Restaurant Chef

Two chefs work in an open-plan area in a busy restaurant: one glances to camera whilst a female diner smiles flirtatiously in the background, London circa 1960/61 Gallery: Working Life

Ann James

Ann James smiles and sits up in bed in a maternity ward in a London NHS hospital. She has a tray with crockery and newspapers on her bed. A woman standing by the bed looks away from camera, circa 1960/61. Gallery: Portraits

1960s 1961 B+W Balcombe Street black black and white cab driver London male mini-cab motorcar NW1 Sixties smart Swinging Sixties uniform vintage Welbeck Motors worker working life

Vintage Motors

Two Welbeck Motors minicabs are parked in Balcombe Street, London, adjacent to a black vintage motorcar from the 1930’s. A male driver in one of the Welbeck minicabs appears to be chatting with the female driver of the vintage motorcar. Circa 1961 Gallery: Working Life

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1960s 1961 B+W Balcombe Street black black and white cab driver London male mini-cab motorcar NW1 Sixties smart Swinging Sixties uniform vintage Welbeck Motors worker working life

1960s 1961 band culture drinking England freestyle guitar hep jam jazz John Hoppy Hopkins musician Nicole Lepsky Oxford perform play pub public rehearse trad

Hoppy Plays Guitar

Pub Jam. L-R: Unknown, Nicole Lepsky, John Hoppy Hopkins, Unknown; Oxford, England circa 1961 Gallery: writings

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1960s 1961 band culture drinking England freestyle guitar hep jam jazz John Hoppy Hopkins musician Nicole Lepsky Oxford perform play pub public rehearse trad

South Bank Lunch Break

Five workmen relax on the grass and look at a pavilion on the Southbank, London, during a sculpture exhibition, circa 1961 Gallery: Working Life

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Southbank Sculpture

A wooden sculpture in front of a fence, during an exhibition on the Southbank, London, circa 1961 Gallery: Arts and Culture

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1960s 1961 arts and culture B+W black and white exhibit exhibition exterior fence hoarding London outside River Thames rooftops sculpture Southbank Swinging Sixties venue wood

1960s 1961 arts and culture B+W black and white engraving exhibit exhibition exterior London men metal outside sculpture Southbank stone Swinging Sixties venue woman

Southbank Show

Two men and a woman look at an artwork during a sculpture exhibition on the Southbank, London, circa 1961 Gallery: Arts and Culture

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1960s 1961 arts and culture B+W black and white engraving exhibit exhibition exterior London men metal outside sculpture Southbank stone Swinging Sixties venue woman

Room 19 Security

A woman carrying a folder looks off-camera as she emerges from a door marked 'Room no. 19 Security' during the USSR Industrial Exhibition in London, held at Earl's Court, 07-29 July, 1961 Gallery: Working Life

From Russia With Love

A young woman wearing a beehive hairstyle photographed backstage during a fashion show at the USSR Industrial Exhibition in London, held at Earl's Court, 07-29 July, 1961 Gallery: Portraits

Soviet Fashion

A model carrying an open umbrella walks down a catwalk in front of photographers during a fashion show at the USSR Industrial Exhibition in London, held at Earl's Court, 07-29 July, 1961 Gallery: Leisure

1960s 1961 arts and culture B+W black and white blonde design designer engraved engraving exhibit glass glasses glassware London model Scandinavian show Sweden Swedish Swinging Sixties vase venue woman

Swedish Glass

A blonde woman wearing glasses holds an engraved glass vase in front of her face during an exhibition featuring Swedish glassware in London, circa 1961 Gallery: Arts and Culture

In Step With Each Other

A woman and a girl walk down a catwalk in front of photographers during a fashion show at the USSR Industrial Exhibition in London, held at Earl's Court, 07-29 July, 1961 Gallery: Arts and Culture

Three models queue

Three models in evening wear queue backstage during a fashion show at the USSR Industrial Exhibition in London, held at Earl's Court, 07-29 July, 1961 Gallery: Arts and Culture

Soviet Smoker

A man smokes a cigarette in fron of a display featuring photographs and graphics at the USSR Industrial Exhibition in London, held at Earl's Court, 07-29 July, 1961 Gallery: Arts and Culture

1960s 1961 arts arts and culture B+W black and white chair culture customer exterior fast food hamburger logo London Lyons modern modernist sculpture signage Swinging Sixties Wimpy Bar

Wimpy Bar Window

An exterior shot through the window of a Wimpy Bar in London, circa 1961, with modern sculpture in the window, interior signage, cusutomers and restaurant chairs visible Gallery: Arts and Culture

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1960s 1961 arts arts and culture B+W black and white chair culture customer exterior fast food hamburger logo London Lyons modern modernist sculpture signage Swinging Sixties Wimpy Bar

1960s 1961 arts arts and culture B+W black and white culture Egg and Bacon fast food hamburger logo London Lyons modern modernist people scooter sculpture signage street Swinging Sixties Wimpy Bar

Wimpy Bar Art

An exterior shot of passers-by looking at a modern sculpture in the window of a Wimpy Bar in London, circa 1961 Gallery: Arts and Culture

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Kids Play 2

Framed by a door window, a gang of small boys play near an abandoned car and build a bonfire on a patch of waste ground in Kingston, West London, circa 1961 Gallery: Leisure

1960s 1961 adults B+W black and white cake community event fete fruit glasses homemade inside Kingston leisure London man middle-aged pipe produce Swinging Sixties table village fete

Win a Cake

A middle-aged man wearing glasses and smoking a pipe sits behind a table containing food items and a hand-drawn sign stating 'Win a Cake', at an event in Kingston, West London, circa 1961 Gallery: Leisure

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1960s 1961 adults B+W black and white cake community event fete fruit glasses homemade inside Kingston leisure London man middle-aged pipe produce Swinging Sixties table village fete

1960s 1961 adults B+W black and white cigarette elderly event glasses hats inside Kingston leisure London portraits smoking suburban Swinging Sixties woman women

Women in Hats

Two elderly women wearing hats sit beside each other in Kingston, West London, circa 1961. One woman wears glasses and is smoking a cigarette Gallery: Portraits

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1960s 1961 adults B+W black and white cigarette elderly event glasses hats inside Kingston leisure London portraits smoking suburban Swinging Sixties woman women

1960s 1961 adventure B+W black and white boys children fence frame grass Kingston leisure London metal outside play portraits relax suburban suburbs Swinging Sixties waste ground West London

Kingston Kids

Two boys sit on a metal frame in an area of waste ground behind some houses in Kingston, West London, circa 1961. One boy waers a suit jacket, long trousers and shell-toe trainers; the other wears a jumper, shorts and wellington boots Gallery: Portraits

Xmas Housing Demo

A large crowd of people, including babies, gathers in front of a Christmas tree during a demonstration against homelessness held on Oxford Street, London, during December 1961 Gallery: Political Activism

1960s 1961 activity B+W black and white bomb boy children church clearing destruction gang group imagination leisure Notting Hill outside play post-war rubble site street Swinging Sixties urban wall West London

Boy On Wall 1

A small boy lies on top of a wall and stares at the camera in West London, circa 1961. A row of terraced houses and a church can be seen in the background Gallery: Portraits

1960s 1961 activity B+W black and white bomb boys children clearing crater destruction gang group imagination joy laughter leisure Notting Hill outside play post-war rubble site street Swinging Sixties urban West London

Bomn Site Kids 3

Five small boys clamber up the sides of a West London Second World War bomb crater, circa 1961. A row of terraced houses can be seen in the background, probably in Notting Hill Gallery: Leisure

1960s 1961 B+W banners black and white constable demonstration London MET Metropolitan Police night people police police constable police officer street streetlight Swinging Sixties working life

Tired Officer

A white male Police Constable with the Metropolitan Police appears exhausted during a demonstration in London, circa 1961. He looks straight at the camera Gallery: Working Life

1960s 1961 activity B+W black and white bomb boys children clearing destruction gang group imagination joy laughter leisure Notting Hill outside play post-war rubble site street Swinging Sixties urban West London

Bomb Site Kids 2

Four small boys laugh as they throw rocks across a post-war West London bomb site, circa 1961. An entire side of a street has been demolished, leaving a large play area Gallery: Leisure

1960s 1961 activity B+W black and white bomb boys children clearing destruction gang group imagination leisure Notting Hill outside play post-war rubble site street Swinging Sixties urban West London

Bomb Site Kids 1

Five boys play in the rubble of a West London post-war bomb site, circa 1961. One boy holds a stick and looks to camera Gallery: Leisure

1960s 1961 American B+W bandleader black and white composer Dizzy Gillespie Eric Dolphy famous flute instruments jazz jazz musicians London music musicians on stage singer Swinging Sixties trumpet

Eric Dolphy and Dizzy Gillespie

American jazz musicians Eric Dolphy on flute and Dizzy Gillespie on trumpet play together on stage, circa 1961 Gallery: Music

1960s 1961 B+W black and white buildings bus Canadian Canadian Armed Forces children demobbed feed flock leisure London man outside pigeons relax relaxing soldier Swinging Sixties Trafalgar Square urban Whitehall

Soldier pigeon

A member of the Canadian Armed Forces in Europe feeds pigeons in Trafalgar Square, London, circa 1961 Gallery: Leisure

1960s 1961 B+W bench black and white building door doze Kingston leisure London male men outside pastoral read relax relaxing siesta sleep snooze stone suburban Swinging Sixties yard

Kingston nap

An elderly man snoozes whilst a younger man reads on a bench in Kingston, west London, circa 1961 Gallery: Leisure

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1960s 1961 B+W bench black and white building door doze Kingston leisure London male men outside pastoral read relax relaxing siesta sleep snooze stone suburban Swinging Sixties yard

1960s 1961 adults B+W black and white elderly event fete glasses hats homemade inside Kingston knitting leisure London members Swinging Sixties table tea cosy village fete woman women

Kingston members

Three older women wearing hats sit behind a table marked 'Members' that carries knitted items in Kingston, west London, circa 1961 Gallery: Leisure

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1960s 1961 adults B+W black and white elderly event fete glasses hats homemade inside Kingston knitting leisure London members Swinging Sixties table tea cosy village fete woman women

Kingston market 2

A police constable directs shoppers across the road in Kingston market, west London, circa 1961 Gallery: Leisure

1960s 1961 B+W bicycle black and white clocktower flower stall flowers high street Kingston leisure London pedestrians shop shoppers store street market suburb suburban Swinging Sixties vehicles waiting woman

Kingston market 1

An older woman stands by a flower stall in Kingston market, west London, circa 1961 Gallery: Leisure

1960s 1961 B+W black and white boats child ducks feed Kingston leisure London pastoral relaxing river riverside suburb suburban swans Swinging Sixties Thames trees woman

Kingston ducks

A woman and her young daughter feed the ducks and swans on the river Thames in Kingston, west London, circa 1961 Gallery: Leisure

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1960s 1961 B+W black and white boats child ducks feed Kingston leisure London pastoral relaxing river riverside suburb suburban swans Swinging Sixties Thames trees woman

1960s 1961 B+W Bissell black and white bus stop cars cremations funerals high street Kingston leisure London pedestrians queue Shampoo Master shop shoppers store suburb suburban Swinging Sixties vehicles waiting Wimpy Bar

Kingston bus stop

Shoppers in Kingston, west London queue at a bus stop in front of a funeral parlour, circa 1961 Gallery: Leisure

Stock Exchange trading floor

An overhead shot of the floor of the Stock Exchange, featuring wood panelling, men conversing, trades being made and noticeboards displaying the date (May 24 1961) Gallery: Working Life

Stock Exchange Visitor’s Gallery

A middle-aged man wearing a moustache and bowler hat walks past the Stock Exchange Visitor's Gallery entrance on May 24 1961 Gallery: Working Life

Stock Exchange canteen

In the Stock Exchange canteen an elderly white male stockbroker reads a financial newspaper (Financial Review) with other colleagues in the background, on May 24 1961 Gallery: Working Life