

Lancashire Cotton Mill 1962

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Woman in a Cotton Mill

Woman in a Cotton Mill
Woman in a Lancashire Cotton Mill 1962

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: A women worker at a cotton factory

A women worker at a cotton factory 1957

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: A demonstration of cotton spinning 1949

A demonstration of cotton spinning 1949

Background imageTimes Gone By Collection: Giant coffee mill

Giant coffee mill
Coffee being ground in a mill below St Pancras station All the coffee which was served in British railways buffets was blended there 1966

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



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