1960s 1961 activity B+W black and white bomb boys children clearing crater destruction gang group imagination joy laughter leisure Notting Hill outside play post-war rubble site street Swinging Sixties urban West London

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

1960s 1961 activity B+W black and white bomb boys children clearing destruction gang group imagination joy laughter leisure Notting Hill outside play post-war rubble site street Swinging Sixties urban West London

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