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Background imagePkt Collection: Bradford On Avon

Bradford On Avon
3rd August 1946: The ancient bridge of Bradford-on-Avon in the south west of England. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4151- A Walk In The Heart Of England - pub

Background imagePkt Collection: Burns Countryside

Burns Countryside
27th July 1946: The picturesque landscape of Ayrshire where Robert Burns used to wander. Robert Burns was born in Alloway, Ayrshire, the son of a farmer

Background imagePkt Collection: Smoky Bristol

Smoky Bristol
29th May 1954: Bristol rooftops seen through the smog haze. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7170 - The Best and Worst of British Cities 5: Bristol, Straight Faced City - pub

Background imagePkt Collection: Ripped Trousers

Ripped Trousers
29th May 1954: Ripped trousers and shorts in a poor area of Bristol. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7170 - The Best and Worst of British Cities 5: Bristol, Straight Faced City - pub

Background imagePkt Collection: Museum Goer

Museum Goer
29th May 1954: A man looks at a sculpture in a museum in Bristol. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7170 - The Best and Worst of British Cities 5: Bristol, Straight Faced City - pub

Background imagePkt Collection: Boys On The Bridge

Boys On The Bridge
1st October 1955: A group of boys passing under the elaborate metalwork gateway of a bridge in the Scottish industrial town of Kilmarnock

Background imagePkt Collection: Ascot Style

Ascot Style
circa 1900: Spectators at Royal Ascot (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imagePkt Collection: Top Hat

Top Hat
20th April 1957: A top hat awaits its owner on the backseat of a car during Queen Elizabeth IIs visit to France. Original Publication

Background imagePkt Collection: Spectators Use Periscopes

Spectators Use Periscopes
Two women using periscopes to see over the crowd outside Buckingham Palace on the wedding day of Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) and Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh, London

Background imagePkt Collection: Wedding Police

Wedding Police
Police outside Buckingham Palace in London during the wedding of Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) and Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh, 20th November 1947

Background imagePkt Collection: Good Wood, Madam; A woman bowling in a bowling tournament

Good Wood, Madam; A woman bowling in a bowling tournament
A woman bowling in a bowling tournament. Original Publication: Picture Post - 175 - Good Wood, Madam - pub. 1939 (Photo by Picture Post/Getty Images)

Background imagePkt Collection: A climber making his way up a rock face

A climber making his way up a rock face. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5521 - Rock Climbing - unpub. (Photo by John Chillingworth/Getty Images)

Background imagePkt Collection: Heel Hazards

Heel Hazards
Dancer and model Jeann Marsh demonstrates some of the hazards which may beset those wearing fashionable stiletto heels, such as tripping and twisting an ankle

Background imagePkt Collection: Catch Em Young

Catch Em Young
Football boots stacked in players lockers at Wolverhampton Wanderers ground Molyneux. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6206 - Catch Em Young - pub. 1952 (Photo by Charles Hewitt/Getty Images)

Background imagePkt Collection: Sewer Man Under London

Sewer Man Under London
A man brushing down the inside of a sewer in London. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5007 - Under London - pub. 1950 (Photo by Charles Hewitt/Getty Images)

Background imagePkt Collection: Damage At Port Said

Damage At Port Said
Devastation at Port Said after bombardment and air attack by British and French forces during the Suez crisis. Original Publication: Picture Post - 8735 - Death Wore A Galabiya - pub

Background imagePkt Collection: Theatrical Discussion

Theatrical Discussion
Graham Greene, left, and producer Peter Glenville watch a rehearsal of Greenes first play The Living Room from the stalls. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6487 - A Stranger in the Theatre - pub

Background imagePkt Collection: Looking At Sea; The Isle of Man

Looking At Sea; The Isle of Man
A man standing on a cart on a beach on the Isle of Man at twilight. Original Publication: Picture Post - 8351 - The Isle of Man - unpub. (Photo by Alex Dellow/Getty Images)

Background imagePkt Collection: Motorway Automat; We Go To Hollywood

Motorway Automat; We Go To Hollywood
An American motorist stops at a drive-through burger joint in Hollywood, California. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5298 - We Go To Hollywood - pub. 1951 (Photo by Kurt Hutton/Getty Images)

Background imagePkt Collection: Long Johns; Seven Girls Go Out To Ski

Long Johns; Seven Girls Go Out To Ski
Ski underpants belonging to the seven British girl skiers hanging out to dry at Wolfgang near Davos in Switzerland where the girls are in training

Background imagePkt Collection: Deserted City; Ten Minutes That Shook America

Deserted City; Ten Minutes That Shook America
Deserted streets around New Yorks Times Square during a 10 minute mock hydrogen bomb attack. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7882 - Ten Minutes That Shook America - pub

Background imagePkt Collection: Pram; Clinic For Murderers

Pram; Clinic For Murderers
3rd December 1956: A pram used by trusted patients in a clinic in Utrecht, Holland where murderers and psychopaths are rehabilitated and encouraged to lead a normal life

Background imagePkt Collection: Independence; Scotland And Home Rule

Independence; Scotland And Home Rule
8th July 1939: Underneath a roadside advert for cigarettes is chalked Home Rule for Scotland. Original Publication: Picture Post - 174 - Scotland And Home Rule - pub

Background imagePkt Collection: Brighton Pier; litter left by the departed crowds

Brighton Pier; litter left by the departed crowds
June 1952: A pile of litter left by the departed crowds on the famous Brighton Pier. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5902 - Brighton Pier - unpub

Background imagePkt Collection: The Glencoe Pass; The Road To The Isles

The Glencoe Pass; The Road To The Isles
F4th June 1955: The Scottish Highland valley of Glencoe on the road to the Isles in Argyllshire. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7790 - The Road To The Isles - pub

Background imagePkt Collection: Prize Dog; Priceless Border Takes His Last Gallop

Prize Dog; Priceless Border Takes His Last Gallop
24th July 1948: Priceless Border, winner of the Greyhound Derby and the fastest dog in his league runs his last race before becoming a stud at Wembley Stadium Kennels

Background imagePkt Collection: Final Race; Priceless Border Takes His Last Gallop

Final Race; Priceless Border Takes His Last Gallop
24th July 1948: Priceless Border, winner of the Greyhound Derby and the fastest dog in his league runs his last race before becoming a stud at Wembley Stadium Kennels

Background imagePkt Collection: Grampian Couple; Dundee, The Uncompromising

Grampian Couple; Dundee, The Uncompromising
25th June 1955: A couple looking over Coxs Stalk towards the Grampian Hills, Dundee. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7819 - Dundee, The Uncompromising - pub

Background imagePkt Collection: Can I Come In ?

Can I Come In ?
20th March 1954: Pinto, a male kangaroo and father of baby Johnny looks through a window into the house but he is too rough to be allowed inside like his wife and son

Background imagePkt Collection: Penny Bazaar

Penny Bazaar
10th September 1955: Marks and Spencers stall - the Original Penny Bazaar - in a covered market, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7984 - Quality

Background imagePkt Collection: Scottish Countryside

Scottish Countryside
4th June 1955: Two little girls make their way down a country lane in Pitlochry, Perthshire. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7790 - The Road To The Isles - pub

Background imagePkt Collection: H G Wells

H G Wells
English novelist Herbert George Wells (1866 - 1946), whose most famous works include The Time Machine and The Invisible Man, 4th May 1940. Picture Post - 282 - Unite Or Perish - pub.1940

Background imagePkt Collection: Sherry Cellar

Sherry Cellar
27th February 1954: A glass of sherry and a candle next to cobwebbed barrels in a wine cellar at Jerez in Spain. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6734 - Sherry Comes From Spain - pub

Background imagePkt Collection: Upside Down

Upside Down
24th August 1946: A young girl has a look at an upside-down world as she visits the sea for the first time. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4191 - First Sight Of The Sea - pub

Background imagePkt Collection: Secret Look

Secret Look
27th July 1946: Children sneak round the tent side to view the performance. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4144 - The Circus Comes To Town - pub

Background imagePkt Collection: Chimney Pots

Chimney Pots
25th June 1955: A view of chimney pots on the roof tops of houses in Dundee. Dundee, situated on the banks of the dSilvery Tayf, is linked to Fife and the south of Scotland by a road bridge

Background imagePkt Collection: Derelict Cottage

Derelict Cottage
28th May 1955: A derelict cottage in a rural village. Traditional homes have been replaced by modern cottages with more facilities and the old buildings are now used for storage or farm animals

Background imagePkt Collection: Doomed Street

Doomed Street
9th March 1946: A solitary figure walks down a deserted street in Londons East End, which London County Council plans to redevelop as part of its post-war rebuilding programme

Background imagePkt Collection: Pony Vacation

Pony Vacation
circa 1954: Working horses on a holiday arranged by the International League for the Protection of Horses. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6944 - A Horse On Holiday - unpub

Background imagePkt Collection: Good Wood Madam

Good Wood Madam
8th July 1939: A lawn bowler raises her hands in satisfaction at a throw. Original Publication: Picture Post - 175 - Good Wood, Madam - pub. 1939 (Photo by Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imagePkt Collection: Old Sporting Guns

Old Sporting Guns
1956: A close-up of muzzle and breech-loading flintlock sporting guns. Original Publication: Picture Post - 9038 - Shooting With Old Guns - unpub. (Photo by Bert Hardy/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Background imagePkt Collection: Western Film Set

Western Film Set
1951: A screen set with a town water pump and horse watering trough built for a western film at Hollywood, Los Angeles, California

Background imagePkt Collection: Ship Building Strike

Ship Building Strike
1st April 1957: A vessel under construction at the Burrow-in-Furness shipyard where work has stopped during a strike. Original Publication

Background imagePkt Collection: Safe Deposit

Safe Deposit
8th October 1938: A man leaving a safe deposit bank, before the grille descends and the shutters are brought across. Original Publication: Picture Post - 16 - Safe Deposit - pub

Background imagePkt Collection: 40s Glamour

40s Glamour
14th March 1947: A clothing dummy on display at the Ideal Home Exhibition. London. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4339 - Ideal Woman For Ideal Homes - pub.1947

Background imagePkt Collection: TS Eliot

TS Eliot
2nd June 1951: American-English poet and playwright, TS Eliot (1888 - 1965). He wrote amongst many other things, The Waste Land and the plays, The Cocktail Party and Murder in the Cathedral

Background imagePkt Collection: Searching Car

Searching Car
2nd September 1950: A customs officer searching the boot of a car at Calais. Original Publication: Picture Post - Through The French Customs - pub



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