Living Conditions Collection (page 2)

Hands shoot into the air to signify assent by St. Pancras tenants to the resolution condemning Tory rent policy and determination to continue the struggle against high rents

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

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

The month long seige of two St. Pancras rent rebels ended with a fantastic street battle. At Kennistoun House, Leighton Road, St

Slums in Halcourt Street, Shoreditch. London East End. 1929

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

Geyser burst. N I H Ltd in Petts Wood. 12 April 1938

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

Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother has given permission for the robes worn by Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret at the coronation of their father King George VI to be shown in the United States

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

Outside the council flats built by the labour LCC in Islington, North London. By election candidate talks to housewives with their young children. 1947

For the past month a notice has been posted outside Silverdale House, Hampstead Road, London, stating The Bailiffs Shall Not Pass, in connection with Mr

Sidcup, Council, case. 1935

Hundreds of mortgage applicants went along to the County Hall to learn more about the London County Councils new home loans for all plan

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

High Paddington Scheme - a paper will be read by Sergei Kadleigh A. R. I. B. A. at the
High Paddington Scheme - a paper will be read by Sergei Kadleigh A.R.I.B.A. at the Royal Society of Arts, John Adam Street, Adelphi, London, W.C

Couple lookng at houses in the window of an estate agent - 1950 ?TopFoto

Workers flats on Liverpool Road, London. 24 October 1934

Londoners come with prams, carts, in fact anything on wheels for the morning ration of 28 lb of coke from the yard of Nine Elms Gas Works, London

Bread rationing. Housewives and children queue at the bakers in Bexley Heath. 1946

A number of prefabricated houses have been erected at the top fo Portland Place, West London. Rubble on the site has been cleared away

Five years after on Londons blitzed sites - Putting a bombed site to commercial use, a firm of caravan makers display their product informally, without having to cramp themselves. ?TopFoto

Fuel crisis of 1947: London offices and shops, when the lights went off as a result of the electricity cuts, carried on with varying types of illumination

Post war development : New pre - fabricated council flats at Cromer Street, St Pancras, London, designed by architects, Hening and Chitty. late 1940s

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

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

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

Ministry of works officials who made a forced entry at Duchess of Bedford house, the block of luxury flats in West Kensington taken over by squatters today, Wednesday

At the Welsh Industries Fair - a model of the Airey permanent house made of precast concrete units, with a flat or pitched roof, and containing three bedrooms, a living room

Mr. Donald Cook, Secretary of the St. Pancras United Tenants Association, takes some food from one of his children, through the barbed wire that form part of the defences to his flat

Industrialisations advantages are not all to be found in factory production - a great deal of improvement over traditional building methods can be achieved without leaving the building site

Tenements in St Pancras, London with laundry hanging from washing lines strung between them. 1950s

Because electricity obtained from windmill generators is exempt from the Order prohibiting the use of power for advertisement lighting

In heavy rain this afternoon, Sunday, 1500 Londoners converged on Kensington high Street in a well-planned operation to take over block of flats in Duchess of Bedford walk, West Kensington

Mr McDonaugh and his wife with some of their children and friends looking from a first floor window of No 28 Athelstane Road, Finsbury Park, North London

Dwarfed by the new Shell skyscraper is the sun cottage. One of three new portable
Dwarfed by the new Shell " skyscraper" is the " sun cottage". One of three new portable homes being inspected by London County Council housing committee

Council flats, Fairfield Street, Wandsworth, London. Architects : William and Ed Hunt and Basil Hughes

Squatters home demolished while they were still living in it. Mr. L. Ingram and family - Squatters in a hut at Strettington, near Chichester, Sussex

Building a concrete village at Braintree, Essex The finished article 18 September 1919

Mother and daughter win great lottery prize. Senora Valdez and her daughter, hard working peasants women of Tarragona, Spain, who has just won 500, 000 pesetas in a Spanish National Lottery

Typical Maori greeting known as Te Hongi ( consists of rubbing their noses together and uttering like dog like howls ) 24 March 1920 (original caption)

Derby Day Mrs Asquith and her party arriving by a St Dunstans motor bus, are besieged by gipsies 4 June 1924

The lonliest outpost of the empire. Typical homes in the little settlement of Edinburgh on the South Atlantic island of Tristan Da Cunha

A dope problem in the east A Chinese man and his Japanese wife in opium sleep, Shanghai, China 1920

Ex soldiers family in canvas hut at Greensted ( Essex ) Hilder and his family photgraphed outside the hut 28 January 1920

Army huts as new homes An army hut on the Horse Guards Parade converted into a comfortable home, by government as an example of its possibilities 23 July 1919 sign reads " Typical 60ft x 15ft

Free distribution of buns to poor children in Lane by a local butcher. 31 March 1923

Two families unable to find accomodation in London, have hired a caravan and tents and are camped on the river bank in Staines. Baby finds a cold sponge very soothing 13 August 1919

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