Hoppy Plays Guitar

Pub Jam. L-R: Unknown, Nicole Lepsky, John Hoppy Hopkins, Unknown; Oxford, England circa 1961 Gallery:

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1950s band Cambridge culture England hep jazz John Hoppy Hopkins musician perform piano play smoking student university

Blue Hot Jazz

John Hoppy Hopkins plays piano in a jazz band during his university days, circa 1950s Gallery:

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1950s band Cambridge culture England hep jazz John Hoppy Hopkins musician perform piano play smoking student university

1939 black and white bus conductor charming child England fancy dress history John Hoppy Hopkins make-believe outfit play pose pretend sepia toddler

Trainee Bus Conductor

John Hoppy Hopkins aged 2, England 1939 Gallery:

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1939 black and white bus conductor charming child England fancy dress history John Hoppy Hopkins make-believe outfit play pose pretend sepia toddler

Arnold Wesker and script

British author, dramatist and poet Arnold Wesker sits and studies paperwork: he also holds a cigarette, England, circa 1962 Gallery: Arts and Culture

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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

Arnold Wesker

British author, dramatist and poet Arnold Wesker drinks tea whilst being interviewed by an unseen male. He leans forward in his chair and looks off-camera, circa 1962 Gallery: Portraits

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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

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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

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

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

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Swing girl

A young girl on a swing flies high in front of a new-build council estate in London 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