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Post-War London

1960s 1963 B+W black and white builders building site buildings construction construction crew engineering hard work housing improvement labourers London management new on-site outside physical planning post-war public works regeneration street Swinging Sixties

Men in hard hats and cloth caps labour on a building site, overseen by two men in suits and ties, London circa 1963

1960s 1964 antique dealer antique shop antiques B+W black and white browsing candelabra chandeliers clocks commerce electric for sale glass handcart lighting London man post-war London sconces shop front Sixties smart street Swinging Sixties vintage window window shopping woman

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

1960s 1961 activity B+W black and white bomb site boys children damage dangerous debris dereliction destruction housing imagination leisure London outside play post-war rubble sport street Swinging Sixties terrace urban working class

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

1960s 1962 B+W black and white bomb site boy building child children derelict girl homes leisure London Notting Hill outside play playground playtime relax scavengers sign street Swinging Sixties urban wheelbarrow yard

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

1960s 1964 Aldgate East B+W black and white boarding bus bus stop classic directions East End handbags locations London Mile End passengers post-war London public transport queue road route route 15 route 25 route 32 Routemaster street Swinging Sixties traffic transport vintage Whitechapel winter women

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

1960s 1961 B+W B+Wpost-war Bermondsey black and white bomb damage building damaged dangerous death derelict dereliction destruction F A Albin and Sons funerals London outside post-war Swinging Sixties undertakers

The premises of F. A. Albin and Sons, Undertakers, can be seen behind a destroyed building in Bermondsey, south London, 10 April 1961

1960s 1964 abandoned B+W black and white blocks bomb site boys building child children demolition deprivation derelict East End flats homes imagination London low-rise motor car outside play playground playtime post-war London Second World War street stripped Swinging Sixties terraces urban vehicle WWII

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

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