1961 Collection

Fishing boat at Aldeburgh, Suffolk
A man with his fishing boat on the beach at Aldeburgh, Suffolk. Date: 1961

Sightseers at the Roman Baths, Bath
Sightseers looking round the Roman Baths at Bath, Avon. Date: 1961

View of Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol
View of the Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol, on a misty day. Date: 1961

View of Ebbw Vale, Gwent, South Wales, with smoking industrial chimneys. Date: 1961

Man at work, Walker & Hall Cutlers, Sheffield, Yorkshire. His workbench is full of tools and silver (or silver plated) teapots. Date: 1961

Milk delivery, Parkhill Estate, Sheffield
Delivery of milk on the newly built Parkhill housing estate in Sheffield, Yorkshire. Date: 1961

Street scene at Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales, showing the Commercial Hotel and a few shops. Date: 1961

Scene at a cattle auction in Exeter, Devon, with a large crowd of potential buyers. Date: 1961

Slate quarry in Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales
Slate quarry and building in Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales. Date: 1961

Couple camping at Beaulieu Jazz Festival
A couple camping at the Beaulieu Jazz Festival, Hampshire. Date: 1961

Boys playing Kingy in the playground at a Kilburn school
A group of boys playing a ball game called Kingy in the playground of St Johns School, Kilburn, north west London. (2 of 2) Date: 1961

Teenage band, Sheffield 1961
A teenage band play at a dance in Sheffield. Date: 1961

Girls playing Hokey Pokey at a Kilburn school
A group of girls playing a singing game called Hokey Pokey in the playground of St Johns School, Kilburn, north west London. It looks similar to the Hokey Cokey. (2 of 2) Date: 1961

Internal Roadway at Daily Mirror Printing Works
Part of the Internal Roadway at Daily Mirror Printing Works, facilitating the delivery of newsprint by day and the despatch of completed newspapers at night. Photograph by Heinz Zinram Date: 1961

Two boys playing Knock em Down in a London street

Boys in the gym at Hill House School, Kensington
A group of young boys enjoying a games session in the gymnasium at Hill House Pre-Preparatory School, Kensington, London. Date: 1961

Printing Presses at Daily Mirror Works
A close-up view of one of the printing presses at the Daily Mirror works, where the newspapers were printed (far below ground level). Photograph by Heinz Zinram Date: 1961

Parkhill Estate, Sheffield -- toddlers playing
Four toddlers playing with two tricycles on a walkway on the Parkhill Estate, Sheffield, Yorkshire. Date: 1961

Two boys playing in the gutter, West London
Two boys playing some kind of game in the gutter in the Harrow Road area of Paddington, West London. Date: 1961

Couple walking near Natural History Museum, London
A couple walking along the pavement opposite the Natural History Museum in South Kensington, London. Date: 1961

Table tennis at a school in Pinner, Middlesex
Boys playing table tennis at a school for the children of commercial travellers in Pinner, Middlesex. Date: 1961

TV aerials in a Sheffield street. Date: 1961

Design for Wallpaper with vases of flowers. Pencil on copy paper. Silver Studio 1961

Design for Wallpaper with leaves and flowers in traditional style. Pencil on copy paper. Silver Studio. 1961

Men in The Naval Volunteer pub
Two men sit at a table by a window with pints of beer in The Naval Volunteer, a pub in Bristol. Date: 1961

Sheffield factories
A view of factories in Sheffield on an overcast day. Five large chimneys emit a little smoke. Date: 1961

Parkhill Estate, Sheffield
A view of the newly built Parkhill housing estate in Sheffield from a high window. Below, people walk along the pavement next to the new building. Date: 1961

Dancing at the Beaulieu Jazz Festival
A couple dance together on the grass at the 1961 Beaulieu Jazz Festival, while a crowd seated on folding chairs watch in the background. Date: 1961

Street music: Accordian player in London
An elderly man plays the accordian before an audience of intrigued street children in St. Stephens Gardens in W2

Woman and child in St Stephens Gardens
A middle aged woman, Mrs Bidgood, and a little girl, inside one of the flats in St Stephens Gardens, near Westbourne Grove, London. Date: 1961

Pipe Major of the Queens Own Highlanders (1961) in Full Dress. Formed by an amalgamation of the Seaforth and Camerons regiments. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith Date: 1961

Concert interval during the Aldeburgh Festival
People socialise outside Blythburgh Church (Holy Trinity) during an interval in a concert during the Aldeburgh Festival in Suffolk. 1961

Greenhouse at Grendon Underwood Open Prison
Scene in a greenhouse at Grendon Underwood Open Prison, near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. Date: 1961

Old lady in Slad, near Stroud, Gloucestershire
A characterful old lady in a field during a village show in Slad, near Stroud in Gloucestershire. Date: 1961

Children in masks, Noyes Fludde, Aldeburgh Festival
Children in their animal masks, ready to perform in Benjamin Brittens opera Noyes Fludde, a setting of the Chester Miracle Play, at the 14th Aldeburgh Festival. Date: 1961

Centre 42 at Rilex Works in Wellingborough
The playwright Arnold Wesker making an announcement during a Saturday night dance in the Rilex Shoes Ltd works canteen in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire

Little girl at a Sheffield council estate
A little girl at a Sheffield council estate looks up at the camera with a smile on her face. Date: 1961

Boys drinking school milk
Three boys at Gibbs Pre-Preparatory School, Kensington, London, drinking the traditional mid-morning bottle of milk, which was eventually done away with by Mrs Thatcher ten years later. Date: 1961

Presenting the prizes at the Slad village show
Two local dignitaries presenting the prizes at the Slad village show, near Stroud in Gloucestershire. Date: 1961

Street scene in Bristol
A street scene in Bristol, with pedestrians, traffic, and four church buildings on the near horizon. Date: 1961

Cutlers working in a Sheffield workshop
Two men employed by Mortons the Cutlers working in a Sheffield workshop. Date: 1961

Women in Bethnal Green
Two women at the street market in Bethnal Green Road, East London. One of them is pushing a pram. Date: 1961

Workshop at Grendon Underwood Open Prison

Scene in Hampden Crescent, Harrow Road area
A street scene in Hampden Crescent, near Harrow Road, Paddington, West London

Corner of Southam Street, London
A corner of Southam Street, North Kensington, London. A young boy looks straight at the camera, while various adults go about their business. Date: 1961

Street scene in North Kensington
A street scene in North Kensington

Policemen at Beaulieu Jazz Festival
Two policemen confiscating a knife from a man in a donkey jacket at Beaulieu Jazz Festival. Various jazz fans watch in some amusement. Date: 1961

Westbourne Grove bus stop
An assortment of people waiting at a bus stop in Westbourne Grove, West London. Date: 1961

Dormitory at Grendon Underwood Open Prison
Scene in a dormitory at Grendon Underwood Open Prison, near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. All the beds have been stripped to their mattresses. Date: 1961

Woman with toddler in Southam Street, London
A middle aged woman with a toddler in Southam Street, North Kensington, London

Watching a comic sketch at a WI meeting, Essex

Henry Moore Exhibition, Whitechapel Art Gallery
Scene at the opening of the Henry Moore Exhibition at the Whitechapel Art Gallery, East London

Exercise yard at Wormwood Scrubs Prison
Prisoners march in two neat rows in the exercise yard of Wormwood Scrubs Prison, West London. Date: 1961

Interior view of Wormwood Scrubs Prison
An interior view of Wormwood Scrubs Prison, West London, from an upper walkway. Someone on the ground floor appears to be having a haircut. Date: 1961

Couple strolling through Green Park
A young couple stroll through Green Park, Central London on a warm summer day. Date: 1961

Bristol Docks
A view of the Bristol Docks, with several cranes pointing to the sky, and a few vessels on the water. Date: 1961

Cell in Wormwood Scrubs Prison
A cell in Wormwood Scrubs Prison, West London. The walls are painted brick and concrete, and there are bare floorboards with a rough woven rug on the left. Date: 1961

Parkhill Estate, Sheffield -- boys playing football
Boys playing football in a games area on the Parkhill Estate, Sheffield. Date: 1961

Two women playing bingo, Parkhill Estate, Sheffield
Two women playing bingo at a hall on the Parkhill Estate, Sheffield. Date: 1961

Walkway in Wormwood Scrubs Prison
View of an upper walkway in Wormwood Scrubs Prison, West London, with a prison guard in uniform on the left. Cell doors can be seen on either side. Date: 1961

Boys at Hill House School, Kensington
A group of 11 year old schoolboys sit round a long table doing their work at Hill House Pre-Preparatory School, Kensington, London. Date: 1961

Display of vegetables at the Slad village show
A display of prizewinning vegetables at the Slad village show, near Stroud in Gloucestershire. Date: 1961

Graveyard at Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales
View of a graveyard at Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales, with hills in the distance. Date: 1961

Fisherman and boy on Aldeburgh beach
A fisherman and a little boy examine a catch of fish on Aldeburgh beach, Suffolk. Date: 1961

Man judging flowers at the Slad village show
A lovely display of gladioli, and an expert judging them, at the Slad village show, near Stroud in Gloucestershire. Date: 1961

Teenage dance night, Sheffield
Young people dancing at a teenage night at a club on the Parkhill Estate, Sheffield, Yorkshire. Date: 1961

Entrance gate of Wormwood Scrubs Prison
The famous entrance (and exit) gate of Wormwood Scrubs Prison, West London, with its two towers on either side. Some milk cans have been stacked on the left. Date: 1961

Old couple at Slad village show, near Stroud, Gloucestershir
An elderly couple sit drinking tea inside the refreshment tent at the Slad village show, near Stroud in Gloucestershire. Date: 1961

Westbourne Grove bus
A group of people getting onto a bus in Westbourne Grove, West London. Date: 1961

Stocksbridge Steel Works, near Sheffield
Steam rises from machinery at Stocksbridge Steel Works, near Sheffield, South Yorkshire. Date: 1961

Terraced housing in Sheffield
Victorian or Edwardian terraced housing in Sheffield, with people out in the yard and washing hanging on lines. Date: 1961

Best Dressed Girl Competition
Vic Feather, leader of the TUC, announces the winner of the Best Dressed Girl Competition at a dance. The winner is wearing a flared knee length dress with a wide belt

Centre 42 in Wellingborough
The playwright Arnold Wesker and his assistant Beba Lavrin discuss arrangements with a trades union representative in the Wellingborough Technical College hall

Flowers and judges at the Slad village show
A lovely display of gladioli, and two experts judging them, at the Slad village show, near Stroud in Gloucestershire. Date: 1961

Woman and children in North Kensington
A woman and two children on the steps of their home in North Kensington, London. Date: 1961

Old man in Slad, near Stroud, Gloucestershire
A characterful old man in the village of Slad, near Stroud in Gloucestershire. He is sitting in the local pub, with his dog at his feet. Date: 1961

Young girl spinning a top in Sheffield
A young girl on a council estate in Sheffield spins a top outside her front door. Date: 1961

Beaulieu Jazz Festival, 1961
Jimmy Cotton and Ottilie Patterson with members of Chris Barbers Band at the Beaulieu Jazz Festival, 1961. Date: 1961

Old Boys Pub
Working class men putting the world to rights over a few pints in a pub in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. Date: 1961

Girl on some Steps

Southam St (Mayne) 1961
Two ladies have a chat on the kerb as a mother heads off with her young child across the street and a stern faced woman walks home with the shopping. Date: 1961

Wills Cigarette Factory
Women factory worker taking cigarette samples for checking at Wills Factory, Bristol. Date: 1961

Sheffield Pub Scene
A busy scene in a working class pub in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. Note the women, most of them wearing headscarfs! Date: 1961

Street Card Game
Kids playing cards on a North Kensington street, London. Date: 1961

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