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Dame Edith Sitwell actress in her bed
John Mayall of the Bluesbreakers, takes a nap in the band room between performances, The Flamingo Club, Wardour Street, Soho, London, in the early hours of Sunday 2nd January 1966
Two men asleep in deckchairs on the beach. August 1964
Singer Kathy Kirby singer asleep in a chair. Circa January 1964
The children of British singer and actor Gary Miller; Jonty, Pip and Kit, tucked up by Marjorie Proops as she babysits them for the evening. 13th April 1960
A sleepy delegate at the TUC conference in Blackpool. 8th September 1977
West Indian immigrants going back home. 11th August 1958
Skelton annual baby show. Circa 1973
Mum watches the children build sand castles as dad with his knotted handkerchief sun hat takes a nap in the deck chair on the beach in Southend, Essex. 30th July 1963
Chelseas Ron Harris has sweet dreams on his home on the train to London from Manchester after he captained his sides win over Leeds in the 1970 Cup Final at Old Trafford, Manchester
In Paddington three families share a terrace house. The two bedroom house means that one family has to sleep in the kitchen October 1953
Romark, the hypnotist puts his subjects to sleep on the stage of the City Hall in Newcastle in March 1971
Lazy summer days. The midday sun sends holidaymakers to sleep on Margate Beach. However one youngster continues to build his sandcastles whilst everbody else has 40 winks. August 1946
Actress Zena Marshall asleep. December 1953 D7606
An army special train taking troops back from leave during the Second World War. (Picture) Private James Hennessy and his pet dog Bill who travels with him by permission. 15th November 1942
Father Christmas surprises children sheltering in the tunnels of London Underground, December 1940. Sunday Pictorial Published Picture 22/12/1940
A sister of mercy who sits in a chair all night, guarding the homeless at a building near Whitehall, London, during an air raid in the Second World War. 6th October 1940
Air raid shelter in the London area. It is an official shelter, a disused underground railway tunnel. September 1940
2 soldiers in their quarters below their look out post. Picture undated. Mirrorpix will suggest 1st January 1942
Sergeants siesta in Hyde Park, London during World War II. 14th April 1941
Sea Scouts in their bunks on board the Daily Mirror vessel. September 1912
Father Christmas, having a nap at Robinsons Fish and Chips, Teesside, December 1972
Solders of the British Expeditionary Force billeted in a French barn as they get some rest for the evening in Northern France. October 1939
Prince Edward of Kent - The Duke of Kent First pictures of the Duke and Duchess of Kent with their new baby, the three-week-old Earl of St Andrews at Coppins, Ivor, Bucks 16 July 1962
Little Danish girl Tina Dubsky, daughter of Joseph Dubsky who has a comic Bulldog act at Belle Vue, is little mother to two month old bulldog pup Persil
Holidaymakers in Margate, Kent. 14th July 1966
Exhausted marathon runner tries to get 40 winks after completing the race 10th May 1987
Holiday scenes at Brighton. Two elderly holidaymakers sleeping on the beach after walking the promenade. 7th July 1963
Holiday scenes at Brighton Enjoying the summer sun, the operators of the Brighton Deep Sea Anglers enjoy a rest in their boat before taking holidaymakers out for a quick trip around the bay
This little day-tripper to Southends beach, takes a well earned nap after a long and hot day building sand castles with her mother and sister. 30th July 1963
Sally the mother of Pipaluk the polar bear cub who ventures out of his private den on to the Mappin Terraces, London Zoo, for the first time on13th March 1968 seen here having a nap
British Open 1974. Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lancashire, England, held 10th - 13th July 1974. Pictured, Crowd Scenes, 13th July 1974
A baby Orangutan at Twycross Zoo clutching a soft toy. 28th December 1974
At the new wartime day nursery at Cadoxton Glamorgan, Little Marilyn Fox stretches and yawns. Sleep wont come to her, as it does to the children around her
Margaret Anderson Johnson takes a nap next to her doll. 30th June 1941
A elderly Japanese tourist finds walking around historic London to much and catches forty winks on the tour coach. 6th August 1978
Sleeping Kitten. Cats Feature, Circa 1995
Victoria Embankment Gardens. The graceful statue of Robert Burns and the lunch time siesta people, London. 12th May 1954
A workman perched above the maddening crowds, takes a lunchtime snooze in the warm October sun in the centre of Leeds, while shoppers walk past below. Leeds, West Yorkshire, 18th October 1962
Polar Bear Sabrina seen here relaxing in her enclosure at London Zoo. 1st January 1975
Beatles drummer Ringo Starr leaves Liverpool airport for London and Paris. January 1964
Swans looking at a woman asleep in a boat, on the River Thames, London, Circa 1946
Father Christmas sneeks a quick forty winks between visitors to his grotto at Beechley Stables. 17th December 1993
The Coronation of King George VI in 1937 Y2K
World War II Invasion of France Canadian troops rest under a hedge in the Normandy countryside following bitter close quarter combat with the Germans
A man falls asleep on the boundary of the first cricket match of the season between Cambridge University and Essex. 21st April 1987
Woman feeding her baby in an underground tube station used as an air raid shelter during the war, London. November 1943
Holidaymaker Chris Murray from Govanhill, Glasgow, relaxes on the beach at Prestwick, 15th July 1974
6th Dragoon Guards horse making a pillow of a troopers legs. The impression on the face of the horse makes one think it is enjoying the luxury. 9th January 1915
Officers of The Royal Army Medical Corps are catching up on paperwork whilst the rest the platoon sleep and relax in Northern France. September 2 1914
A British soldier takes a break while waiting for his horses to be loaded aboard a transport ship bound for France. 10 September 1914
Cassius Clay aka (Muhammad Ali) catches up on some sleep in the Piccadilly Hotel on the day of his arrival in London. He is in Britain for a non-title fight against Henry Cooper at Wembley on 18th
England football players relaxing at their base in Hendon during the 1966 World Cup tournament. Martin Peters takes some time out for a quick nap. 10th July 1966
England and Stoke international hero Alan Hudson. Alan Hudson asleep with his Englands shirt over him following his debut England game against West Germany. March 1975 75-01423
Leeds United United win the FA Cup. Players wives Christine Yorath and Jill Bates with the trophy on the train home. 7th May 1972
A weary traveller removes his boots as he takes a rest on a bed made from two deckchairs in St James Park. 5th August 1971
1966 World Cup The England squad at their base in Hendon where they stayed throughout the tournament. Striker Jimmy Greaves (left) smokes a pipe while captain Bobby Moore has a nap. July 1966
Man using whatever improvised materials he can find including folded up deckchairs to build a shelter from the relentless sun as he sits out in St James Park during a fine Bank Holiday Monday
4 year old Richard Jefferson and his dog Shonder after winning at the dog show in Watford. 30th May 1950
Villagers gather beside the village green at Meopham, Kent to watch their local cricket team in action Circa June 1950
A mother tends to her young son while her daughter settles into a bed made from a wooden fruit box. This East End family takes shelter from a German air raid in a un-named London Underground station
Pop Group The Beatles November 1963 Night shots of fans a sleep queuing at Newcastle Upon Tyne to see their idols
An Elderly couple and their dog taking a nap whilst on a day out to the seaside Circa 1950 s
Butlins Holiday Camp at Bognor a couple sleeping in a deckchair with their dog on the promanade by the sea man wearing sandles and socks. June 1962
Stunts man lies on sunbed of nails on the beach Unknown date
A Nigerian army soldier tries to catch 40 winks in the back of the lorry going to the front in Biafra, Nigeria. 16th July 1968
Dawn Alton Actress March 98 Former Coronation Street with her newborn baby
Sheltered from the squalls in the Whitsun sunshine this holiday maker sleeps on the beach at Clacton on sea sheltered by a row boat June 1949
Cat and teddy bear hugging circa 1951
Lion, Nairobi Game Park in Kenya February 1971
A sleeping child at the Durham Miners Gala in July 1962
British soldier taking nap on bed found amid the ruins of a French house 1916
Families take cover from the Luftwaffe bombing of London in this disused London Underground railway tunnel. September 1940
Music - Pop Festivals - Isle of Wight - August 1969 Isle of Wight Pop Festival - woman sleeping
US servicemen and their families based in the UK celebrating the 4th July at California in Berkshire. July 1955
Tired baby in pram, circa 1950
Stephen Durham sleeping with pet Basset hound Sadie. 1972 27/06/1972
A little boy Kenneth James waits for his train at the station ready to take him home from his holidays on the beach at Bognor. June 1950
