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

Underpass Drinks

A middle-aged woman in a cardigan and woolly hat stands behind a makeshift bar and serves drinks to men in suits and trilby hats at the opening of the Hyde Park Corner underpass, held on-site, on 17 October 1962 in London. The underpass curves away in the distance and the scene is lit by overhead fluorescent lights 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

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

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

Patriotic Learner

A black vintage motorcar sits in a parking space on Parliament Square: it has a Union Jack British flag stuck into the front grille and a learner driver L plate tied to the front bumper. London circa early 1964 Gallery: Post-War London

Françoise Hardy

French singer-songwriter Françoise Hardy holds an SLR and stares into the distance under a No Entry sign on New Bond Street in London’s West End, circa early 1964 Gallery: Arts and Culture