Doorstep Trikes

A young boy in winter clothes stands outside a terraced house with missing railings. The front door to the property is open and two trikes plus several toys and an empty milk bottle can be seen on the steps leading to the door, London circa 1964 Gallery: Post-War London

Street Life

A young girl in a winter coat and knitted hat pushes a toy pram in front of a boarded-up pub with an empty bottle of fortified wine on the doorstep. An elderly woman carrying a cardboard box walks away from the camera towards a black and white cat, London circa 1964 Gallery: Leisure

Outdoor Learning

A young boys reads a book as he sits on the roof of a car that has been totally stripped and left on a bomb-site. Dead tree branches and detritus cover the wheel arches of the car - all that is left of it is the metal frame. The boy concentrates on the book and holds another in his arms. in the background are several burned-out vehicles, derelict and occupied houses, East End of London circa 1964 Gallery: Leisure

Linoleum

A smiling toddler sits on the floor and pulls at damaged linoleum whilst a boy looks on and a woman stands in front of a coal fire. Harrow Road, London circa 1964 Gallery: Post-War London

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Fence Girl

A small girl in a thick overcoat stands in front of a tall fence on derelict land in Notting Hill, West London, circa 1962 Gallery: Post-War London

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Exit Through the Sun-Roof

Two young boys play in an abandoned and gutted motor car on a demolition site in London’s East End. One boy is climbing out of the missing roof panel: in the background other stripped vehicles lay abandoned in front of terraces of WWII bomb-damaged houses; London, circa 1964 Gallery: Post-War London

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Bombsite Boy

A small boy stands on top of a pile of rubble and broken furniture, collecting items in a wheelbarrow during construction of an adventure playground on derelict land in Notting Hill, West London, circa 1962 Gallery: Post-War London

Rear Window

Two young boys play in an abandoned and gutted motor car on a demolition site in London’s East End. One boy stares out of the missing rear window at the viewer: in the background boarded up and empty terraces of WWII bomb-damaged houses sit beside new low-rise blocks of flats; London, circa 1964 Gallery: Post-War London

1940s black and white boarding school Caldicott School child competition cricket England history John Hoppy Hopkins mascot outfit pose sport

JVLH-cricket

John Hopkins in the cricket team at Caldicott School, Farnham Common, Bucks, circa 1943-46 Gallery: timeline

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1940s 1946 1947 black and white camera ceremonial charming child England history John Hoppy Hopkins Marilyn Hopkins outing pose Tower of London uniform Yeoman Warder

Hoppy the photographer

Hoppy and Marilyn Hopkins with a Yeoman Warder at the Tower of London, circa 1946-7 Gallery: timeline

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1940s black and white boarding school Caldicott School charming child England flag history John Hoppy Hopkins outfit pose scout uniform

Boy Scout

John Hopkins at Caldicott School, 1940s Gallery: timeline

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1939 black and white bus conductor charming child England fancy dress history John Hoppy Hopkins make-believe outfit play pose pretend sepia toddler

Trainee Bus Conductor

John Hoppy Hopkins aged 2, England 1939 Gallery: timeline

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1940s art B+W black and white child Hoppy John Hoppy Hopkins portrait school shy smile studio uniform

The Hoppy Community

John Hoppy Hopkins as a child, circa 1940s Gallery: writings

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W11 Residents

A woman and her daughter look at the street from behind the railings of a basement flat in Notting hill, West London, as a civil rights demonstration passes out of shot, circa 1963 Gallery: Political Activism

Kids Play 1

Four small boys play on a piece of waste ground surrounded by new-build blocks of flats, London, circa 1962 Gallery: Leisure

Dr. Michael Randle leaves Wormwood Scrubs

Dr. Michael Randle is surrounded by supporters and banners on his release from Wormwood Scrubs in the winter of 1963, having completed his prison sentence for his part in organising nonviolent direct action at a USAF Wethersfield, as a member of the Committee of 100. A man holds a banner with a CND logo and the legend 'In Prison For You', whilst a woman holds a banner with Randle's face on it Gallery: Political Activism

Atom Bomb Baby

During a roadside break, a toddler in a pram is accompanied by the banner 'Children Are Dying Through Tests Alone' on the 1962 Aldermaston to London March against nuclear research. The toddler is eating a biscuit, and several of the resting marchers in the background of the frame are also eating Gallery: CND

Peace News vendor 1

Richard Wallace stands on a street corner in Oxford, selling copies of Peace News. A double decker bus passes in the background, and a police constable walks through the shot. A child in a pram can be seen in the background, circa 1963. Wallace was subsequently jailed for 4 weeks for 'obstructing the highway'. Gallery: CND

Peace News child

A warmly-dressed child in a pram wearing a CND badge looks unhappy whilst women read newspapers on a bench behind the pram, Oxford, circa 1963 Gallery: CND

Rocket Science 2

During the 1962 Festival of Labour in Battersea Park, a float takes part in a parade. The float is titled 'Designing a great future - Designing a Great Britain' and has people dressed as scientists and astronauts working at draughting tables, as well as a futuristically-styled rocket ship. The float is passing Labour Party leaders, seen from the back Gallery: Political Activism

Wistful CND child

A blond male child holds a CND banner and looks wistful during the Aldermaston-London CND march, circa 1960. Aldermaston, Berkshire, was the site of an atomic arms research centre Gallery: CND

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Wheelbarrow siesta

Two young boys sleep in wheelbarrows, Notting Hill, west London, circa 1962 Gallery: Leisure

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Swing girl

A young girl on a swing flies high in front of a new-build council estate in London Gallery: Leisure

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Rocket Science

During the 1962 Festival of Labour in Battersea Park, a float takes part in a parade. The float is titled 'Designing a great future - Designing a Great Britain' and has people dressed as scientists and astronauts working at draughting tables, as well as a futuristically-styled rocket ship Gallery: Leisure

1960s adults B+W Battersea Park black and white child children crowds event Festival of Labour leisure London marquee observers outside park pastoral relaxing Swinging Sixties tableau tent trees view woman

Park play

Children and adults crowd around a large tableau in a marquee during the Festival of Labour in Battersea Park 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

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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Kids play

Children play on a cleared bomb site and hold up a sign from a shop marked Under Personal Supervision on derelict land in Notting Hill, West London Gallery: Leisure

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