1949 Collection

The Crown and Septre Hotel, Stephenson Street, North Shields. January 27th 1949

Bradford Northern Rugby League team pose for a group photograph. Back row left to right: Radford, Moore, Kitching, Batten, Tyler, Mageen and Day

Nimbus (centre) wins Epsom Derby in 1949 with Amour Drake (R) 2nd Swallow Tail (L) 3rd

Discovery of an unexploded parachute mine in Hull after the Second World War. Navy and Army bomb disposal squads moving the parachute mine from the dredger to a waiting truck. May 1949

The men of the bridge. Yesterday morning while most of Scotland was asleep the men of the bridge were hard at work

Military vehicles in Abbey Road, Torquay in July 1949. Adverising signs - Ovaltine Guinness and Oxydol

St Winefrides Well Shrine in Holywell, Flintshire, Wales, 15th December 1949

Sapper Bob White takes a deep breath, and tries to slide a rope round a bomb. The bomb is buried at the back of a hotel in Canning Town, London. Pictured, Bob White takes another plunge. July 1949

The streets of Liverpool, Merseyside. 22nd November 1949

Empire Air Navigation School, Shawbury, Shropshire, 15th March 1949. Our Picture Shows

Ballerina Margot Fonteyn pictured as Giselle. October 1949. Dame Margot Fonteyn (1919-91) British prima ballerina. Pres of the Royal Academy of Dancing (1954-91). DBE in 1956

The Renfrew Boat Club, with the Inchinnan Cruising Club just beyond the fence, sometimes called The Working Mans Royal Yacht Club, Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland, Sunday 8th May 1949

Waterfall Lane, BlackHeath, Black Country, Birmingham, The Midlands, in post war peacetime. February 1949. An Austin Devon van delivers copies of The Birmingham Post and Mail Newspaper

Royal visitors at Mitchell Gardens, Wythenshawe. Princess Elizabeth shaking hands with Mrs E.Hill, Deputy Chairman of the Wythenshawe committe

Completed mobile cranes awaiting delivery at the Jones Crane factory, Letchworth, Circa November 1949

Quarry Steps, Clifton, Bristol 1949

Marlene Dietrich on her arrival in England June 1949

Hull, Yorkshire, January 1949. Hull was damaged severely in The Blitz, and picture shows an unstable pillared building finally coming down as it is too unsafe to stay up

Some of the girls of the Womens Royal Army Corps who are learning to handle motorcycles and other transport at the womens Territorial Camp at Rolston, East Yorkshire. 31st August 1949

PRINCE PHILIP & QUEEN ELIZABETH II VISITING WAR VETERANS, PUDSEY, YORKSHIRE - JULY 1949

Castleford Rugby League Football Team. Left to right, back row, C Staines, J T Anderson, D E J Harris, J Jones, F Mugglestone and C Howard

The lowering of the road under the Queen Street bridges is well under way. The one side has been completed and traffic travelling eastwards is now running on the newly lowered surface

Latex being cut for straps for corsets and girdles at the Spirella Corset factory in Letchworth 14th January 1949

Au Fait girdle being sewn at the Spirella Corset factory in Letchworth 14th January 1949

Au Fait girdle manufacture at the Spirella Corset factory in Letchworth 14th January 1949 Straps being attached to a girdle

Brigadier Fitzroy Maclean in the book lined study of his home in Yealand Conyers, Lancashire. 1949

Workers at K & L Steel Founders and Engineer Limited seen here preparing a cast for the manufacture of mobile crane components, Letchworth. Circa November 1949

A worker at K & L Steel Founders and Engineer Limited seen here preparing a furnace for the casting of mobile crane components, Letchworth. Circa November 1949

Brigadier Fitzroy Maclean, whose book "Eastern Approaches"
Brigadier Fitzroy Maclean, whose book " Eastern Approaches" is to be published this month, photographed in the lounge of his home in Yealand Conyers, Lancashire. 1949

Brigadier Fitzroy Maclean with his children Jeremy, aged seven, Charles, aged two and Susan, aged eight, and their dog Fury, at home in Yealand Conyers, Lancashire. 1949

Veronica Maclean, wife of Fitzroy Maclean, with their newborn son Alexander, at home in Yealand Conyers, Lancashire. 1949

Fitzroy Maclean with his wife Veronica with their newborn son Alexander, at home in Yealand Conyers, Lancashire. 1949

Odette Churchill. 3rd June 1949. Odette Churchill. 3rd June 1949
Odette Churchill. 3rd June 1949.Odette Churchill. 3rd June 1949. French secret agent and heroine Odette Sansom

The last bus to use the bridge at Hill Street, Birmingham, for 27 years. All through traffic will cross on the temporary bridge. 28th February 1949

Exterior view of the Manchester Hippodrome building, formerly the Ardwick Empire Theatre, situated on the corner of Higher Ardwick and Hyde Road at Ardwick Green. 7th November 1949

Wimbledon Tennis Championships. The audience watch the game, on this hot day. Some people have made paper sun protective hats out of their newspapers Picture taken 23rd June 1949

Holiday makers enjoying a ride on a miniature train. Scarborough, North Yorkshire. 11th August 1949

Traffic in Richmond, London. 6th June 1949

People queueing for buses in Wakefield Road, Richmond, London. 6th June 1949

June 1949 - Buckfastleigh Races

Class Four of Steward Street School Birmingham seen here having an art lesson. 19th July 1949

Small boy in his pedal car plays fetch with his pet dog on the South Denes, Great Yarmouth. 8th August 1949

Friends rolling skating in the August sunshine at the Winter Gardens in Great Yarmouth 8th August 1949

Carol singing around the Christmas Tree in Trafalgar Square, London. Picture taken 22nd December 1949

Mr. B. C. Perone of Hunstanton, Norfolk, takes his flock of geese down on to the sands at
Mr. B.C. Perone of Hunstanton, Norfolk, takes his flock of geese down on to the sands at Old Hunstanton once or twice a week

Archery, 31st May 1949

Apart from the Household Cavalry there is one branch only of the British Army that trains recruits in the use and of riding horses

The Grand National 1949 Winner "Russian hero"being led in after the race
The Grand National 1949 Winner " Russian hero" being led in after the race. 27th March 1949

This young man is learning how to fight from a professional boxer. 1949

Any day is washday for the housewives of Talworth, Surrey, thanks to the ten automatic machines in this new shop. Here is Miss Doreen Borcham who runs the new sevice, receiving a customers laundry

The Whippets looked worried as they awaited their turn to be Judged at Olymoia London in the Kensington Canine Society Animals Dogs Whippets Dog Show Coat Dec 1949 1940s © Mirrorpix

Cup Final 1949 Wolves v Leicester City Supporter sand Fans

Mrs Lorna Barnicoat of North Quay House, Falmouth, Cornwall hangs out her washing in the back garden of her home with fourteen month old baby David kept inside a lobster pot for safety

Jane Russell 1949 Film star in London Voluptuous sex symbol and star of Hollywood films, TV and nightclubs. Russell was the daughter of an actress

Sunday Pictorial Film Garden Party 1949 Jean Simmons with Stewart Granger

Sunday Pictorial Film Garden Party 1949 Michael Wilding, Jean Simmons, Robert Montgomery, Anna Neagle Stewart Granger

Dinner to celebrate the Guinea pig club, a specialist plastic surgery created by Sir Archibald McIndoe for former World War Two pilots at East Grinsted Hospital, Sussex. September 1949 O19888-004

Wales Players training session ahead of match against Belgium tomorrow evening, pictured Tuesday 22nd November 1949, International Friendly at Ninian Park, Wales won the match 5-1

Wales Starting XI v Belgium, International Friendly at Ninian Park, Cardiff, Wednesday 23rd November 1949, Wales won the match 5-1

The naming ceremony of the lifeboat Tynesider at North Shields fish quay. Picture taken 8th December 1949

Leicester city centre, Gallowtree Gate from Horsefair Street looking towards the clock tower. 16th April 1949

Old Barn dated 1721 in Carr Lane, Roby that now houses an Electricity Sub Station, built in 1937, pictured 18th January 1949

Discovery of an unexploded parachute mine in Hull after the Second World War. Navy and Army bomb disposal squads moving the parachute mine from the dredger to a waiting truck. May 1949

Castleford v Hull rugby match. Bastow of Castleford was in the middle of this scrimmage
Castleford v Hull rugby match

Sport - Football - Wales v England - Frank Scrine, the Welsh forward and Englands Bert Mozley tussle for the ball - 15th October 1949

Ballerina Margot Fonteyn pictured as Giselle. October 1949

Rehearsal for ballet Giselle at the Mercury Theatre, London, Sunday 20th November 1949. Our picture shows

Marjorie Tallchief, Ballerina, pictured during rehearsal, London, Sunday 20th November 1949

Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh at Mersey Docks during their visit to Liverpool. 30th March 1949

Princess Elizabeth arrives in Albert Square, Manchester, and is welcomed outside the Town Hall by the Lord Mayor. Circa 1949

Princess Elizabeth visits Manchester. Pictured after the dedication ceremony in the Garden of Remembrance with the Lord Mayor of Manchester, Ald

Princess Elizabeth inspecting the Guard of Honour provided by the 8th Ardwick Battalion (Manchester Regiment) in Albert Square, Manchester

Brigadier Fitzroy Maclean and his son Charles at home in Yealand Conyers, Lancashire. 1949

Quality control seen here being carried out on anvils manufactured at K & L Steel Founders and Engineer Limited, Letchworth. Circa November 1949

Fluorescent tubes being manufactured at the Thorn Electrics factory in Enfield 14th November 1949

Components for the construction of mobile cranes seen here being manufactured at the Jones Crane factory in Letchworth. Circa November 1949

Shipbuilders at the King George V dry dock in Southampton replace one of the mighty propellors of the Cunard liner R.M.S. Queen Mary

Machinist at Newly Brothers Engineering works in Birmingham. 10th November 1949

Fitzroy Maclean playing with his son Charles at home at Yealand Conyers, Lancashire. 1949

Brigadier Fitzroy Maclean at home with his dog Fury, in Yealand Conyers, Lancashire. 1949

Brigadier Fitzroy Maclean at home in Yealand Conyers, Lancashire. 1949

Brigadier Fitzroy Maclean playing with his sons Charles and Jeremy at home at Yealand Conyers, Lancashire. 1949

Brigadier Fitzroy Maclean looking through a copy of Life with his children Jeremy, Susan and Charles at home at Yealand Conyers, Lancashire. 1949

Fitzroy Maclean playing with his children, Jeremy, Susan and Charles at home at Yealand Conyers, Lancashire, 1949

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