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Background imageRollei Collection: Dylan Thomas

Dylan Thomas
10th August 1946: Welsh poet and playwright Dylan Thomas (1914 - 1953), relaxing outside. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4156 - Nest Of Singing Birds - pub

Background imageRollei Collection: Hounds And Horse

Hounds And Horse
17th January 1953: Some of the hounds of the Pytchley Hunt with a horse at a meeting in Daventry in Northamptonshire. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6531 - A Hunting We Will Go - pub

Background imageRollei Collection: Dylan Thomas Relaxing

Dylan Thomas Relaxing
Welsh poet and playwright Dylan Thomas (1914 - 1953), relaxing outside. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4156 - Nest Of Singing Birds - pub. 1946 (Photo by Francis Reiss/Getty Images)

Background imageRollei Collection: Clydside Docks; Cranes and seagulls silhouetted against the sky

Clydside Docks; Cranes and seagulls silhouetted against the sky
17th July 1954: Cranes and seagulls silhouetted against the sky at a dockyard on the River Clyde in Scotland. The shipyards are the major employers of the area and, while the demand is high

Background imageRollei Collection: Truckers

Truckers
21st July 1951: A British Road Services truck pulls out of the Bermondsey depot as it sets out on a night run. Trunker is slang for long-distance lorry driver

Background imageRollei Collection: Winter Sheep

Winter Sheep
12th March 1955: A herd of Glencoe sheep, driven from the hills by the harsh Scottish winter, gather around fodder provided for them at the farm in the valley

Background imageRollei Collection: Dylan Thomas

Dylan Thomas
10th August 1946: Welsh poet and playwright Dylan Thomas (1914 - 1953), relaxing outside. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4156 - Nest Of Singing Birds - pub

Background imageRollei Collection: Misty Castle

Misty Castle
30th January 1954: Edinburgh Castle in the early morning mist. Edinburgh Castle became a royal residence when James I was murdered in Perth (1437) and his widow, Joan Beaufort

Background imageRollei Collection: Fraser Nash

Fraser Nash
24th October 1953: A Fraser Nash Le Mans fixed head coupe. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6771 - German Diesel Car For The Motor Show - pub. 1953 (Photo by Carl Sutton/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Background imageRollei Collection: Triumph Sports

Triumph Sports
24th October 1953: A Triumph Sports car. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6771 - German Diesel Car For The Motor Show - pub. 1953 (Photo by Ronald Startup/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Background imageRollei Collection: Cloud Buster; Dr Rolf Alexander attempts to make a cloud disintegrate using the power of his brain

Cloud Buster; Dr Rolf Alexander attempts to make a cloud disintegrate using the power of his brain
At Holne Tor in Devon, Dr Rolf Alexander, a doctor of medicine in Prague, attempts to make a cloud disintegrate using the power of his brain

Background imageRollei Collection: Street Fashion 1953; fashionable young woman window shopping in Londons Piccadilly

Street Fashion 1953; fashionable young woman window shopping in Londons Piccadilly
4th June 1953: A fashionable young woman window shopping in Londons Piccadilly. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6576 - What Makes Piccadilly - pub

Background imageRollei Collection: Cinema Poster; 7 Days Leave From Prison

Cinema Poster; 7 Days Leave From Prison
Convicted criminal Danny Hughes appears in a series of photographs as part of an experiment in home leave from prisons. Here he reads a poster advertising the gang warfare film Cosh Boy

Background imageRollei Collection: 3-Litre Lagonda

3-Litre Lagonda
24th October 1953: A 3-Litre Lagonda motor car. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6771 - German Diesel Car For The Motor Show - pub. 1953 (Photo by Carl Sutton/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Background imageRollei Collection: The Lion Of England

The Lion Of England
6th June 1953: A sculpted figure of the Lion of England which will stand at the royal entrance to the newly-built Coronation annexe of Westminster Abbey

Background imageRollei Collection: Dylan Marlais Thomas Welsh poet, short-story writer and playwright

Dylan Marlais Thomas Welsh poet, short-story writer and playwright
Dylan Marlais Thomas (1914 - 1953), Welsh poet, short-story writer and playwright. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4156 - A Nest Of Singing Birds - pub

Background imageRollei Collection: What A Neck

What A Neck
28th February 1953: A little boy is fascinated by the stuffed giraffes on show at the Natural History Museum, London. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6432 - Natures Back Room Boys - pub

Background imageRollei Collection: Feline And Flowers

Feline And Flowers
21st March 1953: A domestic cat sniffing a tub of hyacinths on a windowsill. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6446 - First Whiff Of Spring - pub

Background imageRollei Collection: Building The New

Building The New
1st May 1954: The World Harmony, the largest British-built tanker moored in Newcastle docks. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7143 - Newcastle - Revival Of A City - pub

Background imageRollei Collection: A young boy sitting on a rock in the sea just off the Isle of Arran

A young boy sitting on a rock in the sea just off the Isle of Arran
1956: A young boy sitting on a rock in the sea just off the Isle of Arran. Original Publication: Picture Post - 8350 - The Isle Of Arran - unpub. (Photo by Thurston Hopkins/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Background imageRollei Collection: Barbary Ape; tailless macaque monkey, sitting on a rock above a harbour in Gibraltar

Barbary Ape; tailless macaque monkey, sitting on a rock above a harbour in Gibraltar
8th May 1954: A Barbary Ape, a tailless macaque monkey, sitting on a rock above a harbour in Gibraltar. The Barbary Ape can also be found in Morocco

Background imageRollei Collection: Malvern Station

Malvern Station
9th March 1955: A steam train arrives at Great Malvern Station in Hereford and Worcester. (Photo by Harry Kerr/BIPs/Getty Images)

Background imageRollei Collection: Trotting Race

Trotting Race
September 1956: Punters at the Inter Dominion Trotting Championships at Sydney Racecourse. (Photo by Dennis Rowe/BIPs/Getty Images)

Background imageRollei 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 imageRollei 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 imageRollei Collection: Castle Combe

Castle Combe
3rd August 1946: A man walks towards the picturesque village of Castle Combe, Wiltshire. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4151- A Walk In The Heart Of England - pub

Background imageRollei Collection: Thomas Leaning

Thomas Leaning
10th August 1946: Welsh poet and playwright Dylan Thomas (1914 - 1953). Original Publication: Picture Post - 4156 - Nest Of Singing Birds - pub. 1946 (Photo by Francis Reiss/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Background imageRollei Collection: Glasgow University

Glasgow University
17th October 1953: Glasgow Univerity on Gilmorehill above the River Kelvin. The university, founded in 1451, is the second oldest in Scotland and the fourth oldest in Britain

Background imageRollei Collection: They re More My Size

They re More My Size
28th February 1953: A young boy examines an exhibit in a glass cage in the elephant room in the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageRollei Collection: Toy Fieldsmen

Toy Fieldsmen
10th July 1948: Miniature fieldsmen are equipped with a rounded slot to enable them to catch the ball, in the new game of table-top cricket

Background imageRollei Collection: Spring Crocuses

Spring Crocuses
21st March 1953: Shelley the tortoise sniffing the first crocuses of spring. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6446 - First Whiff Of Spring - pub

Background imageRollei Collection: Cockfighting

Cockfighting
14th December 1946: Two birds fighting to the death during a cockfight in Bali. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4271 - A Cockfight In Bali - pub

Background imageRollei Collection: Edinburgh Castle

Edinburgh Castle
30th January 1954: Edinburgh Castle at night with a memorial cross dedicated to Dean Ramsey in the foreground. Edinburgh Castle became a royal residence when James I was murdered in Perth (1437)

Background imageRollei Collection: Misty Monument

Misty Monument
30th January 1954: A monument in the mist silhouetted against Edinburgh Castle. There is evidence of Iron Age settlement in Edinburgh

Background imageRollei Collection: The Work Horse

The Work Horse
3rd April 1954: A horse walking past two works chimneys in the streets of Liverpool. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7105 - The Best and Worst of British Cities: Liverpool - pub

Background imageRollei Collection: Liverpool

Liverpool
3rd April 1954: The city of Liverpool. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7105 - The Best and Worst of British Cities: Liverpool - pub. 1954 (Photo by John Chillingworth/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Background imageRollei Collection: Dylan Thomas

Dylan Thomas
10th August 1946: Dylan Marlais Thomas (1914 - 1953), Welsh poet and playwright. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4156 - A Nest Of Singing Birds - pub

Background imageRollei Collection: Reflected Hospital

Reflected Hospital
9th July 1955: The nurses home and corridor bridge at a new hospital in Alexandria, in the Leven Valley. It is the first hospital to be built in Britain since 1938 and has 156 beds

Background imageRollei Collection: Hunting Dogs

Hunting Dogs
6th February 1954: Two Weimaraner dogs out on a hunting expedition. Known as The Grey Ghost for their shadowy colour and stealthy hunting technique

Background imageRollei Collection: Weimaraner Bitch

Weimaraner Bitch
6th February 1954: Cobra von Boberstrand, a Weimaraner bitch smuggled into England from Germany to help replenish the breed

Background imageRollei Collection: Long-Woolled Sheep

Long-Woolled Sheep
Long-woolled sheep in field near Kielder, one of the many villages situated on the Tynes Bank, 21st October 1950. Original Publication

Background imageRollei Collection: Dounreay

Dounreay
The bottom half of the worlds first electricity-producing fast breeder reactor at Dounreay Nuclear Power Development Establishment in Scotland, 14th July 1956

Background imageRollei Collection: New Scooter

New Scooter
1955: New lightweight scooter launched in Paris. (Photo by John Sadovy/BIPs/Getty Images)

Background imageRollei Collection: Westminster Abbey; These People Should Pay For The Abbey Repairs

Westminster Abbey; These People Should Pay For The Abbey Repairs
12th September 1953: Corrosion and damage caused to the stonework of Westminster Abbey, London, by soot and pollution. Original Publication

Background imageRollei Collection: Starting Point

Starting Point
13th October 1956: The house on the corner of Thistlewaite Road, Clapton, London where Harry Rael-Brook first started his crease-proof shirt business

Background imageRollei Collection: Maserati Sports Car Bumper, Paris Motor Show

Maserati Sports Car Bumper, Paris Motor Show
The bumper of an Italian Maserati sports car at the Paris Motor Show. Original Publication: Picture Post - 8703 - Fashion Kings Of The Car World - pub. 1956 (Photo by Thurston Hopkins/Getty Images)

Background imageRollei Collection: Fireflite

Fireflite
22nd October 1956: A rear-view of a De Soto Fireflite at the Paris Motor Show. Original Publication: Picture Post - 8714 - Cars For 1957 - pub

Background imageRollei Collection: Plastic Bumper

Plastic Bumper
15th October 1956: A close-up of a Plexiglass bumper on a Nash Palm Beach, at the Farina works in Italy. Original Publication: Picture Post - 8703 - Fashion Kings Of The Car World - pub



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