1940s Collection (page 9)

At Wythenshawe, Manchester, corporations new satellite town, modern British made the scenery was demonstrated show how designs

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

The western end 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

The Law Courts in Strand, London. 7 November 1945

A man was arrested outside the Ivanhoe hotel, Bloomsbury and escorted to Tottenham Court Road police station this morning. The Ivanhoe hotel was taken over by " squatters" last night

The famous London church. The Doric pillars and gracefully tapering spires of St Martin in the Fields, are a familiar sight to every Londoner, and one of our more cherished ecclesiastical germs

Home front 1940. The destruction caused by a German air raid

Bermondsey Health Centre Exterior 1949

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

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

Unilever House, Blackfriars, london, F C, the head office of Lever Brothers and Unilever Ltd.. 7 November 1945

The War Office held an exhibition at the Army School of Education, Eltham Palace, showing how teaching aids have been devised for use in the Army education schemes in the pre-release

Work has begun on removing 80, 000 sandbags which protected precious monuments in the Westminster Abbey, London, and it is helped that within 12 months the Abbey will be restored to its former glory

Charming study of Laurence Olivier, the actor, pictured in the London home today. Laurence receives a knighthood in the Birthday Honours, published tomorrow, for services to the stage and films

The meeting in support of the squatters, held this evening at Cranbourne Street
The meeting in support of the " squatters", held this evening at Cranbourne Street, London, was addressed by Mr Harry Pollitt, general secretary of the Communist Party

Margot Fonteyn at home. I don t think i ll wear this tonight, it needs pressing
Margot Fonteyn at home. " I don t think i ll wear this tonight, it needs pressing" - Miss Fonteyn concentrates on her wardrobe in her bedroom. 22 March 1946

Squatters in the besieged Duchess of Bedford house, the block of luxury flats in Kensington
Squatters in the " besieged" Duchess of Bedford house, the block of luxury flats in Kensington, held in the evening (Wednesday), then forgot their worries in an informal concert

Apsley house, Hyde Park Corner, London residence of the Dukes of Wellington since 1820, has with the bulk of its contents, been presented to the nation by the present 62-year-old seventh Duke

Market porters chatting amongst the fruit and vegetable boxes at Covent Gardens flower, fruit and vegetable market near the entrance columns to St Pauls Church, Covent Garden, London, England

To add to Londons ever - improving transport system the new Central Line extension, from Leytonstone to Woodford and Newbury Park, is due to be opened by the Minsister of Transport

Home front 1940. Servicemen on leave. Find their homes damaged and surrounded by debris, and still find the happy side

Representatives from Birmingham and Midland towns were among the delegates who left London by air for Czechoslovakia this morning

Home front 1940. A boy holds the world in his hand, he has just discovered the globe in his bomb damage school, at Northfleet

The long gallery of Ashton Court with objects set out ready for sale. 11 May 1947

Home front 1940 A bus driver cleans debris from an air raid up before reporting for work at Bexleyheath

Margot Fonteyn at home. Chee, Miss Fonteyns Siamese cat, looks blissfully happy as his graceful mistress strokes him. A study in the drawing room. 22 March 1946

A demonstration stage this morning at the church of St Cuthbert, Philbrach Gardens, Kensington, resulted in the ejection of a number of men and women from the building

The River biss, swollen by melted snow, has overflowed its banks at Trowbridge, Wilts. This was the scene at Mortimer Street today

Margot Fonteyn at home. A charming study of Margot Fonteyn, as she arranges tulips and pussy willow in a corner of her drawing room. 22 March 1946

Hythe House - New Goverment Offices in Brook Green Road, Hammersmith. Housing the former Shepherds Bush Employment Exchange. Photo shows Counters for interviewing people who come for claims

Squatters tonight invaded the empty Ivanhoe hotel in Gower Street, W1, where evacuees
Squatters tonight " invaded" the empty Ivanhoe hotel in Gower Street, W1, where evacuees from Gibraltar and bomb repairmen had been housed. A glass door with smashed effect entry

Heavy rain was falling when the 34, 000 ton Cunard - White Star Liner Caronia largest
Heavy rain was falling when the 34, 000 ton Cunard - White Star Liner " Caronia" largest ship now building in the world

The Henry VIII Gate at St Bartholomews Hospital, Smithfield in the City of London, England. Late 1940s, early 1950s

Home front 1940. The aftermath of a German air raid in which landmines (dropped by parachute) were dropped in Sidcup, destroying a complete Street in the process

Cabinet leaving number 10 Downing Street, London. 31 March 1946

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

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