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

1960s 1961 B+W black and white bomb damage buildings churches damaged dangerous derelict dereliction destruction dilapidation Harrow Road housing London outside post-war street Swinging Sixties tenements terraced

Harrow Road

An aerial view of Harrow Road, including tenement buildings, an undeveloped bomb-site and several churches in the background, London 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

1960s 1961 B+W black and white boarded-up brick broken damaged derelict enigmatic Good Pull Up For Carmen imagination London message outside paint post-war railings sign Swinging Sixties urban wall

Good Pull Up For Carmen

Behind broken railings a sign on a boarded up window reads Good Pull Up For Carmen, London circa 1961 Gallery: Post-War London

1960s 1962 B+W black and white bomb site boy building child children derelict girl homes leisure London Notting Hill outside play playground playtime relax scavengers sign street Swinging Sixties urban wheelbarrow yard

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

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F A Albin and Sons

The premises of F. A. Albin and Sons, Undertakers, can be seen behind a destroyed building in Bermondsey, south London, 10 April 1961 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

Colliery Street

Men walk along a street past a derelict building with a colliery wheel in the background, in the mining village of Kinglassie, Fife, Scotland, circa 1963 Gallery: Working Life

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Wheelbarrow siesta

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