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Shot from below, a labourer perches on scaffolding boards and rebars that stick out of a poured concrete column on a building site: another labourer is on a platform above him and there is a crane in the background of the shot, London circa 1963

Scaffolding Boards

Shot from below, a labourer perches on scaffolding boards and rebars that stick out of a poured concrete column on a building site: another labourer is on a platform above him and there is a crane in the background of the shot, London circa 1963 Gallery:
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Two labourers chat briefly whilst a third takes heavy bolt-cutters to a grid of welded steel reinforcing rods on the floor of a building being constructed in London. In the background of the image are low-rise blocks of flats and on-site cranes, London circa 1963

Rebars Floor

Two labourers chat briefly whilst a third takes heavy bolt-cutters to a grid of welded steel reinforcing rods on the floor of a building being constructed in London. In the background of the image are low-rise blocks of flats and on-site cranes, London circa 1963 Gallery:
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On a building site in London a labourer in a cloth cap holds a grid of welded rebars upright in the foreground of the image whilst three men in suits confer in the background. London circa 1963

Rebars Cage

On a building site in London a labourer in a cloth cap holds a grid of welded rebars upright in the foreground of the image whilst three men in suits confer in the background. London circa 1963 Gallery:
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On a building site a labourer with a pipe stops for a chat in the foreground whilst a concrete floor is poured and levelled with a wooden plank behind him. Steel reinforcing rods criss-cross the image and in the background are Victorian terraced houses, London circa 1963

Pouring Concrete

On a building site a labourer with a pipe stops for a chat in the foreground whilst a concrete floor is poured and levelled with a wooden plank behind him. Steel reinforcing rods criss-cross the image and in the background are Victorian terraced houses, London circa 1963 Gallery:
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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:
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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:
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On a post-war reconstruction site in London, labourers work on the lower ground foundations of a large building under construction. In the foreground a man moves a pile of bricks: Victorian terraced houses on a street can be seen in the background of the image. London circa 1963

Foundations

On a post-war reconstruction site in London, labourers work on the lower ground foundations of a large building under construction. In the foreground a man moves a pile of bricks: Victorian terraced houses on a street can be seen in the background of the image. London circa 1963 Gallery:
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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

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:
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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

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:
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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

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:
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A man in a cloth cap and tattered suit carries a heavy sack in front of scaffolding and weighing machinery on a building site, England circa 1963

Heavy Load

A man in a cloth cap and tattered suit carries a heavy sack in front of scaffolding and weighing machinery on a building site, England circa 1963 Gallery:
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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

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:
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A woman stands at a sink and two boys sit at a kitchen table and one boy holds a toddler. Harrow Road, London circa 1964

Kitchen Table

A woman stands at a sink and two boys sit at a kitchen table and one boy holds a toddler. Harrow Road, London circa 1964 Gallery:
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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

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:
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A man stands and two boys sit on the bed in a tiny room, with a bicycle and a pile of clothes in the foreground. Harrow Road, London, circa 1964

Cramped Bedroom

A man stands and two boys sit on the bed in a tiny room, with a bicycle and a pile of clothes in the foreground. Harrow Road, London, circa 1964 Gallery:
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A middle-aged woman in a cramped bedsit wears her coat to keep warm as she eats her dinner at a small table in between her bed and the sofa, with a television in front of the window, Harrow Road, London circa 1964

Bedsit Dinner

A middle-aged woman in a cramped bedsit wears her coat to keep warm as she eats her dinner at a small table in between her bed and the sofa, with a television in front of the window, Harrow Road, London circa 1964 Gallery:
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Two older men rest on benches in an open space with Victorian terraced buildings, new-build tower blocks of flats and a Lyons Swiss Rolls delivery van in the background, London 1961

Old and New 2

Two older men rest on benches in an open space with Victorian terraced buildings, new-build tower blocks of flats and a Lyons Swiss Rolls delivery van in the background, London 1961 Gallery:
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Two boys in suits walk along an alleyway between closely-packed terraced housing for the working class in Lambeth, South London, circa 1961

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:
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Two labourers working on a building site carry a long metal strut with a rope: one wears a boiler suit and the other is in jeans and a polo shirt. There are other labourers working behind vertical rebars in the background, London circa 1963

Labouring

Two labourers working on a building site carry a long metal strut with a rope: one wears a boiler suit and the other is in jeans and a polo shirt. There are other labourers working behind vertical rebars in the background, London circa 1963 Gallery:
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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

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:
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An aerial view of Harrow Road, including tenement buildings, an undeveloped bomb-site and several churches in the background, London 1961

Harrow Road

An aerial view of Harrow Road, including tenement buildings, an undeveloped bomb-site and several churches in the background, London 1961 Gallery:
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A man wearing a hard hat carries a bucket as he walks through a pile of sand on a building site, with scaffolding in the background, England circa 1963

Hard Hat

A man wearing a hard hat carries a bucket as he walks through a pile of sand on a building site, with scaffolding in the background, England circa 1963 Gallery:
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A view from on top of the partly-built Cromwell Road extension of the Hammersmith flyover as it is under construction by Marples Ridgeway, London 1961

Hammersmith Flyover

A view from on top of the partly-built Cromwell Road extension of the Hammersmith flyover as it is under construction by Marples Ridgeway, London 1961 Gallery:
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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

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:
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Men in hard hats and cloth caps labour on a building site, overseen by two men in suits and ties, London circa 1963

Building Site

Men in hard hats and cloth caps labour on a building site, overseen by two men in suits and ties, London circa 1963 Gallery:
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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

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:
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A man stands on a step-ladder and addresses a crowd through a megaphone, during a housing demonstration against racketeer landlords in Westmoreland Road, Southwark, London, in the freezing winter of 1963. One demonstrator holds a sign saying 'Take Over Slum And Racketeer Houses'

Take Over

A man stands on a step-ladder and addresses a crowd through a megaphone, during a housing demonstration against racketeer landlords in Westmoreland Road, Southwark, London, in the freezing winter of 1963. One demonstrator holds a sign saying 'Take Over Slum And Racketeer Houses' Gallery:
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A man stands on a step-ladder and addresses a crowd through a megaphone, during a housing demonstration against racketeer landlords in Westmoreland Road, Southwark, London, in the freezing winter of 1963. One demonstrator holds a sign saying 'Take Over Slum And Racketeer Houses'

Housing Demo, Southwark

A man stands on a step-ladder and addresses a crowd through a megaphone, during a housing demonstration against racketeer landlords in Westmoreland Road, Southwark, London, in the freezing winter of 1963. One demonstrator holds a sign saying 'Take Over Slum And Racketeer Houses' Gallery:
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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

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:
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An elderly woman with snowflakes on her coat is photographed during a housing demonstration in Westmoreland Road, Southwark, during the freezing winter of 1963

Elderly Lady

An elderly woman with snowflakes on her coat is photographed during a housing demonstration in Westmoreland Road, Southwark, during the freezing winter of 1963 Gallery:
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