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1960s1963B+Wblack and whitebuildersbuilding sitebuildingschattingcloth capconstructionconstruction crewengineeringhard workhousingimprovementlabourersLondonnewon-siteoutsidephysicalpost-warpublic workssmokingstreetSwinging Sixtiesworking life
A crowd of labourers on a building site stand around and chat at the end of a working day, London circa 1963

Labourers

A crowd of labourers on a building site stand around and chat at the end of a working day, London circa 1963 Gallery: Working Life
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1960s1963B+Wblack and whitebuildersbuilding sitebuildingschattingcloth capconstructionconstruction crewengineeringhard workhousingimprovementlabourersLondonnewon-siteoutsidephysicalpost-warpublic workssmokingstreetSwinging Sixtiesworking life
1960s1963B+Wbatonblack and whitebuildersbuilding sitebuildingschattingcloth capconstructionconstruction crewengineeringhard hathard workhousingimprovementlabourersLondonnewon-siteoutsidephysicalpost-warpublic worksregenerationsafety equipmentscaffoldingsite vehiclesstreetSwinging SixtiesterracesVictorianworking life
On a building site two labourers converse: one man wears a hard hat and a checked shirt, the other has on a cloth cap, wears a white vest and holds a wooden baton. A third man drives a vehicle across the site behind them and there are barely visible Victorian terraced houses in the background, London circa 1963

Labourer Chat

On a building site two labourers converse: one man wears a hard hat and a checked shirt, the other has on a cloth cap, wears a white vest and holds a wooden baton. A third man drives a vehicle across the site behind them and there are barely visible Victorian terraced houses in the background, London circa 1963 Gallery: Working Life
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1960s1963B+Wbatonblack and whitebuildersbuilding sitebuildingschattingcloth capconstructionconstruction crewengineeringhard hathard workhousingimprovementlabourersLondonnewon-siteoutsidephysicalpost-warpublic worksregenerationsafety equipmentscaffoldingsite vehiclesstreetSwinging SixtiesterracesVictorianworking life
1960s1964aspirationalB+Wbabyblack and whitebroomchattingcoatscompanioncontemporarydoorstepelderlyfashionablefoodfriendsfront doorgenerationshouseLondonolderportraitspost-warpramresidentialSixtiesstreetsweepingSwinging Sixtiestabardtraditionalwomenworking classyoung
A middle-aged woman in a flowery tabard sweeps the street outside a residential building: two other women stand nearby. The older one holds food in a paper wrapper whilst the younger woman is more fashionably dressed and has a baby in a pram. London circa 1964

3 Women and A Baby

A middle-aged woman in a flowery tabard sweeps the street outside a residential building: two other women stand nearby. The older one holds food in a paper wrapper whilst the younger woman is more fashionably dressed and has a baby in a pram. London circa 1964 Gallery: Post-War London
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1960s1964aspirationalB+Wbabyblack and whitebroomchattingcoatscompanioncontemporarydoorstepelderlyfashionablefoodfriendsfront doorgenerationshouseLondonolderportraitspost-warpramresidentialSixtiesstreetsweepingSwinging Sixtiestabardtraditionalwomenworking classyoung
1960s1962B+Wblack and whitebreakcarschattingcongestionconstructioneatingflicking V’sflowgangHyde Park CornerimprovementslabourerslaughingLondonlunchlunch breakmenPark Lanepost-war LondonrelaxingrestingroadsSwinging SixtiestrafficunderpassV-signsvehiclesworkersyouths
Two young construction workers flick V-signs at the photographer as they sit amongst their colleagues and eat during a break from working on the Hyde Park Corner underpass; London circa 1962 as motor vehicles, black taxi-cabs and Routemaster buses drive past; London circa 1962

Flicking the V

Two young construction workers flick V-signs at the photographer as they sit amongst their colleagues and eat during a break from working on the Hyde Park Corner underpass; London circa 1962 as motor vehicles, black taxi-cabs and Routemaster buses drive past; London circa 1962 Gallery: Post-War London
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1960s1962B+Wblack and whitebreakcarschattingcongestionconstructioneatingflicking V’sflowgangHyde Park CornerimprovementslabourerslaughingLondonlunchlunch breakmenPark Lanepost-war LondonrelaxingrestingroadsSwinging SixtiestrafficunderpassV-signsvehiclesworkersyouths
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A group of men stand and chat by several public telephone boxes on Pimlico Road, with stores and the offices of the Grosvenor Estate in the background, London circa 1960/61

Pimlico Road

A group of men stand and chat by several public telephone boxes on Pimlico Road, with stores and the offices of the Grosvenor Estate in the background, London circa 1960/61 Gallery: Post-War London
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19601960s1961B+Wbareblack and whitecarschattingclassicconversationdesigngatheringGrosvenor EstateLondonmenPimlico Roadpost-warpublic phone boxrailingsredshopsSir Giles Gilbert ScottstoresstreetSwinging Sixtiestelephone boxtreesurbanvehicleswinter
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