London Life Collection (page 3)

Although the external appearance of Buckingham Palace has been greatly improved in the last 30 years, it still gives little indication of the splendour and dignity within

Workers from Val De Travers Asphalt Limited, a paving company, working on paving the roof of the London Jewish Hospital in Stepney Green. 1938

Transformation in east London. Since the war ended Britain has built 374, 256 permanent houses, flats etc. London County Council alone has built 12, 413

A modern police station on Wellhall Road, Eltham, London. A worker is plastering over a window. 1938

The building of the Ascott Gas, Water, Gesyers Works Ltd, Neasden. 1937

National band contest opens at Crystal Palace. Bandsmen from all over the country gathered at the Crystal Palace for the annual National Band Contest

Lord Stonehaven opens Portman Day Nursery in London. Viscount Stonehaven opened the new building of the Portman day Nursery of the St Marylebone Health Society in Salisbury Street, Edgware Road

Panic of 1907 also known as the 1907 Bankers Panic. The scene of Harrimans Great financial operations. The view is looking up Broad Street to Wall Street

A London Fire Brigade display in Lambeth, London. Firemen hose down from the windows of a tall building demonstrating the accuracy of their hoses by spraying onto a fire plate on the ground. 1939

Testing wireless apparatus for Kings speech at Economic Conference. There is official testing of the wireless transmitting instruments to make certain the Kings speech at the opening of the World

A London Fire Brigade display in Lambeth, London. Firemen use extension ladders to ascend a tall building during the demonstration. 1939

Police at London Aiport escort Davy Jones, singer with the American pop group The Monkees to an awaiting car, moments after his arrival from America. The escort was for his own protection

Still supreme and unchallenged in height the 620 ft General Post Office Tower situated just off Tottenham Court Road has now been open to the general public for some weeks Although the general public

Red white and blue Coronation barge. Coronation Stand is being built on a barge painted red white and blue moored by Lambeth Bridge

Motorcycle place for suburbs and courtesy cops in training at Hendon. Specially chosen police officers are now in training at the Hendon Police College as the advance guard of the new motorcycle

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

The Adelphi Terrace, seen from the embankment, London

Rising from its maze of scaffolding, the new wing of the Bank of England is adding to the architectural beauty of the city, its graceful pillars and white facade sumbolic of a new age

Americas new skyscraper Embassy in London. The Naval Attache. In one of London s
Americas new skyscraper Embassy in London. The Naval Attache. In one of Londons most magnificent squares, not far from Buckingham Palace

Cliffords Inn, Fleet Street, London, England, with the for sale notice on the wall. 1903

Hilton Young, Minister for Health, opens new flats for workers in Islington, London. 26 October 1934

Food Advertisements for Oxo, Bovril, Yorkshire Relish and Nestle Swiss Milk, on a building in Moorfields, London near the Royal Eye Hospital. undated

Noiseless guns for the Army. Remarkable invention of Surrey engineer. Mr Ronald Chapman, a Caterham engineer, has invented a silencer for rifles and machine guns

Summer siesta - on Londons roof-garden. With the River view of the busy Pool of London, and the garden the city girls have a lunch hour siesta - on the roof of Adelaide House high over London

He looks down on Parliament. A welder on a precarious perch high above the Albert Embankment. He is at work on the new W H Smith building which overlooks the Houses of Parliament and the Thames

Fire Brigade rehearses for royal opening new headquarters. Men of the Headquarters Staff of the London Fire Brigade rehearse at Lambeth for the opening by the King of the new Headquarters building

Syon Park, Brentford, seat of the Duke of Northumberland. The Great Conservatory, built by the 3rd Duke and reputedly the earliest of its kind in the country. 10 January 1930 s

Collins brothers building company. Their rebuilding scheme of the local bottle factory. 1938

Syon Park, Brentford, seat of the Duke of Northumberland. 10 January 1930 s

Bermondsey Health Centre Exterior 1949

First Sky Scraper in England : The Liverpool Building On May 11, the foundation stone was laid for the new offices of the Royal Liverpool Friendly Society. The building has been designed by Mr W

Workmen are now labouring day and night to repair the liner Aquitania in the new graving dock at Southampton - when the liner was taken into the dock for overhaul it was discovered that the bilge

A London Fire Brigade display in Lambeth, London. Fire crew respond to a fire at the base of a tall rise building during the demonstration. 1939

London street scene. From a busy Regent Street, looking towards Piccadilly Circus, and the statue of Eros, Londons West End. Early 1900s

Firemen wallow in molten rubber as warehouse blazes still. Firemen wading through a lake of molten rubber as they work on the still blazing building at Wapping. 26 September 1935

New juvenile court building in Bromley, London. An exterior view. 1937

Mystery of the smashed Belisha beacon. 5 November 1934

The Daily Express Building in Fleet Street was built in 1931, all black and clear glass panels set in chromium. Owen Williams was the architect

Cliffords Inn, off Fleet Street, London, England. The first Inn of Chancery, an insitute of legal education. Founded in 1344, it was dissolved in 1903 and demolished 1934. Early 1900s

Margot Fonteyn at home. 22 March 1946

A powerful homemade bomb, consisting of 26 sticks of gelignite in a brown paper parcel, with signs of the fuse have been ignited, was found this morning in a cloakroom of Dover House

Duke of Norfolk, out walking in sunshine, sees progress of Coronation preparations. The Duke of Norfolk, who as Earl Marshall is in charge of the Coronation arrangements

The Music room of Ashton Court, with a large organ situated at one end of the room and other objects set out ready for sale. 11 May 1947

Mr Bossy Phelps superintending the building of Oxfords Boat at Putney on 22 February
Mr " Bossy" Phelps superintending the building of Oxfords Boat at Putney on 22 February 1933 ? TopFoto

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

New homes at Wapping, London. 1933

Prefabs at Eltham, London. 1933

Princess Elizabeths model home, which was damaged by fire while being brought to London from Wales after it had been presented to the Duchess of York at Cardiff by the people of Wales

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