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Teaching Robert the Macaw to talk. Robert, a blue and yellow Macaw perches outside a pet shop in Brixton market and talks to the passing shoppers. Most people stop to have a word with him
"How much is that dog in the window". A man holding a dog inside Alderbournes" How much is that dog in the window". A man holding a dog inside Alderbournes pet shop in Lansdowne Row, Mayfair, London. 1st June 1954
2 year old Alan is a great hunter of pigeons. Only they are a bit faster then he is. Canterbury Cathedral yard, Canterbury, Kent. 1st June 1954
A young boy allowed to touch an elephant at London Zoo. 29th December 1954
Children hairdressing at Selfridges. It seems to be one of the most fashionable things to have your childs hair cut at Selfridges because the waiting list stretches for weeks
On the river Cam in Cambridge resting in a punt are James Innes of St Catherines college where he reads modern languages and Irene Cassel from Gottingen
People waiting for a cruise down the River Thames, London. 25th April 1955
People buying refreshments in Kensington Gardens, London. 25th April 1955
Children at the Tower of London, London. 25th April 1955
A cruise down the River Thames, London. 25th April 1955
Children fishing in Kensington Gardens pond, London. 25th April 1955
Children playing in the street, Formosa Street, London. 25th April 1955
Children on Exmouth beach looking at an ancient Barrel Organ which Mr Percy Tucker (not pictured) had the opportunity to play as his Dream Wish from the Daily Mirror (competition)
An open air picture exhibition in Ludgate Gardens, London. 1st June 1954
An open air restaurant in Ludgate Gardens, London. 1st June 1954
Lunch hour sunbathers sit on the steps of St Pauls Cathedral, London. 1st June 1954
The Pantee Stores, outsize underwear specialists, Brixton Market, London. 1st June 1954
The sun shining through the new leafs on the trees near the Union Canal, Paddington, London. 1st June 1954
Workmen sit on a wall of a city street and enjoy their lunch break, watching the girls go by. 1st June 1954
At the back of Oxford Street is a busy school, and at around 5 o clock, when the children leave, many have to cross the frightful traffic of Oxford Street, London
Keeping Canterbury clean, Mr Sidney Smith sweeps the roads of Canterbury, Kent. 1st June 1954
People on a boat in Canterbury, Kent. 2nd June 1954
On a boat in Canterbury, Kent. 2nd June 1954
Visitors to Canterbury Catherdral, Kent. 2nd June 1954
Mr Percy Tucker playing an ancient Barrel Organ on the beach of Exmouth. Percy is a bus conductor and it has always been his wish to play one of these contraptions which are getting rather hard to
A man and child enjoying a picnic at London Zoo. 29th December 1954
An elephant at London Zoo. 29th December 1954
Cambridge University Madrigal Society Singing on the River Cam. Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, 11th June 1954
Cambridge University Jazz Club Ball. Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, 11th June 1954
King Edward the 6th (VI) school at Stratford upon Avon school where it is thought that the Bard himself William Shakespeare attended the school
Sisters Mary (left) and Ann Weller playing with baby chicks at Downley Hill Farm, near Dorking, Surrey. 13th March 1954
Phil Strongs medicine cures all, so he says as he sells it from his stall in Club Row, Bethnal Green, London
Crowds watching Phil Strong who is selling health cures in a bottle. You can see him in any street market - the man with the wonder cure, dispensing health for half a crown. He thumps his chest
An exhibition of paintings at the Victoria Embankment Gardens. London, 12th May 1954
The end of a lunch time picnic at the Exhibition Southbank Garden. Miss Tessa Burnstock, 20 years old, her picnic in the open. London, 13th May 1954
The largest and oldest boys club in Sunderland is the Lambton Street boys fellowship centre where they accept boys from 8 to 18 years of age. In some cases they accept them even younger
Victoria Embankment Gardens. The graceful statue of Robert Burns and the lunch time siesta people, London. 12th May 1954
People taking their lunch break at Festival Southbank Gardens, London. 13th May 1954
Micheal Mullaby playing with toys in a large store. 13th May 1954
Listening to the band... Its an old British custom, and a good way of taking the weight off your feet. All you need is a deckchair - and an away from it all sense of laziness
Ballet lessons for children at Rambert School in the Mercury Theatre in Notting Hill Gate. Lessons are given by the world famous Ballet Rambert companys young up and coming stars of the future
Children Hair dressing at Selfridges. It seems to be one of the most fashionable things to have your childs hair cut at Selfridges because the waiting list stretches for weeks
For the last sixty years Thomas Reay and his father before him have been standing in Bedford Street, Sunderland, with their Potato Engine and baking potatoes in their jackets
Bored boys watching a concert at Butlins Holiday Camp, Filey, North Yorkshire. 30th July 1954
Trainspotters sitting on a gate on the edge of Cambridge watching the London express trains go by are disturbed by a courting couple. Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. June 1954