Relaxing Collection (page 2)

Scenes on the River Cam in Cambridge showing people enjoying a spot of fishing on their punts. July 1968

A British soldier reads the Sunday pictorial newspaper in some off-duty leisure time the desert of North Africa during the Second World War. Circa March 1943

Picture taken on board one of the Royal Navy Escort Vessels during a West Coast of England Convoy. Some of the crew are watching an exciting game of Ludo on the lower deck during a short off duty

A day in the life of NFS Womens Fitness Training Course for instructors at No. 12
A day in the life of NFS Womens Fitness Training Course for instructors at No.12. Regional Reserve training station at Tadbridge, Surrey

"Anzio Odeon", a dug-out at Divisional Headquarters
" Anzio Odeon", a dug-out at Divisional Headquarters, sandbagged and camouflaged, where films are shown to the men of the British Army serving on the Italian Front at Anzio

Activities and personnel at HMS Rajalyia, Royal Navy Station in Puttalam, Ceylon during the Second World War. Picture shows

Group of US Army nurses first to land with the vanguard of American troops on Normandy beachheads, take time for dinner on the site of the Field Hospital

Private R. G. Davis of Plough Lane, Wokingham, sends this snapshot of himself reading
Private R.G. Davis of Plough Lane, Wokingham, sends this snapshot of himself reading the " Reading Standard" to his fiancee in Reading from his base in the Middle East during the Second

"Anzio Odeon", a dug-out, sandbagged and camouflaged
" Anzio Odeon", a dug-out, sandbagged and camouflaged, where films are shown to the men of the British Army serving on the Italian Front at Anzio. 6th March 1944

ARP personnel have been spending a holiday as the guests of Oxford University. They are given undergrads quarters, use the dining hall, eat meals with the undergrads

At various points on the English coast the public are able to enjoy the delights of a day at the seaside as they did in happier pre-war days

Beer and other NaFI supplies are now arriving in France and British troops are once more getting acquainted with British brews. Here are Corporal F. R. Webb of Fulham and Corporal J

Naples in Southern Italy, with its open shops displaying gloves, handbags, silk stockings and artificial silk underclothes

The ground staff of an RAF advanced Spitfire squadron In Italy organised a concert for their fellow airmen. Picture shows: A group of the concert party

An impromptu concert in the wardroom of a British ship in a Royal Navy convoy inn the English Channel during the Second World War, given by an officers band

Bristol Beaufighter night fighter crews of No. 600 Squadron RAF, resting in their crew hut at Colerne, Wiltshire before taking off on patrol

West Kirby Beach Scene, 4th June 1974

British troops stationed in the western Desert, North Africa, design their own Christmas cards to sent back to their loved ones back in Britain and elsewhere over the festive period

The best medical aid possible is given to the partisans of Marshal Titos army. British surgeons and medical orderlies helped by Partisan nurses with little or no experience are doing a good job in

Operating from a landing strip carved by RAF airmen and Yugoslav Partisans with picks and shovels out of vineyards among the rocky hill of a

800 yards from the enemy lines, British infantry are entrenched on the 5th Army main front in Italy. By day they live under fire from enemy mortar shells

At the request of the military authorities in Burma sixteen African Chiefs were invited to tour Ceylon, India and the Burma Front to visit men of their tribes serving with the British Forces

RAF Personnel, whose job it is to guard the forward airstrips on the Burma front, keep up to the mark with a periodical course in jungle warfare

Near the main gate of the RAF Bombing and Gunnery School at Picton, Ontario, one of the many training centres in Canada under the Commonwealth Joint Air Training Plan

British troops at a forward position in the Burmese jungle, celebrate Christmas with tinned plum pudding an extra rations of beer and cigarettes

In Cairo, on a branch of the River Nile, is the Gozira Sporting Club Houseboat which is maintained by the club as a leave boat, where men of the three fighting services are welcomed

There is an advertisement to be seen in the Middle East these days, It reads: LEAVE CAMP - WHERE LEAVE REALLY IS LEAVE. NO REVEILLE, FATIGUES OR DRESSING UP

A happy group of British soldiers awaiting their turn for food at a meal parade in Eritrea during the Second World War. April 1941

One of the things most needed by soldiers returning from the fighting lines in Northern France to the rear areas to rest, is a bath

A British soldier enjoys a cup of tea with two women of the American Womens Army Corps behind the front line of the 5th Army in Italy during the Second World War. 2nd April 1944

Canadian loggers camp in Scotland during the Second World War. These pictures illustrate the off duty life of the Canadian loggers who, at a camp in Scotland, are engaged in felling timber

Men of the East Riding Yeomanry in the barracks messroom somewhere in the south of England during the Second World War. Circa 1940

Punk rocker Jock and his young son William enjoying the warm weather in Trafalgar Square, London. 16th July 1983

Paul McCartney pictured relaxing with a cup of tea, after the Wings concert at The Royal Court Theatre in Liverpool, Merseyside. It is the first performance of the 1979 UK Tour

Paul McCartney pictured performing with Wings, in a concert at The Royal Court Theatre in Liverpool, Merseyside. It is the first performance of the 1979 UK Tour. Picture taken 23rd November 1979

Automatic grass cutting. BOAC pilot Pat Alley demonstrating his mowing method in his garden. Farnborough, Hants. 17th August 1969

American evangelist Billy Graham relaxing at his London as his three month London crusade comes to an end. 23rd May 1954

The Rolling Stones seen here backstage following the Stones concert at Regal Cinema, Cambridge on October 15, 1965

Record producer Stan Kelly chats with Liverpool footballer Ian Callaghan while teammates (left to right:) Roger Hunt, Tommy Smith, Geoff Strong and Tommy Lawrence relax over a hand of cards

Liverpool footballers Ian St John and Ron Yeats relax on the shores of Lake Como at their base in Cernobbio, Northern Italy

Liverpool footballer Bobby Graham, the two goal hero of the recent league match against Manchester City, relaxing at home reading the newspaper account of his heroics. 27th April 1971

Liverpool footballers Kevin Keegan (left) and David Johnson share a joke in the dressing room at Anfield. 13th August 1976

Liverpool footballer Chris Lawler poses at his home in Knowsley near Liverpool. A keen handyman, he built the fireplace himself. 30th April 1971

Liverpool footballer Roger Hunt listening to music at home. Circa 1966

Liverpool footballer Tommy Smith at home on his sofa. 19th December 1973

Picture taken in the famous boot room at Anfield showing caretaker manager Ronnie Moran (second right) with staff members including Phil Thompson, Roy Evans and John Bennison. 15th March 1991

Tranmere Rovers footballers take time off from the rigours of Cup training as they spend the day relaxing at Morecambe ahead of their FA Cup clash against Barrow. 4th January 1967

Soldiers of the Kings Regiment (Liverpool and Manchester) enjoying a beer or two after march in Liverpool. 18th May 1962

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