1948 Collection

The horse wash at at Victoria Pier, Hull 15th June 1948

Discovery of a 500 pound unexploded American bomb in King George docks, Hill after the Second World War. Bomb disposal squad clear the danger. April 1948

The remarkable pattern of cellars at the old Customs House, Liverpool, now fast disappearing in demolition work. Liverpool, Merseyside. 7th April 1948

Haydock Park. January 1948

Olympic Games 1948 Finish of the 80 metres hurdles at Wembley Stadium - won by Fanny Blankers Koen from Holland with Maureen Gardner of Great Britain 2nd

Joe Louis with female model cheerleader feeling the size of his bicep at Earls Court

Joe Louis with female model cheerleader feeling the size of his bicep at Earls Court

Princess Elizabeth visits Coventry. During her visit the Princess inaugurated the new city centre, the reconstructed Broadgate, and laid the foundation stone of the future shopping precinct

Lester Piggott, racing jockey, aged 12, who has already won his first race, seen with one of the horses at South Bank Lambourn, West Berkshire

Peddler Palmer with his penny farthing bicycle still in perfect running order after 55 years. 9th September 1948

Middlesbrough legends George Hardwick and Wilf Mannion line up with the England team. Circa 1948

Firth Steam Trawling Co Ltd sidewinding trawler St Zeno seen here lying against Princess Dock, Hull Circa 1948

London Road, Glasgow, Circa 1948 Street scene in the London Road area of Glasgow, circa 1948. Overhead tram lines and old-fashioned shop signs are visible above the cobbled streets

Doing it just like the builders do, a hive of industry going on in the new childrens playground opened on the blitz site of St. Lukes Church, Peckham, London

Mona Baptise Blues Singer June 1948 Empire Windrush arrives in Britain with 409 West Indians seeking jobs

A lifeboat which the inventor claims to be un-capsizable and which if capsized will still be a boat because the bottom is hollowed out with seats and can be floated on the water

Adrian Conan Doyle wants to revive chivalry in England with the sport of fighting in armour. Mr. Conan Doyle and Captain Douglas Ash battle with mighty swords. 5th March 1948

First day of Bisley, Surrey. ATS members are taking part in a two week shoot for the first time. Picture shows Lance Corporal Audrey Chapman lending a hand to the girl with the gun, Wren T Brown

QUEEN ELIZABETH AND PRINCE PHILIP AT THE CHAPEL OF ST GEORGE, WINDSOR, JOIN THE OLDEST ORDER OF CHIVALRY IN A BLAZE OF PAGEANTRY

Wardens at work in Hull during the Second World War. Circa 1941

Mr Webster Booth and Miss Anne Ziegler the two well known singers seen here shortly before sailing from Liverpool on the new liner Imperial Star for a 30

Castleford R. L. F. C. Standing left to right, C Staines, J Jones, J Nicholls, W Foreman
Castleford R.L.F.C. Standing left to right, C Staines, J Jones, J Nicholls, W Foreman, D Harris and J M Crossley. Middle row seated left to right, L Skidmore, A Bastow, N Guest

Outlook film unit at present working on the film Blue Sear were extremely bot and busy today. They were engaged in pithead baths scenes and believe in leaving no stone unturned for good pictures

Picture show two young ladies enjoying the sunshine in the summer of 1948. One of them pours the tea for her friend as they sit amongst the buttercups and trees Picture taken Wednesday 14th July 1948

Our picture shows... A line of idle chain welding machines at Walsall firm of Job Wheway and Co. An emergency delivery of steel wire has brought a last-minute reprieve to the companys 500 employees

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Jack Rowley of Manchester United, circa 1948

The Russian ice breaker "Lenin"photographed in Vittoria Dock, Birkenhead
The Russian ice breaker " Lenin" photographed in Vittoria Dock, Birkenhead. 12th October 1948

View looking from South Shields promenade along to Marsden, showing the Whitsun crowds. 17th May 1948

Children picking crocus flowers in the woods. Circa 1948

Looking along the line from Central Station, Glasgow, on a normal sunday. 1948

Mrs Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (wife of President of The United States of America Franklin D Roosevelt) pictured at Mansion House in London

The Old English Folk Dance Society performing the sword dance at Stratford Upon Avon. Musical accompaniment provided by the accordion. West Midlands. 2nd August 1948

Proper training for boys joining the mining industry. Picture shows a class at the Easington Residential Training Centre being given a practical lecture on various types of pit lamps. Circa 1948

An employee of Blundell Spence, paint manufacturers, in Hull is seen here at work wearing an employees gas mask

American boxer Joe Louis, former heavweight champion of the world, takes a rest between bouts during the Arena of Sport exhibition held at Earls Court, London. 27th February 1948

Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) during a visit to Wales, pictured at the main show ring, greeted by Col H C C Batten (Superintendent of Works). May 1948

The crew of a diving boat chat with a crew member of the Boyd Line Ltd sidewinder trawler Arctic Ranger as she lay alongside St Andrews Dock, Hull. Circa June 1948

The Centre, Bristol pictured in 1948

Winston Churchill, arrives at Filton Airfield, Bristol 1948

30th September 1948 Traffic in Bristol City Centre

Fireman helps place the Elephant and Castle statue on top of the standard in Broadgate, Coventry circa 1948

Council flats at Smedley Road and Smedley Lane, Woodlands Estate, Manchester. 4th November 1948

Putting the finishing touches to the new block of flats near Willert Street Police Station on Rochdale Road, Manchester 11th September 1948

Simon Tooth aged 14 and Jeanette Meakin aged 18 members of the Corinthian Otters the junior branch of the Corinthian Yacht Club seen here sailing in Winkle on the River Crouch

Sport - Football - Swansea Town - Champions of the Third Division (South) 1948-49 - Back Row - J. Feeney, Roy Paul, B. Parry, F. Burns, T.R. Keane, Stan Richards. Front Row - Billy Lucas, F

Manchester - Long Millgate, Poets Corner, November 1948. P000201

Day in the life of Covent Garden Market Cirica 1948 A fruit salesman is selling cherries from his stall. Picture taken 1st July 1948

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