Busy Collection (#11)

Mounted police direct pedestrians in London, on the 10th day of the General Strike. The national dispute came about after negotiations between the miners and mine owners failed over wages

Food transport lorries parked up in Hyde Park on the tenth day of the General Strike. Hyde Park was closed for the duration of the strike and was rapidly transformed into great milk

Buses driven by volunteers seen here in Oxford Street London on the 9th day of the General Strike. The national dispute came about after negotiations between the miners

General scene in Oxford Street on the 9th day of the General Strike. Mounted special constables can be seen patrolling the street

Commuters crowd onto buses and make shift public transport to get home from work, seen here at Kensington, on the second day of the General Strike

The army escort a food convoy past commuters making their way to work near The Bank in the City of London, on the 9th day of the General Strike

Commuters waiting for buses and make shift public transport to get home from work, seen here at the Bank in Mansion House Street London, on the second day of the General Strike

Members of the General Council of the Trades Union Congress seen here leaving 10 Downing Street following talks on the evening of the second day of the General Strike

Commuters using make shift public transport to get to work on the second day of the General Strike. The national dispute came about after negotiations between the miners

Soldiers ride shotgun as a food convoy passes through central London, on the 9th day of the General Strike. The national dispute came about after negotiations between the miners

Commuters using make shift public transport to get home from work, seen here at the Bank in Mansion House Street London, on the second day of the General Strike

Holidaymakers scratching out the coloured sands from the cliff face at Alum Bay, Isle of Wight. August 1961

Victory Parade march through London after the Allied victory in World War Two. An RAF contingent passes the Houses of Parliament. 8th June 1946

Heavy Easter holiday traffic comes to a halt outside Basingstoke. 20th April 1960

An eleven storey mechanical car park in operation in Shoe Lane, London which holds 279 cars. They are driven into one of ten bays are parked automatically by means of two lifts. 18th January 1963

Bathing in the River Ganges, Benares, India (Benares now known as Varanasi) Circa 1913

Armoured cars parading the streets of Constantinople following the 1909 coup

A street scene in India - Women going about doing their daily tasks wearing traditional clothing Circa 1970

King George VI sits in the back of an open top car as he visits the bomb damaged city of Bristol following an air raid. December 1940

King George VI visits the bomb damaged city of Bristol following an air raid. December 1940

Queen Elizabeth hands a picture of her two daughters which she found among the debris of a bombed out street in the East End, to a wardens post during her tour of the area following a Nazi Air raid

Women and children looking through Sefridges shop window on Oxford Street, London, the week before Christmas. 19th December 1955

View of Brighton beach with holidaymakers in June 1934

King George VI visits the bomb damaged city of Birmingham following an air raid. December 1940

King George VI surrounded by a crowd of enthusiastic people welcoming him to the bomb damaged city of Birmingham following an air raid. December 1940

Children with balloons during Christmas shopping scenes in Regent Street, London. 18th December 1957

King George VI meets air raid wardens during his visit to the bomed damaged city of Bristol following an air raid. December 1940

Sunday Pictorial Pictorial Beach Contest at Great Yarmouth. The crowd seated in their deck chairs on the beach watching the show taking place on stage. 22nd July 1958

London travellers are soaked by the rain as the end of the 1976 drought is officially announced by the government. November 1976

Anne McGuire Labour prospective parliamentary candidate PPC in Stirling challenge to Scottish Secretary of State Michael Forsyth at general election walking through main street with party leader Tony

Bookies clerks taking bets from punters at a busy betting shop in Soho, London May 1961

A crowded betting shop in Soho, packed with punters queuing to make bets May 1961

Bookmaker taking bets from crowds of punters before the race at Leopardstown in Ireland March 1967

By the thousand they went on foot, by car, motorcycle, and train to Barry Island yesterday to stake a place in the sun. It was standing room only May 1964

A busy scene inside a betting shop with punters queuing to make bets minutes before the start of the Epsom derby June 1962

The Beatles leave Birmingham in a van surrounded by hundreds of screaming fans. 10th November 1963

The Beatles arrive back in London from Paris February 1964 Paul McCartney signs autographs for fans

Sandbags being piled up around the Town Hall in Birmingham during the war. September 1939

London travellers are soaked by the rain as the end of the 1976 drought is officially announced by the government. November 1976

London travellers are soaked by the rain as the end of the 1976 drought is officially announced by the government. November 1976

Life in the streets of a city in Egypt Circa 1935

England manager Bobby Robson sitting at his busy desk as he gets prepared for his sides participation in the 1986 World Cup tournamnt in Mexico. 16th January 1986

Overcrowding on the Central Line platform during the rush hour at Liverpool Street Station July 1953

Scenes during the one day rail Strike - February 1960. Commuters try to squeeze on board a underground train as there was no over ground mainline service out to the suburbs due to the one day rail

Scenes at London Undergrounds Holborn Station October 1954

New Beetle cars on the production line at the VW Volkswagen in Wolfsburg, West Germany December 1952

Elizabeth Taylor actress at a press conference at the London Palladium to publicise her play Little Foxes

British Armour enter Valkenswenswaard First Village over the Dutch Border to be liberated

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