Flicking the V

Two young construction workers flick V-signs at the photographer as they sit amongst their colleagues and eat during a break from working on the Hyde Park Corner underpass; London circa 1962 as motor vehicles, black taxi-cabs and Routemaster buses drive past; London circa 1962 Gallery: Post-War London

Miner’s Sideboard

A middle-aged man wearing a striped shirt and braces sits in an armchair next to a sideboard covered in family photographs in the mining village of Kinglassie, Fife, Scotland, circa 1963 Gallery: Leisure

1960s 1963 activity armchair B+W black and white cigarette countryside dog Fife inside interior Kinglassie leisure living room man mining parlour relaxing rural Scotland smoke Swinging Sixties village

Miner and Dog

A older man in a striped shirt sits in an armchair, smokes and pats his dog in the mining village of Kinglassie, Fife, Scotland, circa 1963 Gallery: Leisure

Rocket Science 2

During the 1962 Festival of Labour in Battersea Park, a float takes part in a parade. The float is titled 'Designing a great future - Designing a Great Britain' and has people dressed as scientists and astronauts working at draughting tables, as well as a futuristically-styled rocket ship. The float is passing Labour Party leaders, seen from the back Gallery: Political Activism

Labour London ladies

During the 1962 Festival of Labour in Battersea Park, two women wearing Welcome to Labour London hats stand in the crowd Gallery: Political Activism

1960s 1962 B+W black and white blossom boys child children derelict doze leisure London Notting Hill outside pastoral relax relaxing siesta sleep sunny Swinging Sixties trees urban view wheelbarrow yard

Wheelbarrow siesta

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

1960s 1961 B+W black and white buildings bus Canadian Canadian Armed Forces children demobbed feed flock leisure London man outside pigeons relax relaxing soldier Swinging Sixties Trafalgar Square urban Whitehall

Soldier pigeon

A member of the Canadian Armed Forces in Europe feeds pigeons in Trafalgar Square, London, circa 1961 Gallery: Leisure

Rocket Science

During the 1962 Festival of Labour in Battersea Park, a float takes part in a parade. The float is titled 'Designing a great future - Designing a Great Britain' and has people dressed as scientists and astronauts working at draughting tables, as well as a futuristically-styled rocket ship Gallery: Leisure

1960s adults B+W Battersea Park black and white child children crowds event Festival of Labour leisure London marquee observers outside park pastoral relaxing Swinging Sixties tableau tent trees view woman

Park play

Children and adults crowd around a large tableau in a marquee during the Festival of Labour in Battersea Park Gallery: Leisure

1960s 1961 B+W bench black and white building door doze Kingston leisure London male men outside pastoral read relax relaxing siesta sleep snooze stone suburban Swinging Sixties yard

Kingston nap

An elderly man snoozes whilst a younger man reads on a bench in Kingston, west London, circa 1961 Gallery: Leisure

1960s 1961 B+W black and white boats child ducks feed Kingston leisure London pastoral relaxing river riverside suburb suburban swans Swinging Sixties Thames trees woman

Kingston ducks

A woman and her young daughter feed the ducks and swans on the river Thames in Kingston, west London, circa 1961 Gallery: Leisure

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1960s 1961 B+W black and white boats child ducks feed Kingston leisure London pastoral relaxing river riverside suburb suburban swans Swinging Sixties Thames trees woman

A country wedding

A male guest in top hat and tails accompanies two female guests wearing hats as they arrive at the church for a country wedding Gallery: Leisure

Chelsea joke 3

Two elderly men in bowler hats share a joke inside a marquee at the Chelsea Flower show in 1962 Gallery: Leisure

1960s 1962 activity adults B+W black and white Chelsea Flower Show crowd display event leisure London mass men observers ostentatious pastoral relaxing smart street Swinging Sixties throng view women

Chelsea Flower Show

A crowd of smartly dressed people walk down the street towards the photographer as they near the entrance to the 1962 Chelsea Flower Show Gallery: Leisure

1960s 1962 activity adults B+W black and white Chelsea Flower Show competition crowds display event flowers inside leisure London marquee observers ostentatious pastoral relaxing Swinging Sixties tent view women

Chelsea Flower Show

Middle-aged women in hats inspect the flower displays near gantry 3 at the Chelsea Flower Show, London, 1962 Gallery: Leisure