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The first frog - woman. Frogmen the underwater swimmers used for daringThe first " frog - woman ". " Frogmen " the underwater swimmers used for daring operations during the war - have trained a " frogwoman " to assist them in their
A new hat for Mr Winston Churchill. Mr Winston Churchill, appointed Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports in 1941, was finally installed in the office by the Court of Shepway at Dover Castle today
A couple walking in the rain under an umbrella in Deans Yard, Westminster Abbey, London, England. 1940s, 1950s
Fish porters, traders and barrow boys in Billingsgate Fish Market, Lower Thames Street, London with St Magnus the Martyr church in background. Late 1940s, early 1950s
A crowd gathered outside the Ivanhoe hotel, Bloomsbury, London today. To listen to an address from the squatters inside, who are in a state of siege. They took over the premises last night
Home front 1940. Destroyed house in the Dartford area after a German air raid
The wedding of Mr Ian Wilson - Young ( second secretary at the Foreign Office ) and Mrs Charlotte Nast at Caxton Hall Register Office, London. 21 February 1940
Miss Joan Buckmaster leaving Caxton Hall Register Office after her wedding to Mr Robert Morley, the actor. 23 February 1940
BOAC flying boat 20 April 1946
Lovers in Hyde Park - kissing like valentines day May 1947 love couple romance romantic for valentines day be my valentine
A Romany mother with her baby sitting on the steps of her caravan on Epsom Downs during the races at Epsom race course, Surrey, England. Late 1940s, early 1950s
A Romany gypsy mother holds her baby at the Epsom Races. Late 1940s, early 1950s
A Romany gypsy boy at the Epsom race meeting. Late 1940s, early 1950 sA Romany gypsy boy at the Epsom race meeting. Late 1940 s, early 1950 s
Patricia Purser, 18, of Camberwell, who has been elected Merchant Navy Queen of LambethPatricia Purser, 18, of Camberwell, who has been elected " Merchant Navy Queen" of Lambeth. She will be crowned at a ceremony which opens Lambeth Merchant Navy Comfort Service Week
Continuing the week-long International Folk Dance Festival and rally being held by Scouts and guides from nine nations, representatives from Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, England, France
Royal Netherlands Ambassador in London Edgar Michiels van Verduynen. Presentation of bronze plaque by the Netherlands to thank the BBC, committee at broadcasting house
A royal garden party. Their majesties the King and Queen this afternoon (Tuesday). Entertained 7000 guests at the first post-war Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace
Tommy Handley, Joan Harbin, Molly Weir and Tini Goss, drop-in at the local before giving a complete Itma show to 500 ex-servicemen at a Welcome Home in the tiny Sussex village of Wadhurst
Traditional Christmas Cattle Fair. At Battle, Sussex, they held the cattle Fair where eager buyers crowded round the auctioneer while he extolled the prime qualities of a handsome beast that may help
Daniel Carpio, a noted Peruvian swimmer and holder of the South American Championships, began training at Hastings Bathing Pool for an attempt on English Channel
Royal Engineers are removing the concrete dragons teeth defence blocks on the front at HastingsRoyal Engineers are removing the concrete " dragons teeth" defence blocks on the front at Hastings, Sussex. The blocks, weighing nearly three tons each, are loosened by a bull-dozer
HMS Woodcock, the British Royal Navy sloop. She is adopted by Cuckfield and district, Sussex
Floods in Sussex. The thaw which followed recent heavy snow has caused serious flooding in many parts of the country. Photo shows, a wide area of the Sussex countryside underwater at Robertsbridge
Study in disdain. Little Gillian Denman, of Pulborough, Sussex, made her first visit to the London Zoo at the age of two, and wanted badly to take Peggy, the camel for its first walk of the season
Smoke and debris thrown skywards after a direct hit from a German bomb in the suburbs
A panoramic view of one of the badly bombed areas of the city of London taken from the top of a building in Coleman Street
Home front 1940. Showing the destruction caused by German bombing, Brits go about their normal daily business, even in the throes of war
The Lord Mayor of Budapest, Hungary, Jozsef Kovago, arrived at Croydon by air. He has come from Budapest at the invitation of the London County Council to study English methods of housing
Champion American newspaper boy arrives in London. When the American Minneapolis Star and Tribune newspaper decided to celebrate its new building by delivering todays issue all around the world
Home front 1940. Bomb damage at Crayford
A destroyed home, after a German air raid
Busy market porters carrying boxes on their heads at Covent Gardens flower, fruit and vegetable market near to the entrance of St Pauls Church, Covent Garden, London, England. Late 1940s, early 1950s
Boys fishing by the riverside on the Thames at Richmond, London, England, UK. 1950s
Today, Monday, the eve of the Palestine conference, members of the British delegation Heighington Lancaster house, St James s, London, to meet delegates from 7 Arab nations, Egypt, Iraq, Syria
Home front 1940. Destroyed home in the Crayford area, after a German air raid
Two young girls in a bathroom, standing by a sink. [no caption, location or date]
A baby girl squatter from Duchess of Bedford house, (the block of luxury flats in West Kensington recently taken over by squatters) was taken by ambulance to hospital this morning
Sussex farm run by German ex-POWs. Bryckden lane farm, Waldron, Sussex, is a perfectly run farm with the most modern dairy for a T.T. tested herd. entirely staffed by Germans
The famous Hastings and St Leonard Bathing Pool reputed to be the finest in Europe opened on Whit-Saturday for its first season on a pre-war scale
A Russian WW2 propaganda poster. 1941
British World War II cartoon. Poster: In Germany, anti-government posters are forbidden
Fay Taylour, Speedways Queen of the cinders, hopes to return to the saddle. Frank Arnold, West Hams team manager, has invited her to take part in a trial
A speed trial held at Elstree, near Watford, on Easter Monday under the auspices of the Vintage Sports Car Club attracted entries from nine other clubs, and for the first time since 1939
A wide area of Berkshire lies underwater following the overflowing of the river Thames at Maidenhead after recent phenomenon of the heavy rains
In thousands of British homes this Christmas, rich plum puddings, which are earning precious dollars, will be on the menu
Nurses of Londons Westminster Hospital rehearsing the carols they will sing at Christmas. After touring the wards, they go through the gardens back to the nurses home, where they end their recital
Trawler skipper fought Nazi bombers Skipper Alexander Craig of the 192 ton Aberdeen trawler Arora who with his mate stuck to the guns in the face of machine gun fire
Wedding of Lieutenant D Shankland, RN, and Miss A Akers Douglas at St Georges Church, Hanover Square. 15 March 1940
