London Life Collection (page 11)

The last pier of the Old Waterloo Bridge is now being demolished and the way clear for the new structure. 13.7.36

Construction work on the building of the new traffic underpass has started at Hyde Park Corner behind the statue of the Duke of Wellington by the Wellington Arch

Coronation decorations at Woolwich. 6 May 1937

Swans on a flooded field in Longlands. 20 January 1939

Elephant and Castle warehouse in flames, tremendous crowds watch. Fires involving all the four floors of the building, broke out at Messrs, Shorter Bros, China warehouse

Sidcup Place. 1934

London: Europes biggest block of flats, Dolphin Square, overlooking the Thames from The Embankment in Londons Pimlico, has been put up for sale

Nr Chiswick, London: A building programme forges ahead here where the New South Wales Motoway is taking shape. Our picture is made looking East along the Great West Road, near Chiswick

Church, Penhill. St James the Great Blendon 1937

Telephone girls learn to carry on as usual in gas masks. Telephone girls are being trained to use special gas masks say that they can remain at their posts in an emergency

Residents of a street in Plumstead stage a small demonstration in reaction to how the authorities have dealt with the subsidence which has closed their road

Special for Irish Press The Irish Ambassador, Mr Cornelius Cremin ( centre ) inspects an Irish harp made in 1888 during his visit to the Building Exhibition at Olympia, London

Horseguard on sentry duty outside Horse Guards Parade, Whitehall, London, England. 1960 s

The Burlington Arcade, London. Overseas visitors find traditional British quality in the narrow covered passage which is one of the worlds most exclusive shopping centres

Mr Baldwin addresses mass meeting of women Conservatives at the Albert Hall. Mr Stanley Baldwin, the Conservative leader, addressed a mass meeting organised by the Womens Conservative

The small white building is Londons only back garden theatre, The Mermaid. Founded by Bernard Miles and Josephine Wilson, it stands beside Duff House in St Johns Wood

London. Site of Bucklesbury House, a 14 storey block of offices, before the building starts.c.1953

A cat in Abbot Courtyard Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England, UK. 1950s

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

Chingfords hillside swimming pool nearly ready. Chingfords new swimming pool at Larkswood is nearing completion and will be opened by Sir Kingsley Wood, Minister of Health, in a fortnights time

Anthony Edens sons watch as fire brigade gieves last display at old headquarters. The last display before the brigades removal to the new building on the Albert Embankment

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

London. The tomb of Rahere, who founded the priory and hospital of St. Bartholomew - the - Great. He was also a courtier to King Henry I. Rahere died in 1143, but the tomb dates from 1405

Policemen struggle to hold back the surging tide of demonstrators pressing on the approach to the American Embassy in Grosvenor Square, London

The exclusive Mayfair Gaming Club, Crockfords, in London

Peckham Health Centre or the Pioneer Health Centre was opened in 1935 in Peckham, south London. It was a social experiment to monitor the effects of environment on health

Building workers strike. Barbican strikers picket outside Mytons prior to their march to the Guildhall later this morning, where 24 of their colleagues are appearing. Pickets with their placards

Thirteen months after, still clearing the Crystal Palace site. More than a year after the building had been destroyed by fire

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

86 Vincent Square, Westminster - Mr Lloyd Georges New Town house - 25 October 1922

Road signs in Eltham. 1937

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

A view from the south side of the RiverThames showing the dome of St Pauls Cathedral and the Inns of Court on the opposite bank. Moored barges sit in the middle of the river. 1910

Duke of Kent opens new housing estate. The Duke of Kent opened the Hampstead Council s, Westcroft Housing Estate in Lichfield Road, Cricklewood

Duchess of York opens new flats at Isle Dogs. The Duchess of York, who was unable to attend the christening of the baby prince owing to the prior engagement, openend the Isle of Dogs

London scene. The Thames Embankment, central London with rows of Hansom Cabs ( horse drawn taxis ) parked at the side of the road. Cleopatras Needle can be seen through the trees. Early 1900s

London : Mr C. A. Linge, Clerk of Works at St Pauls Cathedral, London. 16 February 1961

A modern police station on Wellhall Road, Eltham, London. 1938

An exterior view opf the new swimming baths on Eltham Hill. 1939

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

Children growing up in one of Londons fine blocks of council flats. Too many others will spend their whole lives in slums - Photo shows tower block in the Barbican, London - 12th November 1960

Sir Enoch Hill, President of the Halifax Building Society ( Left ) presenting a silver salver to Sir Hilton Young at the opening of Halifax House, Strand 1 May 1934

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

Peckham Health Centre or the Pioneer Health Centre was opened in 1935 in Peckham, south London. It was a social experiment to monitor the effects of environment on health

Aerial view of the construction of the Elephant and Castle shopping centre - new development in Southwark London. Built by the Willett Group of Companies in conjunction with Tersons at the cost of

Shooting skywards in Londons Millbank is this new concrete and steel addition to the capitals rapidly growing number of lofty office blocks

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

Moira Shearer and her husband, Ludovic Kennedy, looking at their house for the last time, when, a few months ago, the left for Hollywood

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