London Pride

On a terraced London street a woman smokes, next to a young girl who stands under a street sign proclaiming 'no through road'. The woman watches as her dog urinates on a large, partly obscured political poster that states 'Take Great London Pride with The Conservative Party', prior to the October 1964 general election Gallery: Post-War London

Boy on Wall

An example of an Edition Print of a small boy who 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. The print is authenticated by the Estate of the photographer, John 'Hoppy' Hopkins, and features an embossed recto Estate authentication edition stamp in the bottom left corner inside the white border and an archivally-stable inked verso stamp containing the full edition and authentication details on the reverse. The print is available in three sizes and an edition of #20. Gallery: Edition Prints

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: Working Life

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: Working Life

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: Working Life

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: Working Life

Labourers

A crowd of labourers on a building site stand around and chat at the end of a working day, London circa 1963 Gallery: Working Life

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: Working Life

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: Working Life

Five Firemen

Five firemen brace a wheeled extendable ladder against the kerb as a fire rages within a residential building on Gloucester Terrace, Bayswater W2, London circa 1964. Smoke fills the scene and bystanders watch from a distance in the background Gallery: Working Life

Silhouette

Silhouetted against the streetlight, a fireman climbs an extendable ladder as a residential building on Gloucester Terrace, Bayswater W2 blazes, smoke fills the air and water hoses curl across the pavement below, London circa 1964 Gallery: Working Life

Control Board

Smoke fills the scene as two firemen fill out a Stage 2 Control Board at 5.20pm during a fire in a residential building on Gloucester Terrace, Bayswater W2, London circa 1964 Gallery: Working Life

3 Women and A Baby

A middle-aged woman in a flowery tabard sweeps the street outside a residential building: two other women stand nearby. The older one holds food in a paper wrapper whilst the younger woman is more fashionably dressed and has a baby in a pram. London circa 1964 Gallery: Post-War London

Smiling Crowd

A crowd of people watching firemen deal with a burning residential building smile at the spectacle as the firemen bring the situation under control, Gloucester Terrace, Bayswater, London W2 circa 1964 Gallery: Post-War London

Doorstep Trikes

A young boy in winter clothes stands outside a terraced house with missing railings. The front door to the property is open and two trikes plus several toys and an empty milk bottle can be seen on the steps leading to the door, London circa 1964 Gallery: Post-War London

Doorstep Pram

A pram sits beside a covered scooter outside a four-storey terraced house with a mandala-printed cloth in the window, London circa 1964 Gallery: Post-War London

Collapsed Scaffolding

A man sweeps up debris in the foreground as collapsed scaffolding covers a Willment flat-bed truck during construction of a building on a London street. People crowd the doorway of a shop in the background, circa 1964 Gallery: Post-War London

Bystanders Watch

A crowd of onlookers watch intently as firemen deal with a burning residential building on Gloucester Terrace, Bayswater, London W2 circa 1964 Gallery: Post-War London

Street Life

A young girl in a winter coat and knitted hat pushes a toy pram in front of a boarded-up pub with an empty bottle of fortified wine on the doorstep. An elderly woman carrying a cardboard box walks away from the camera towards a black and white cat, London circa 1964 Gallery: Leisure

Outdoor Learning

A young boys reads a book as he sits on the roof of a car that has been totally stripped and left on a bomb-site. Dead tree branches and detritus cover the wheel arches of the car - all that is left of it is the metal frame. The boy concentrates on the book and holds another in his arms. in the background are several burned-out vehicles, derelict and occupied houses, East End of London circa 1964 Gallery: Leisure

Wardour Street handcart

A middle-aged man pulls a handcart into the junction of Wardour Street and Shaftesbury Avenue: the cart carries boxes of vegetables from F A Barker of Datchet. In the background people walk along Wardour Street towards Gerrard Street and vehicles wait at the traffic lights; London, circa Summer 1964 Gallery: Post-War London

Stylish Shopper

On Regent Street a stylishly dressed woman stands with three children, including a sleeping toddler in a pushchair: her two other children look at the camera as they hold on to the pushchair. Christmas shoppers crowd the pavement and Routemaster double-decker buses, including route 13 to London Bridge, travel under festive decorations; London, December 1961 Gallery: Post-War London

Route 13 Passengers

Two women wait to disembark an open-platform number 13 Routemaster double-decker bus as it travels south along Regent Street, past pedestrians, Christmas festive street decorations, a Meredew Furniture van, motor cars and taxi-cabs; London, December 1961 Gallery: Post-War London

Piccadilly Only

On the opening day of the Hyde Park Corner underpass three young men stand in the middle of the road as they measure out the gaps between letters before they paint filtering instructions onto the tarmac. They have yet to chalk out the letters P and I in the directive PICCADILLY ONLY: the rest has already been painted onto the road; London, October 17 1962 Gallery: Post-War London

Obsolete Road Signs

A pile of obsolete wooden directional signs for various central London locations lie on the ground in a pile at the top of Park Lane on Hyde Park Corner. In the distance a police officer directs traffic flow: London circa 1962 Gallery: Post-War London

Traffic Jam

Old fashioned black London taxi-cans and motor cars are stuck in a traffic jam on Park Lane: in the distance there is a constructor’s hoarding for the London Hilton Hotel; London circa 1962 Gallery: Post-War London

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: Post-War London

Chair Hire

A man removes a pile of chairs from the rear of a catering company van supplying furniture for an event in a building near Park Lane; London circa 1962 Gallery: Post-War London

Stripped Motor

Two older women in hats and winter coats stand on the doorstep of a house in a residential street, with a motor car that has been stripped for parts in the foreground, London circa 1964 Gallery: Post-War London

Suitcase

A young boy and a middle-aged woman, both wearing winter clothes, walk in the road in a residential street: the woman pushes a pushchair with a suitcase inside, London circa 1964 Gallery: Post-War London

Beehive Girl

A woman with a beehive hair style stares at the camera as Christmas shoppers crowd the pavement along Regent Street near a gentleman’s hairdresser and a dual-screen cinema. Delivery vans, taxi-cabs and motorcyclists are stuck in a traffic jam under festive street decorations; London, December 1961 Gallery: Post-War London

Festive Regent Street

Christmas decorations on Regent Street, looking south and seen from a high viewpoint. People crowd the pavements, motor cars taxi-cabs and Routemaster double-decker buses drive north including route 15 to Ladbroke Grove, with festive decorations strung across the street; London, December 1961 Gallery: Post-War London

Pimlico Road

A group of men stand and chat by several public telephone boxes on Pimlico Road, with stores and the offices of the Grosvenor Estate in the background, London circa 1960/61 Gallery: Post-War London

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: Post-War London

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: Post-War London

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: Post-War London

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

Harrow Road

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

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: Post-War London

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: Post-War London

Fence Girl

A small girl in a thick overcoat stands in front of a tall fence on derelict land in Notting Hill, West London, circa 1962 Gallery: Post-War London

Exit Through the Sun-Roof

Two young boys play in an abandoned and gutted motor car on a demolition site in London’s East End. One boy is climbing out of the missing roof panel: in the background other stripped vehicles lay abandoned in front of terraces of WWII bomb-damaged houses; London, circa 1964 Gallery: Post-War London

Docklands Street

A deserted street in London’s Docklands area: metal walkways above ground link industrial warehouse buildings along the river Thames, 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

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: Post-War London

Browsing for Antiques

A man and a woman look at antiques in a shop window, photographed from inside the premises. There are many ornate antique items in the shop front including sconces, candelabra, clocks and small glass electric chandeliers. There is a handcart visible in the street behind the couple, and several ornate buildings with shops on the ground floor; London circa 1964 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

Bombsite Boy

A small boy stands on top of a pile of rubble and broken furniture, collecting items in a wheelbarrow during construction of an adventure playground on derelict land in Notting Hill, West London, circa 1962 Gallery: Post-War London

Aldgate Bus Stop

A queue of people in winter clothes start boarding a bus at a stop outside Aldgate East underground station that serves routes 10, 25 and 32 heading to Whitechapel, Mile End, Bow and Stratford. Women carry large handbags: several people stare at the camera with a weary look; London, circa Spring 1964 Gallery: Post-War London

Rear Window

Two young boys play in an abandoned and gutted motor car on a demolition site in London’s East End. One boy stares out of the missing rear window at the viewer: in the background boarded up and empty terraces of WWII bomb-damaged houses sit beside new low-rise blocks of flats; London, circa 1964 Gallery: Post-War London

Tea Tea Tea

An older woman looks at the camera in front of a boarded-up Lyons Tea shop in the East End. She wears a headscarf and a heavy winter coat with winter boots; London, circa Spring 1964 Gallery: Portraits