1958 Collection

Pin-up by David Wright, circa late 1950s, showing a woman in a transparent black, negligee reclining on a bed, her shapely legs clad in black stockings. c.1958

Portland Road bomb site boy, 1958
A boy on a bomb site in Portland Road, London, pulls thoughtfully at his ear, amidst the rubble. Date: 1958

Perilous Honeymoon by David Wright
Front cover of Perilous Honeymoon, a title in the Famous Romance Library, painted by David Wright, best-known for his pin-ups during World War Two. Date: 1958

Students reading in Balliol College JCR, Oxford
Students reading newspapers and magazines in the Junior Common Room of Balliol College, Oxford. Date: 1958

The Revenge of Frankenstein at a cinema
The Revenge of Frankenstein (starring Peter Cushing) advertised in sensational form outside a cinema. Date: 1958

Students at work in Bodleian Library, Oxford
Students at work in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Date: 1958

Exterior view of Corsham Art School
An exterior view of Corsham Art School (Corsham Court), Wiltshire, with students on bicycles in the driveway. Date: 1958

Advertisement for the French National Lottery, showing a jockey carrying bags full of money, with the Arc de Triomphe in the background. 1958

A Night to Remember, film poster

A Night to Remember, film studio scene
An artists colour sketch of a film studio scene for the 1958 film, A Night to Remember, starring Kenneth More, based on the Titanic disaster of 1912

Holidays to Germany, by Cooks and Dean & Dawson
Cover illustration for Holidays to Germany, by Cooks and Dean & Dawson, showing a German street scene, with people sitting at tables outside a cafe. Date: 1958

A Night to Remember, book and film items
The book by Walter Lord, with an information folder and film poster advertising the 1958 film, A Night to Remember, starring Kenneth More, based on the Titanic disaster of 1912. Date: 1958

Design for Woven Textile in red and cream. Charcoal and Gouache on copy paper. Silver Studio. 1958

Design for Woven Textile with musical instruments. Charcoal with Crayon and Pencil on copy paper. Silver Studio. 1958

First Aldermaston march
A group of demonstrators take part in a march from Trafalgar Square in London to the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment at Aldermaston

Boys playing with tyres
Three boys playing with rubber tyres in Heathfield Street, off Portland Road, North Kensington, London. Date: 1958

Aldermaston Marchers at Trafalgar Square
Trafalgar Square in Central London full of several thousand people with banners on the first day of the Aldermaston March

Selfridges window display, London
Pedestrians pass by a window display at Selfridges store in Oxford Street, Central London. Three elegant looking female dummies are wearing the latest Paris fashions. Date: 1958

Young men at a Lambeth youth club
Three smartly dressed young men at a youth club in Lambeth, South London. Date: 1958

Graffiti in St Stephens Gardens
Graffiti on a concrete wall in St Stephens Gardens, near Westbourne Grove, London. In black paint someone has painted a human eye and written " I LOVE ME". Date: 1958

Boys with football, North Kensington
Five boys on the street in North Kensington, pausing from their game of football. The one in the foreground looks as if hes had enough and is walking away. Date: 1958

Children on an Edinburgh street
A group of children on an Edinburgh Street. A boy holds a knife in his hand by the blade, and is about to throw it at a target. Date: 1958

Aldermaston Marchers at Turnham Green

Aldermaston March, second day
The rather foggy second day of the Aldermaston March. It took four days to walk from Central London to Aldermaston in Berkshire. Date: 5 April 1958

Boy hanging from a wall in Southam Street, London
A boy hangs from a wall in Southam Street, North Kensington, London -- perhaps he is trying to retrieve a lost football. The wall is in rough concrete, with writing chalked on it. Date: 1958

Old ladies chat in St Stephens Gardens
Two old ladies stand chatting outside a pub in St Stephens Gardens, near Westbourne Grove, London. A man in a flat cap leans against the wall, perhaps waiting for the pub to open. Date: 1958

Shillington Old School, Battersea
A view of Shillington Old School in Battersea, south west London. The houses on the right have since been demolished, and the school has been converted into flats. Date: 1958

People in Portobello Road, London
A group of people in the street market at Portobello Road, West London. The man at the centre in the pinstriped suit is speaking, and everyone is listening. Date: 1958

Boys on a bomb site, Portland Road
Two boys playing on a bomb site in Portland Road, North Kensington, London. One boy holds up an old metal wash tub. Date: 1958

Students in Radcliffe Camera, Oxford
University students working in the library of the Radcliffe Camera, Oxford. Date: 1958

View of the Radcliffe Camera, Oxford
A view of the Radcliffe Camera, Oxford, seen through an arched doorway from the Bodleian Library, with students chatting in the street. Date: 1958

Young men playing cricket at a Lambeth youth club
Four young men playing cricket (or just observing) at a youth club in Lambeth, South London. Date: 1958

Children in a Pimlico adventure playground
Children playing in an adventure playground in Pimlico, London. Date: 1958

Scene in the Physical Chemistry Laboratory, Oxford
Students and professors working in the Physical Chemistry Laboratory at Oxford University. Date: 1958

Pottery student at Corsham
A pottery student at Corsham Art School, Wiltshire, carefully shapes a new pot on his wheel. Date: 1958

Raleigh bicycle factory, Nottingham
A man in a clean white shirt working at machinery in the Raleigh bicycle factory, Nottingham

Margaret Lester-Garland teaching at Corsham Art School
Margaret Lester-Garland teaching a painting class at Corsham Art School, Wiltshire. Date: 1958

Crowd in Portobello Road, London
A crowd of people in Portobello Road, West London, possibly listening to the sales pitch of a market stall holder. (2 of 2) Date: 1958

Director and actors rehearsing The Hole
The theatre director William (Bill) Gaskill (born 1930) rehearsing The Hole, an absurdist play by N F Simpson, with two actresses. Date: 1958

Dartington Hall School, Christmas Festival
A performance taking place in the Great Hall during the Dartington Hall School Christmas Festival -- a teacher conducts a small orchestra of adult musicians

Young people outside a Lambeth youth club
Scene outside a youth club in Lambeth, South London. Two men are chatting in the foreground, while three women hang back, looking self-conscious. Date: 1958

Gorbals / Glasgow / 1958
A scene in the Gorbals - Glasgow - an area of notorious deprivation and decay Date: 1958

Street Football
Working class lads having a game of football on Southam Street, North Kensington, London. Date: 1958

LEEDS, Yorkshire

Hampden Crescent / London
Two young women wrapped up against the cold walk happily along Hampden Crescent, London Date: 1958

Walking Dogs / 1958
A little girl watches a lady getting her Spaniels leads in a terrible tangle in a North Kensington street. Date: 1958

Ted & Boy in Duffel Coat

Street Kids
Black and white children playing together, one of them riding a tricycle, on Southam Street, North Kensington, London. Date: 1958

Sandcastles at Weymouth
Children building a large sandcastle on the beach at Weymouth. Date: 1958

Dressing Up
Two little working class girls playing at dressing up as women, North Kensington, London. 1958

Men Standing Around
A group of men standing around chatting and smoking, Southam Street, North Kensington, London. Date: 1958

Glasgow Kids Playing
A group of boys playing, two of them riding bicycles, on a street in Glasgow, Scotland. Date: 1958

Girl on a Wall
A little girl playing on a wall, wearing a warm winter overcoat and boots, North Kensington, London. Date: 1958

Soho Fashions 1958
Fashionable young women on the back of a float at the Soho Fair, London. Date: 1958

Abandoned Car Games

Southam Street 1958
Children playing on Southam Street, North Kensington, London. Date: 1958

Golborne Road / Bridge
Golborne Road, North Kensington - with a view toward the backs of the houses on Southam Street (now demolished) behind. An elderly lady wheels an empty buggy 1958

Cricket / Nets / Mayne / 1958
Practising in the nets at the Lambeth Youth Club Date: 1958

The Sport of My Mad Mother
The first production, on 25th February 1958, of Ann Jellicoes play The Sport of My Mad Mother at the Royal Court Theatre, London

Edinburgh Soc. Scene / 1958
Housewives sitting outside their tenements in Edinburgh in the late 1950s Date: 1958

Student painting at Corsham Art School
A student painting at an easel at Corsham Art School, Wiltshire. She is sitting on top of a radiator, which suggests that it is a cold day. Date: 1958

Physical Chemistry Lab
Students using the latest equipment in the Physical Chemistry laboratory at Oxford University. Date: 1958

University Tutorial
Two undergraduates at Oxford University discussing Politics with their tutor. Date: 1958

Children at Bombsite
A young girl stands on an old iron bedhead, amongst the bombsite rubble, bouncing a ball against the wall. A boy stands watching her. 1958

Naughty Kids & Policeman

FALL / PUG / 1958
FALL/PUG/1958

Ascot Bookmaker 1958
A woman places a bet with a bookmaker at Ascot racecourse. Date: 1958

Fall / Crufts / 1958 / Pointer
CHAMPION CHIMING BELLS CRUFTS BEST IN SHOW 1958 Owned by Mrs M Bowman Bred by Mrs W Parkinson Liver & white, sired by Ch. Herewithim Royal Flush Date: 1955

Playing Cards in Doorway
Two lads play cards in a doorway on Southam Street, London, whilst a standing girl looks on Date: 1958

Empire Day Flags
Women at sewing machines making Union Jack flags for Empire Day, (May 24, Queen Victorias birthday), which was celebrated between 1904 and 1958. Date: early 1930s

Cambridge / Backs 1958
Cambridge: The Backs, with a group of people in a punt Date: 1958

Advert / Posters 1958
Bill posters for a wide range of products - judging by the smaller posters below, the location is Yorkshire Date: 1958

Playing Hoscotch 1958
A small girl in a dress plays hopscotch, whilst her friend waits her turn to play. North Kensington, London. Date: 1958

Listening to Jazz
Students smoking and listening to jazz records around the gas fire at a home in North Kensington, London. Date: 1958

Turnham Grn Nuke Demo
Campaigners for nuclear disarmament at Turnham Green on the first day of the Aldermaston March Date: March 1958

Aldermaston March 1958
Second day of the Aldermaston March Date: 1958

MAN & FRIENDS IN PUB 58
A man sitting at a table with his pint and some friends in a Holborn pub 1958

Girl Playing Hopscotch
A little girl plays hopscotch on the Harrow Road, London. Date: 1958

Holborn Pub Scene 1958
A man sitting at a table with some friends in a Holborn pub 1958

Glasgow Children / Tanker
A group of Glasgow children play in the street, riding their bicycles and climbing on a parked tanker Date: 1958

Aldermaston March Day 2
The Aldermaston March at Turnham Green Date: 1958

Ban the Bomb or Human?
" Which is to be Banned ? The Bomb or the Human ?" Campaigners for Nuclear Disarmament marching at Aldermaston. Date: 1958

Listening to Records
Students smoking and relaxing around the record player at at home in North Kensington, London. Date: 1958

Children in Street 1958
Children running through the rainy streets of The Gorbals, Glasgow, Scotland Date: 1958

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