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Picture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection (page 5)

Snapshots of Britain and the world in the 1930s, 40s, & 50s. Published between 1938 and 1957, this is a collection of archive prints which filled the pages of the weekly magazine which included light-hearted and humorous stories and major social issues, both domestic and international.

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Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine 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 imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Holy Gun Smoke; Two hand guns and a cigarette lying on a copy of the Holy Bible in a production of

Holy Gun Smoke; Two hand guns and a cigarette lying on a copy of the Holy Bible in a production of Edgar Wallaces play
November 1954: Two hand guns and a cigarette lying on a copy of the Holy Bible in a production of Edgar Wallaces play On The Spot, presented by Picture Post

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Empty Office; Kings Funeral And Days Of Mourning

Empty Office; Kings Funeral And Days Of Mourning
23rd February 1952: London office workers hang out the windows to watch the funeral cortege of King George VI passing by. Original Publication

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine 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 imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine 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 imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine 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 imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine 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 imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine 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 imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Iona Abbey

Iona Abbey
6th August 1955: The Abbey on the tiny island of Iona, begun in 1203 and neglected after the Reformation, which is being rebuilt by members of the Iona Community

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine 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 imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine 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 imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine 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 imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Snowdonia Shepherd

Snowdonia Shepherd
11th August 1951: A shepherd with his flock at Hafod-y-Llan in Snowdonia. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5377 - Shearing Time In Snowdonia - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Everton RIP

Everton RIP
1893: A funeral card in mock commiseration for the Everton football team who lost the 1893 cup final one-nil to Wolverhampton Wanderers

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Sweet Shopping

Sweet Shopping
1951: A young Spanish boy gazes at the sweets in a shop window. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6277 - Inside Spain: Spanish Children - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: City Fog

City Fog
21st January 1939: A pigeon flies over a fountain in Trafalgar Square on a misty day in London. In the background a shadowy Nelsons column

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine 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 imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Nag Nag Nag

Nag Nag Nag
7th March 1953: A horse whinnying. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6449 - A Frank and Exclusive Report on the State of the Animal Nation - pub. 1953 (Photo by John Gay/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Housing Jungle

Housing Jungle
29th October 1955: Houses are becoming slums, the back to back houses in Salford, Lancashire, where due to rent restrictions proper maintainance becomes impossible

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: House For Sale

House For Sale
October 1955: A For Sale sign outside a row of houses in Bow, east London. Original Publication: Picture Post- 8061 - Bow Bells - unpub. (Photo by Alex Dellow/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine 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 imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Climbing Steps

Climbing Steps
10th July 1945: A child climbs the steps at Roehamptons outdoor swimming pool in South London. Original Publication: Picture Post - 1481 - Swim Pool Fantasy - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine 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 imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Police Station

Police Station
31st December 1956: The Clones Road customs post in Ulster which has sustained damage from bullets. Original Publication: Picture Post - 8772 - Assassins On British Border - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine 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 imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Slum Houses

Slum Houses
1st May 1954: Neglected houses near the High Level Bridge in Newcastle. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7143 - Newcastle: Revival Of A City - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine 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 imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine 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 imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Dog Walking

Dog Walking
16th January 1954: A dog walking across the slums of Manchester. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6871- The Best And Worst Of Our Cities: Manchester - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine 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 imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Back Pack

Back Pack
24th February 1951: A Tibetan loads wool onto a mule, to sell in the Indian markets. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5210 - Tibet Dissolves - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine 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 imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Hong Kong Washing

Hong Kong Washing
29th October 1949: Laundry hanging out on washing-poles from a building in Kowloon, Hong Kong. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4888 - Hong Kong The Waiting Days - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Swans Cleaning

Swans Cleaning
December 1956: Swans groom themselves after swimming through an oil spill on the River Thames. Original Publication: Picture Post - 8941 - Cleaning The Swans - unpub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Hiroshima

Hiroshima
6th August 1955: A view of bomb damaged areas of Hiroshima, ten years after the Atomic bomb was dropped on the city. The dome in the background became known as the Hiroshima Peace Memorial

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine 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 imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine 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 imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Hollywood Homes

Hollywood Homes
1st May 1951: Houses for ordinary families in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5298 - We Go To Hollywood - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine 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 imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine 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 imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Couple In Car

Couple In Car
5th August 1939: A couple driving through the town of Stratford-upon-Avon. Original Publication: Picture Post - 181 - Town That Lives On Shakespeare - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Factories On Canal

Factories On Canal
February 1955: Industrial plants on the banks of Manchesters Ship Canal. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7538 - Manchesters Lifeline - pub. 1955 (Photo by Frank Horvat/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Hanging Gardens

Hanging Gardens
24th June 1950: The ruined substructure of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5071 - War In The Desert - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Carving On Wall

Carving On Wall
24th June 1950: A carving of a horse on a wall in the ruins of Babylon. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5071 - War In The Desert - pub. 1950 (Photo by Raymond Kleboe/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Wall Carvings

Wall Carvings
24th June 1950: Wall carvings in the ruins of Babylon. Original Publication: The Ishtar Gate and hanging towers of Babylon

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Snow Scene

Snow Scene
1958: A snow scene in Newcastle, England. Original Publication: Picture Post - 9073 - Snow Scenes, Newcastle - unpub. (Photo by Kurt Hutton/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Courting Couple

Courting Couple
16th April 1956: Young lovers walking down a solitary road in Gretna Green. Original Publication: Picture Post - 8451 - Gretna Green - unpub. (Photo by Charles Hewitt/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Warners Cinema

Warners Cinema
1951: The exterior of Warners Cinema with its steel tower and neon signs in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5298 - We Go To Hollywood - pub



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