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Picture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection (page 8)

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: Snowdonia Sheep

Snowdonia Sheep
11th August 1951: Snowdonia sheep farmer, Pyrs Williams, with his flock, at Hafod-y-Llan. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5377 - Shearing Time In Snowdonia - pub

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

Flooded Homes
6th July 1946: Flooded homes in the village of Norton Canes in the Cannock Chase coalfield. The buildings are being undermined by the mine subsidence

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Caged Monkey

Caged Monkey
9th February 1946: Monty the monkey who performs with Chessington Circus. Original Publication: Picture Post - 3080 - The Circus Gets Ready For The Road Again - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Bernard Shaw

Bernard Shaw
20th July 1946: Irish dramatist, writer and social reformer, George Bernard Shaw in the garden of his home in Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire

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

Swans Hatching
13th July 1946: A pen waiting for his turn at hatching on the nest he shares with his cob at the ancient swannery at Abbotsbury in Dorset

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Close-Up Aphis

Close-Up Aphis
8th September 1945: A microphotograph of a strawberry aphis (capitophorus fragariae). Original Publication: Picture Post - 2086 - Gas War Against Farmers Pest - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Ferret

Ferret
2nd February 1946: A ferret in a laboratory during experiments into the influenza virus. Original Publication: Picture Post - 3078 - Can We Beat Influenza - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Cattle Grazing

Cattle Grazing
11th August 1945: A herd of Highland cattle grazing in a valley in the Scottish Highlands. Kept mainly for their appearance

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Haystacks

Haystacks
4th September 1948: Stooks of wheat stand drying in a field at Stockbridge, Hampshire. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4640 - Battle For The Harvest - pub.1948

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: A Farmers Pony

A Farmers Pony
29th April 1939: A pony in a field on a farm in England. Original Publication: Picture Post - 139 - Farm In Spring - pub. 1939 (Photo by Felix Man/Picture Post/Getty Images)

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

Plaza Cinema
1st October 1955: A neon sign lights up the Plaza cinema in the Scottish industrial town of Kilmarnock. Kilmarnock is home to a variety of industries

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine 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 imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Rain Test For Car

Rain Test For Car
30th October 1948: A Morris Oxford being bombarded with 1500 jets of water from all angles, equivalent to 15 inches of rainfall an hour

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Belfast Ship Yard

Belfast Ship Yard
20th February 1954: The Harland and Wolff ship yard in Belfast where a liner is being built. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7029 - The Best And The Worst Of Some British Cities 5 - Belfast

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine 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 imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine 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 imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine 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 imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Hunting Hounds

Hunting Hounds
17th January 1953: Hounds from the Pytchley Hunt running across fields near Daventry in Northamptonshire. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6531 - A Hunting We Will Go - pub

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

Iona Cross
6th August 1955: The Celtic cross which has stood on the tiny island of Iona for ten centuries. The Iona Community is a Christian settlement run by a group of Scottish ministers who offer religion to

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Winter Graveyard

Winter Graveyard
12th March 1955: A snow-covered graveyard in Edinburgh; away to the right of the church in this photograph Edinburgh Castle dominates the landscape

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Winter Loch

Winter Loch
12th March 1955: Ice forms on the surface of a Scottish lochin winter. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7596 - Scotland In The Snow - pub. 1955 (Photo by Kurt Hutton/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Winter Coat

Winter Coat
12th March 1955: One of the shaggy breed of Highland cattle standing in the snow at Millhill, near Crieff in Scotland. Kept mainly for their appearance

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Winter Plough

Winter Plough
12th March 1955: A solitary horse stands beside an idle plough on the shores of Loch Lubnaig in Stirling, Scotland. Agricultural work has stopped for the winter

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Hebridean Sunset

Hebridean Sunset
12th March 1955: The cliffs of Eigg and the peaks of the Isle of Skye seen at sunset from the Scottish coast at Mallaig. Mallaig is the westerly point of the Road to the Isles

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Hiking Onwards

Hiking Onwards
18th June 1949: Boys hiking along a village lane, during an expedition which will be the climax of one months stay for boys at the Outward Bound Sea School at Aberdovey

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

Record Dog
24th July 1948: Priceless Border, winner of the Greyhound Derby and the fastest dog in his league preparing for his last race before becoming a stud at Wembley Stadium Kennels

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Maugham Plays Bridge

Maugham Plays Bridge
27th November 1953: English novelist William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965), the guest of honour at a bridge party at Crockfords Club, contemplates his hand

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Bridge Party

Bridge Party
27th November 1953: English novelist William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) is the guest of honour at a bridge party at Crockfords Club

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Kangaroos Living in Lincoln

Kangaroos Living in Lincoln
20th March 1954: Nardoo, one of a number of kangaroos adopted as family pets by an Australian family now living in Lincoln, with her offspring, Johnny

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

Wedding Couple
28th May 1955: The bride and bridegroom, Christine and Angus McDonald, following a local piper to the reception at a travelling peoples wedding in the village of Tong on the island of Lewis in

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Glenfinnan

Glenfinnan
4th June 1955: The monument at Glenfinnan, at the head of Loch Shiel, Invernesshire, which marks the spot where Bonnie Prince Charlie (1720 - 1788)

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Target Practice

Target Practice
4th June 1955: A cast-iron stag used for target practice on a remote moor at Black Corries Lodge near Glencoe in Scotland

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Giant Footprints

Giant Footprints
4th June 1955: A line of footprints mar the surface of the beach known as the silver sands of Morar in north-west Scotland

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Out To Dry

Out To Dry
4th June 1955: Clothes hanging on a washing line on a remote windy beach in Scotland. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7790 - The Road To The Isles - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Lighthouse

Lighthouse
30th April 1955: A lighthouse in Aberdeen. The harbour in Aberdeen was developed in the late eighteenth century and the city prospered as a fishing port from that time

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Rothesay Road

Rothesay Road
21st May 1955: A street in the Scottish holiday resort of Rothesay on the island of Bute. Rothesay used to be known as Glasgow-by-the-sea but improved transport links have encouraged visitors

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Peat Extraction

Peat Extraction
24th September 1955: A sixteen-ton disc ditcher harvesting Highland peat for fuel. The peat is milled and prepared before being used as fuel for the construction of the nearby Loch Shin hydroelectric

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine 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 imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine 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 imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Last To Leave

Last To Leave
11th July 1953: Dogs wait to join the inhabitants of the Isle of Soay in the Outer Hebrides, who have been evacuated to new homes on the Isle of Mull. The dogs will be the last to leave the island

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Flock Of Sheep

Flock Of Sheep
9th July 1949: A closely packed flock of Dorset Horned sheep on Maiden Castle Farm near Dorchester. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4826 - Where Are The Downland Sheep? - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine 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 imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Cruise Ship

Cruise Ship
11th March 1957: A neon sign on the mast of a ship moored in Glasgow harbour encourages people to visit the citys hospitals for an X-ray

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Canberras

Canberras
31st May 1952: A squadron of twin-jet Canberra bombers. A light bomber which carries no armament, relying on speed and height. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5879 - RAF Scare: The Truth - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine 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 imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine 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 imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Army Exercises

Army Exercises
20th August 1955: Soldiers of the Black Watch going through their exercises at the Black Watch Depot, Queens Barracks, Perth

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: I Know What I Like

I Know What I Like
1957: A pig-tailed schoolgirl studies a painting in the Tate Gallery, London. Original Publication: Picture Post - 9112 - Tate Gallery - pub. 1957 (Photo by Grace Robertson/Picture Post/Getty Images)



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