Water Collection (page 8)

Heatwave at London Zoo. People queue for water. 22nd August 1955

One way of keeping cool - A ride on the East Park water chute

Holiday makers on the beach at Margate, enjoying the sunshine. Miss Valerie Hodgson, aged 17, a shorthand typist from Fulham pictured on Margate beach, Kent. 21st July 1959

Sunshine as warm as summer drenched the waterfront at Plymouth and tempted the early bathing belles to take the first dip of the season. Schoolgirl Julia Serridge, 14 years old, took the plunge

Summer sun brought out the seaside girls who wanted to catch the warm weather that has suddenly come to the coast. At Brighton

Sunshine as warm as summer shines in Plymouth, Devon. Schoolgirl Felicity Kutt, 15, who had a swim and said the water was lovely, pictured soaking up the hot sunshine. Plymouth, Devon. 28th March 1965

Holiday makers on the beach at Broadstairs, enjoying the sunshine. Two German girls on holiday, Ute Gundlach (left) aged 15 from Kassel and Ingeborg Filla aged 16 from West Berlin

80-year-old Bob Smart drinking at the Batheaston horse trough. 26th March 1971

Charlie Collins, age 10, son of the captain of the canal boat " Towcester & Butty" practicing on the horn, used to warn other boats of their approach at canal bends

Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, leader of a six man hovercraft expedition to the White Nile, which returned last Thursday, tries out a sister ship on the Thames at Putney

Aerial view of the devastation caused following the attack by Royal Air Force No. 617 Squadron (subsequently publicised as the " Dam Busters")

The famous "Dam Busters"raid by Royal Air Force No
The famous " Dam Busters" raid by Royal Air Force No. 617 Squadron on the Mohne, Eder and Sorpe Dams in the Ruhr Valley, Germany

Aerial view showing the damage to the Mohne Dam in the Ruhr Valley, Germany following an attack by Royal Air Force No. 617 Squadron (subsequently publicised as the " Dam Busters")

The Cairngorms, a mountain range in the eastern Highlands of Scotland. 3rd January 1962

The Observer Trophy Single-handed Trans Atlantic Race. Yachtsmen leaving from Plymouth. Pictured, the wash almost swamping the passengers of an amphibious motor car

General scenes of Lochinver cemetery. Lochinver is a village on the coast in the Assynt district of Sutherland, Highland, Scotland. 3rd August 1962

Two boys in a boat, at the boating lake at Northstead Manor Gardens in Scarborough, North Yorkshire. 11th August 1949

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip pictured leaving Barry docks on the Royal barge, during their silver jubilee tour. 23rd June 1977

Liverpool Waterfront, taken from the Birkenhead ferry boat. 1st December 1962

A view of Portsmouth harbour, Hampshire. 12th May 1958

General views of Sutton Harbour, Plymouth, Devon. 13th April 1961

The picture of contentment, a hankie for his head, a drop for his throat, a soothing cooler for his feet and his portable telly working

A view of the River Thames, London. October 1934

A pleasure steamer on the River Thames, London. 30th May 1950

Galston Street in Adamsdown, an inner city area and community in the south of Cardiff, Wales. 23rd January 1961. Our Picture Shows, Schoolboys Nigel Morris and Leslie Hughes

Rehearsals at the speed boat pool Battersea pleasure gardens for the TV broadcast of Five Bob at the Fun Fair. Girls who have won heats

A girl looking out to St Michaels Mount, Cornwall, September 1968

St Michaels Mount, Cornwall, September 1968

A village without water at Ruyton-XI-Towns, Shropshire. Churns are placed outside each house and are filled with ten gallons of water twice a week from a water cart

Scenes by the weir, Marlow, Buckinghamshire. 10th September 1954

Sunset on Thames Embankment. London. February 1967

The river Rhondda at Gelli. Gelli is a village in the Rhondda Fawr valley, in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales. The view from Alexander Road, pictured in the background in a coal tip

The Mirror Sailing Dinghy Picture taken at the I. P. C
The Mirror Sailing Dinghy Picture taken at the I.P.C. Yacht Club, Farloes Lake, Iver, Buckinghamshire, showing the boats grouped together for the start of a race and also individuals during the race

Sergeant Michael Dane rescues Senior Aircraftman Donald James during RAF Air and Sea Rescue service training mission. 29th November 1963

General scenes on Lundy Island. Lundy is the largest island in the Bristol Channel. It lies 12 miles off the coast of Devon. 4th April 1969

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Children fishing for tiddlers at Oldbury Court, Bristol 1968

Ipswich docks, Suffolk. 7th Januray 1965

Scenes of boys fishing at Keston Ponds, Kent. 9th January 1964

Scenes at Keston Ponds, Kent. 9th January 1964

Mr Larry Cooper who received a kit of parts to build a "Mirror"
Mr Larry Cooper who received a kit of parts to build a " Mirror" dinghy in February (pic job Z1585) Mr Cooper now builds his Mirror Dinghy in the garage of his Hastings home

The Mirror Dinghy at The International Boat Show at Earls Court. Old favourite at the show is the Mirror Dinghy - girl at the tiller is Marion West (19)

Mr Larry Cooper has just received a kit of parts to build a "Mirror"dinghy
Mr Larry Cooper has just received a kit of parts to build a " Mirror" dinghy. Mr Cooper checks the contents of the kit with building instructions

Mrs Betty Ann Williams or Exmouth, Devon bought a sixpenny ticket in a competition run by the Royal Marines in a countrywide effort to raise money for the Royal Marines Sailing Club

The temperatures rose again today in London and pavements became hotter and hotter. A man relaxes in the sunshine in Trafalgar Square. 24th June 1976

Heatwave in Trafalgar Square, London. As the temperatures soared into the 80s again today, the cool fountains in Trafalgar Square were even more tempting to the people sitting around them

Heatwave in Trafalgar Square. As the temperatures soared into the 80s again today, the cool fountains in Trafalgar Square were even more tempting to the people sitting around them

When the foaming waves break with a roar, bathers throw themselves forward onto their surf boards and speed along on the wave crest towards the shore. Tolcarne beach, Newquay, Cornwall. 5th June 1954

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