1940s Collection (#10)

A house showing considerable damage, surrounded by debris after a near miss from German bombs

A house in the Bexley area, showing considerable damage, surrounded by debris after a near miss from German bombs

The 50 families of squatters who yesterday took possession of Abbey Lodge, a block of luxury flats in Park Road, Regents Park, London, were still firmly installed this morning

The road workers take a break from their manual labour for a cigarette and a game of darts

This 3-month-old girl, daughter of an ex-POW still serving in the forces is squatting
This 3-month-old girl, daughter of an ex-POW still serving in the forces is " squatting" with her mother at the luxury Duchess of Bedford house in Kensington

Lights go up again; With the lifting of all controls of lighting over the country, Britain was once again brilliantly lit up

A policeman walks his beat with the fish porters, traders and barrow boys in Billingsgate Fish Market, Lower Thames Street, London with St Magnus the Martyr church in background

A view of the impressive St Pauls Cathedral which although the centre of many Blitzes
A view of the impressive St Pauls Cathedral which although the centre of many " Blitzes" was very little damaged. 9 December 1948

Pre Fabs in the West End. A number of prefabricated houses have been erected at the top of Portland Place. Rubble on the site has been cleared away

Woman sewing using a sewing machine and fitting a young girls dress [no caption, location or date]

Spring daffodils in Regents Park, London, England. Late 1940s, early 1950s

Mr John Strachey, M. P, who succeeds Sir Ben Smith at the Ministry of food, is a family man
Mr John Strachey, M.P, who succeeds Sir Ben Smith at the Ministry of food, is a family man. At his flat in Regents Park Road, London, where he lives with his wife and 2 children, Charles, 11

Watching for the bailiffs from her cottag window at Benwick, Isle of Ely, today is Miss Elizabeth Foster, village school mistress for 45 years

Margot Fonteyn at home. A quiet read by the fireside before leaving for the Royal Opera House. 22 March 1946

Market traders unloading fruit and vegetables from lorrys, for the fruit and vegetable market at Covent Garden, London, England. Late 1940s, early 1950s

Portico of St Martins in the Field. Nelsons Column and Trafalgar Square, London, seen from the portico of St Martins In the Fields Church with part of the Admiralty building in the distance

The Rt. Hon. Sir Ben Smith, K. B. E. M. P. Minister of food, opened the Battle for
The Rt. Hon. Sir Ben Smith, K.B.E. M.P. Minister of food, opened the " Battle for Bread" exhibition on the bombed sight of John Lewiss premises

The statue of King Charles I in Trafalgar Square, London, England. Late 1940s, early 1950s

A street view of the historic public house, The Prospect of Whitby which is on the banks of the River Thames at Wapping Wall, East London. 1948

1000 London Transport men attached to the West Ham Trolleybus Depot have a new canteen which replaced the building which was bombed by a flying bomb. Alderman F.A

Men walking around London

On the left, the Royal Bank of England, building on the right Royal Exchange

The part of Aldwych outside India House, London, presented a gay scene beneath the summer sun has nearly every Hindu in London gathered to watch the flag of the new dominion of India broken from its

The 50 squatter families who took over the block of luxury flats at the Lodge, Regents Park, London, last night, are still in a state of siege this morning

Bert Couzens starts round Britain walk. Burt Couzens, holder of many long, long distance walking records, started off from London to walk round England and Scotland today (Thursday)

War Office - Whitehall [ministry of defence] [photo undated]

Eltham Palace 15 September 1947

Woman brushing hair in front of the mirror in her bedroom. [no caption, location or date]

Home front 1940. A residential area showing signs of being heavily damaged after a night raid from German bombers in the Bexleyheath area. (Lower left can be seen an Anderson shelter)

Bomb damage. Rescue squads in Hackney, East London, worked unceasingly under a dangerous tottering wall and brought out a youth who had been completely buried under the debris of a house for twelve

The rebuilding of Coventry City, England. A stall inside the bombed Cathedral accepts contributions to the Coventry Cathedral reconstruction and maintenance fund 1948

A typical London tramp at home on Embankment. 7 November 1945

The South Africa House, in Trafalgar Square. 7 November 1945

General view of City of London looking up towards St Pauls Cathedral

The entrance to the Burlington Arcade, London. 1948

Home front 1940. Destroyed home in Sidcup, after a German air raid

Looking down on a busy Covent Garden flower, fruit and vegetable market full of stacked fruit and vegetable boxes with lorries unloading right by the entrance to St Pauls Church, Covent Garden

Home front 1940. Air raid damage, Crayford

Parliament Square, London, decorated figure victory celebrations will stop when the shadow of Big Ben a 50 feet tower bearing the flags of the 51 Allied nations

Damage caused to Sidcups main road during the German aerial onslaught

The exterior of Ashton Court. 11 May 1947

Helped by his 10 yesr old daughter Patricia, Mr Crome barricades the door of his bare three roomed home on the top floor of the London County Council rest centre at Paddington, West London

Floods, caused by the recent bad weather, endangered the water supplies thousands of the East and North London people when they found that their taps were either dry or delivering muddy water, today

A symptom of spring and the housing problem is provided by a mallard duck with distinctly urban traits who has chosen a window box on the parapet high above Trafalgar Square

The River Thames, swollen by recent boring and heavy rain, has flooded a wide area of Riverside Counties. Many towns in Surrey, Berkshire, and Middlesex are seriously flooded. 17 March 1947

The famous Russian dancer and choreographer, Leonide Massine, has his first speaking part in " a bullet in the valet", which opens in Edinburgh on October 1 and after visits to Blackpool

Mentioned as a portable Londoners for her Royal Highness Princess Elizabeth after her marriage to return Philip Mountbatten, is Clarence House, St Jamess Palace

Battle of Britain fly past rehearsal. More than 120 aircraft of the Royal Air Force and the Czech Air Force roared over London today in a rehearsal for the Battle of Britain fly past which is to take

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