Blakey Morris

An elderly man sorts through rubbish in front of the Blakey Morris Wallpapers and Paints factory in south London, circa 1960 Gallery: Post-War London

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1960 1960s B+W black and white Blakey Morris bricks closed decoration decorators dereliction elderly man paint post-war poverty rubbish rubble south London Swinging Sixties wallpapers

LCC Improvement

A row of derelict buildings with smashed windows stands behind a rubble-filled construction site: in the foreground a sign states ‘L.C.C ELEPHANT AND CASTLE IMPROVEMENT’, LONDON CIRCA 1960 Gallery: Post-War London

1960s 1961 activity B+W black and white boys brick children density dereliction housing Lambeth leisure outside post-war poverty south London street suits Swinging Sixties terrace urban walk working class youths

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

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

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

1960s 1961 B+W B+Wpost-war Bermondsey black and white bomb damage building damaged dangerous death derelict dereliction destruction F A Albin and Sons funerals London outside post-war Swinging Sixties undertakers

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