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

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

1950s 1956 1957 1st XI black and white Cambridge competition Emmanuel College England first eleven history hockey John Hoppy Hopkins outfit pose sport team teenager university

John Hopkins in the Emmanuel College 1st Hockey XI, 1956-57

John Hopkins in the Emmanuel College 1st Hockey XI, 1956-57 Gallery: timeline

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1950s 1956 1957 1st XI black and white Cambridge competition Emmanuel College England first eleven history hockey John Hoppy Hopkins outfit pose sport team teenager university

1940s black and white boarding school Caldicott School child competition cricket England history John Hoppy Hopkins mascot outfit pose sport

JVLH-cricket

John Hopkins in the cricket team at Caldicott School, Farnham Common, Bucks, circa 1943-46 Gallery: timeline

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1940s black and white boarding school Caldicott School child competition cricket England history John Hoppy Hopkins mascot outfit pose sport

1940s balance bicycle black and white Caldicott School competition concentration cross-country England history John Hoppy Hopkins race racing sport youth

JVLH-bike-9

John Hoppy Hopkins at Caldicott School bicycle cross country race, sporting number 9, circa 1946-9 Gallery: timeline

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1940s balance bicycle black and white Caldicott School competition concentration cross-country England history John Hoppy Hopkins race racing sport youth