Council Collection

The Street Cleaner
People You See. From Teddy Bear (arwork dated 28 June)

Signpost painter
People You See. Signpost painter. From Teddy Bear (20 June 1970)

Shovelling snow

Road menders and pipe layers
People You See. Road menders and pipe layers. From Teddy Bear (23 March 1968)

Family in tower block flat, Hyde Park, Sheffield
A family in their tower block flat, Hyde Park housing estate, Sheffield, Yorkshire. Date: 1966

Claybury Asylum, near Woodford, Essex
General view of Claybury Asylum, near Woodford, Essex

Poster: Save kitchen scraps to feed the hens! Keep it dry, free from glass, metal, bones, paper, etc. It also feeds pigs. Your council will collect. 1940s

Poster, Clean and Fit and Happy Too! Showing people in different countries attending to personal hygiene. Issued by the (British) Health and Cleanliness Council. 1939

Poster, Theres Health in the Bath Tub, showing a happy baby splashing about in the bath. Issued by the Health and Cleanliness Council. 20th century

Advertisement for gas cooking, showing how quick and easy it is, and how a wife can impress her husbands boss and help him get a promotion. Only gas can do it. circa 1950s

White clock tower in Sibiu, Romania
View of the white clock tower on the small square (Piata Mica) in Sibiu, Transylvania, Romania

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

Drink More Milk poster
Poster issued by the National Milk Publicity Council showing a pretty, and wholesome looking dairy worker enjoying a glass of fresh milk. Date: c.1930

Wartime pig food poster
We Want Your Kitchen Waste - poster encouraging the saving of food scraps for use as pig food, to be collected by the council. It also feeds poultry. Date: 1940s

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

Sea wall and esplanade, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. A memorial stone forms part of the wall, dated 1922-1923

Memorial stone, sea wall, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland
Memorial stone forming part of the sea wall at Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, dated 1922-1923

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 on the Hyde Park Estate, Sheffield
A group of five boys, one on a bicycle, behind some netting in a sports area of the Hyde Park Estate in Sheffield, Yorkshire. Date: 1964

Hyde Park Estate, Sheffield
Mothers and children seen in silhouette at the Hyde Park Estate in Sheffield. Date: 1964

Children on a climbing frame, Sheffield
A group of children playing on a climbing frame, on the Hyde Park Estate in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. An old lady in her pinafore and cardigan leans against the frame. Date: 1966

Spike Milligan at adventure playground opening
Spike Milligan (1918-2002), comedian and writer, at the opening of the Ampton Street Adventure Playground in the Kings Cross area of Central London. A group of children cluster round him

Brandon Estate, Southwark, London
The Brandon Estate, a flagship 1960s council estate in Southwark, south east London

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

Children playing in Roehampton, London
Children playing near a block of flats in Roehampton, in the London Borough of Wandsworth, south west London. Date: 1960

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

Poster, The Castle of Cleanliness in the Land of Good Health, defended by the soap and water brigade. Issued by the Health and Cleanliness Council. 20th century

Poster, Don t be afraid of Soap and Water. Showing a little boy welcoming a humanised jug and a bar of soap. Issued by the Health and Cleanliness Council. 20th century

Poster, The Magic of Soap and Water. Coo... is that me with the dirt off? Showing a boy admiring his nice clean face in a soap bubble. Issued by the Health and Cleanliness Council. circa 1940s

Learning to Weave
A girl learning to weave on a loom at the London County Council Handicraft School. Date: early 1930s

Millinery Class
Schoolgirls at a London County Council School learning hat- making in a millinery class. Date: early 1930s

Learning to Mend Shoes
A class of London County Council schoolboys being taught how to repair shoes. Date: early 1930s

Cookery Class 1930S
A cookery class for schoolgirls at the London County Council school at Clapham, South London. Date: early 1930s

Sheffield Kids 1966
A group of working class children playing on a climbing frame, on the Hyde Park Estate in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. Date: 1966

Dress Designing Class
A dress designing class for schoolgirls at the London County Council School, Clapham, London. Date: early 1930s

Hyde Park Council Estate
A group of children run along the walkway of a block of flats on the Hyde Park Council Estate, Sheffield. Date: 1966

Girl Learning Lacework
A schoolgirl learning the art of lacework at the London County Council Handicraft School. Date: early 1930s

Commemorative plate, George VI and Queen Elizabeth
Commemorative plate for the Borough of Pudsey, Yorkshire, marking the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth on 12 May 1937

Working Class Mother
A working class mother with two children and a baby in a pram, walks home through a Bristol council estate. Date: 1961

Motherhood Lessons
Young ladies learning how to be good mothers by caring for a baby during a motherhood lesson at the London County Council Handicraft School. Date: early 1930s

Sheffield Council Estate
Two young girls wait in the shadows of a block of flats lift door at Hyde Park council estate in Sheffield; the lift door windows are cracked Date: 1966

Women Upholsterers
Young women carpentry students at the London County Council Trade School learning how to upholster a chair. Date: 1930s

Estate Stairwell, 1966
A mother and daughter climb the imposing and numerous stairs of the Hyde Park Estate building in Sheffield Date: 1966

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