London Life Collection (page 21)

An general view of the site where The Crystal Palace building stood in Sydenham, London. The building burned down in 1936. 1939

Sir Edward Wilshaw KCMC chairman. Photo shows: portrait of Sir Edward in his office. 11 June 1946

The first contingent of British settlers to leave for Australia under the migration agreements signed between the governments of the United Kingdom and Australia left London for Tilbury

A pilot tunnel for the London Tube leading to the construction of an escalator tunnel at Colliers Wood, City and South London Railway. August 1925

London: Squatters at the empty 60 room mansion a 144, Piccadilly, London, this morning. Ironically, adorning the wall of the building is a poster with the message

A wide-angle view of BPs new head office building looking in a north-easterly directioon. Finsbury Circus is seen bottom right. March 1966

A Scaffolding frame for the new flats on the Earl Court Road, West London. 3 March 1938

New Ministers at First Cabinet meeting. London; Outside 10 Downing Street after Mr Churchills first Cabinet meeting are; from left to right; Mr Harold Macmillan

The Archbishop of Canterbury performed the ceremony of blessing the new St Nicholas flats at Clarendon Street Somerss Town. Erected by the St Pancras House improvement society

Customers at Midland Bank being attended to by a Bank Teller. 23 October 1946

The Charter House, Finsbury, London in 1755. Granted 1545 to Sir Edward North. Finally, in 1611, transformed by Sir Thomas Sutton into the Hospital and School here represented

The construction of the Speedwell Telephone Exchange at Golders Green, London. 7 February 1938

Scaffolding frame for the new flats on Earl Courts road, West London. 3 March 1938

A general view of Ladywell in Lewisham, London. 1939

Lying close to their picket tent, youngsters keep a lonely vigil outside Kennistoun House, a block of St. Pancras Council flats in Leighton Road, Kentish Town, London. Tenants of many St

Women who called a prince a darling. When the Prince of Wales visited the St
Women who called a prince a " darling ". When the Prince of Wales visited the St Marylebone housing estate at Church Street, Edgware Road, Mrs Miles

The demolition of Alhambra Theatre in the West End of London. 1936

The London Blitz An ARP warden rescues a young girl from the wreckage of a building bombed by Germany. V1 attack Buckingham Gate, Victoria

Wives as pickets in East End no rent strike. What is stated to be the largest rent strike ever known in the East End of London, has been declared by over 240 families at Quinn Square Buildings

Dick Turpins house coming down, 600 year old landmark doomed. The old Dick Turpin house and stables near the Spaniards Inn on Hampstead Heath is being pulled down

Building Trade Congress at Transport House. Mr Puente (Spain) and Miss Wilkinson (Translator). 1936

London Lloyds Building A 2006 Charles Walker / TopFoto
London Lloyds Building e2006 Charles Walker / TopFoto

Wild scenes at a London eviction. A hand to hand fight between unemployed and police raged around Wakefield House, on the L C C estate at Peckham, London,s E

The fountains in Trafalgar Square, London, England. 1940s, 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

Home front 1940. Children in amongst the debris and rubble of Northfleet houses have been hit by German aerial bombs

Herbert Murray, Managing Director of the State Building Society, photographed after a hearing at the Mansion House Court where he stood on fraud charges. 11 January 1960

Home front 1940. Destroyed house lies dormant after German bombers had finished their bombing in Crayford

New Facade, Grosvenor House. 17 June 1843

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

View of the Elephant and Castle where work is going on. Draper Street the site of a new housing scheme and the roundabout between Walworth Road and Newington Butts

Bank of England opens secret branch for war loan work. The Bank of England has opened magnificent new premises in a great new building called Ling House, in South Street, near Finsbury Square

American troops in ceremonial march through London. For the first time since 1917, US troops paraded through London as they marched from Grosvenor Square to the City of London to lunch at

Thames river boats moored on the Victoria Embankment near to Cleopatras Needle with the Shell Mex House ( art deco style 1930 - 1931 ) in the background, London, England, UK 1960 s

London schoolboys among the Kings special tour of Swindon locomotive works. Boys from many of the London technical schools left the realms of theory and models

Duchess of Gloucester opens new East End flats built by Church Army. After opening the new flats built at Prince Regent Lane, Custom House [ Newham ]

Coffee stall, Waterloo Station, Old London

An aerial view of Plaistow showing rows of streets of terraced housing, London, England. 1950 s

This morning workmen on a building site in Lincolns Inn Fields, London, were joined by a new mate. He was Maxie the chimp who will perform before the Queen at a special performance of the Bertram

Repairing Princess Elizabeths model house at the Olympia. Immediately on arrival at the Olympia, London the damaged model house presented to Princess Elizabeth by the people of Wales at Cardiff last

Home front 1940. A house in the Bexley area, showing considerable damage, surrounded by debris after a near miss from German bombs

Repairing Eltham Church tower. 1937

Shoreditch Town Hall, steelwork by E Wood and Company. 1937

The river Thames at Richmond, London, England. 1950s

The squatters who have commandeered Duchess of Bedford house, a block of luxury flats in Kensington, are still firmly established in spite of the efforts of Ministry of works officials who

Sydney Payne packing for export. Like many of the Penguin Books staff, he has been with the firm since its early days. The original warehouse and packing room was in the crypt of Holy Trinity Church

More furniture was moved into the Duchess of Bedford house, (the block of luxury flats in West Kensington recently taken over by squatters)

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

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