Boy on Wall

An example of an Edition Print of a small boy who 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. The print is authenticated by the Estate of the photographer, John 'Hoppy' Hopkins, and features an embossed recto Estate authentication edition stamp in the bottom left corner inside the white border and an archivally-stable inked verso stamp containing the full edition and authentication details on the reverse. The print is available in three sizes and an edition of #20. Gallery: Edition Prints

Facade Only

A new hi-rise residential tower block constructed by Wates can be seen behind bomb-damaged shops on the Harrow Road. All that is left of the shops are the façades and the signage. Two young boys walk on the pavement in the foreground and a person on a scooter rides past, London circa 1964 Gallery: Post-War London

Bedsitter 2

A middle-aged woman sits on a iron-framed single bed with a young child in her lap in front of peeling and dilapidated wallpaper. There is laundry hanging across the room and in the foreground a teenager in a flowery tabard irons fabric on a very damaged ironing board, London circa 1964 Gallery: Post-War London

Bedsitter

A middle-aged woman sits on a iron-framed single bed with two children in front of peeling and dilapidated wallpaper. The younger child is on her lap whilst the older girl looks off camera, London circa 1964 Gallery: Post-War London

Walkway Play

A girl bounces a ball as she plays on a walkway outside her flat in a crowded Victorian mansion block in the East End. She is watched by a woman and a toddler and there are three women chatting on the walkway above hers. Laundry hangs from the line, London, circa 1964 Gallery: Leisure

Stylish Shopper

On Regent Street a stylishly dressed woman stands with three children, including a sleeping toddler in a pushchair: her two other children look at the camera as they hold on to the pushchair. Christmas shoppers crowd the pavement and Routemaster double-decker buses, including route 13 to London Bridge, travel under festive decorations; London, December 1961 Gallery: Post-War London

Streets in the Sky

A young woman holds a pram containing a baby wearing a bonnet; she looks away from camera at two small children running along an exterior walkway outside a Peabody block of flats in East London. There is washing drying on lines hanging above the walkway railings in front of the flats; London, circa Spring 1964 Gallery: Post-War London

Festive Regent Street

Christmas decorations on Regent Street, looking south and seen from a high viewpoint. People crowd the pavements, motor cars taxi-cabs and Routemaster double-decker buses drive north including route 15 to Ladbroke Grove, with festive decorations strung across the street; London, December 1961 Gallery: Post-War London

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Lambeth Walk

Two boys in suits walk along an alleyway between closely-packed terraced housing for the working class in Lambeth, South London, circa 1961 Gallery: Post-War London

Kid’s Cricket

Two boys in shorts play cricket in the road, with working-class terraced housing on both sides and an industrial building sited on Ebenezer Street in the background, East London circa 1961 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

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

Mum’s Shoes

A group of children play in a London street which still has a blockade left over from the Second World War; one girl is wearing her mother’s fancy shoes, 10 April 1961 Gallery: Post-War London

Treasure Hunt

Two young boys collect scrap metal and play amongst the debris in a pile of damaged furniture in a boarded-off bomb site in a London street, 10 April 1961 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

Sunday School Children

Children attend Sunday school in their parish church situated in Kinglassie mining village, Fife, Scotland, circa 1963 Gallery: Leisure

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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

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

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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

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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

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

CND Girl

A small blonde girl lies on the ground and eats a biiscuit whilst wrapped in a blanket during a rest stop on the Aldermaston to London March of 1962. She is wearing a CND badge and is lying across an adult's legs Gallery: CND

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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

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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

Poison Children

Two men carrying a banner that says 'Nuclear Tests Poison Children - Your Children' walk down a semi-rural street whilst being watched by three small boys in wellington boots, plus a mother and child. Image taken during the 1962 Aldermaston to London march 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

CND Punch and Judy

During a CND outing to the beach, a small group of adults and children sit in front of a Punch and Judy puppet show. There is a CND logo on a flag planted into the sand by the puppet tent, and a guitar lies close by, circa 1963 Gallery: CND

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Wheelbarrow siesta

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

Sunday school

Children attend Sunday school in their parish church situated in Kinglassie mining village, Fife, Scotland, circa 1963 Gallery: Leisure

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Soldier pigeon

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

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

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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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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

CND puppetcrowd 2

During a CND outing to the beach, children and adults gather around a Punch and Judy tent on the sand. A small harbour is visible in the background of the shot, with boats and a building on the harbour wall, and holidaymakers sit on deckchairs in the foreground of the image, circa 1963 Gallery: Leisure

CND puppet crowd

During a CND outing to the beach, children and adults gather around a Punch and Judy tent on the sand. The children are transfixed by the off-screen puppets, circa 1963 Gallery: Leisure

CND donkey ride

During a CND outing to the beach, a man and a woman lead a donkey across the sand, in front of a cliff and some beach huts with holidaymakers. There is a blonde girl with plaits on the donkey, and several girls and boys walking alongside, circa 1963 Gallery: Leisure

CND donkey 2

A small boy is placed on the back of a donkey on the beach, by three adults. The donkey has a CND sign on its bridle, balloons with the CND logo are tied to its tail, and another small boy is just visible in the background, circa 1963 Gallery: Leisure