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A traffic jam on the M61 motorway as holidaymakers try to make their way to Blackpool and the Lake District. The congestion was caused by traffic trying to get onto the M6. 19th April 1973
Indian troops of the British Indian Army move forward in lorries, supported by a Light Tank Mk VI to relieve the besieged garrison port of Tobruk. 24th November 1941
Cars parked outside the Imperial College of Science and technology in South Kensington, London. Circa 1960
Actor Michael Caine arrives for the premiere of his latest film "Alfie"Actor Michael Caine arrives for the premiere of his latest film " Alfie" with his girlfriend Elizabeth Eroy at the Plaza Theatre in Haymarket, London. 25th March 1966
Contingents of foreign Navies and Marines marching during the funeral procession of Lord Louis Mountbatten who was killed by an IRA bomb on his fishing boat at Mullaghmore, Ireland
A man carrying his shopping bag as he walks past delapidated buildings with broken windows and boarded up doorways in the streets around Cannon Street
Daily Mirror Hula Hoop Girls performing at Hammersmith Palais. 4th October 1958
Two men who work for the GPO at work with a mine detector as they try to find a cable of which they have no record in Holborn, London, 8th May 1949
Policeman John Breeze on duty at the junction of Bow Street and Long Acre Road in London, directing traffic with signals. Standing with him is seven year old Terry Jennings who wanted to help out
A 130 foot long distillation column causes chaos among the traffic at Hyde Park corner as it took over 60 minutes to move through crowds of taxis buses
Two of the school of 25-30 dolphins swimming in the River Thames near the Naval College at Greenwich. 29th October 1965
Window cleaner Adrian Rogers in his cradle as he cleans one of the many windows at the GPO Tower in London. 7th June 1966
Regent Street packed with traffic as new Christmas lights in the form of chandeliers hanging from the middle of the street are turned on. 26th November 1959
A conductor checks for passengers tickets on the open top deck of a London tram. These tickets were used as part of a Daily Mirror promtion with a prize awarded to a winning ticket number
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
Busy scenes showing crowds of traders in a hurry at the London Stock Exchange shorlty after opening for business, 21st November 1967
Six girls wearing the latest Marks and Spencer clothes pose at Piccaddilly Circus in Londons West End before appearing at a fashion show. 20th September 1961
The GPO radio tower in London, appears to be leaning in this picture taken using a convex mirror. 23rd January 1964
Ole Bill, a London bus form around 1914, is overtaken by one of the modern day Routemaster buses on Waterloo Bridge. On top are four Chelsea pensioners waving off the Routemaster as it leaves Tilbury
A stall holder at Petticoat Lane market serves another customer as crowds descended looking for Cnbhristmas presents. 21st December 1958. London Petticoat lane
A floating Shell Mex and BP filling station on the River Thames with Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament in the background. 14th September 1951
Thirteen year old Joyce Hayward who has been appointed to organise a tree adoption scheme on a council housing estate at Camelot House, London one of the biggest blocks of council flats in the city
Passengers aboard the new Thames Water Bus at Charing Cross on the 12 mile daily trip between Putney and Limehouse. 27th July 1948
Acrobat Frank Paulo jumps upside down on a trampoline on the roof of the GPO building in London as he rehearses for the annual Variety Club Charity Show at Billy Smarts Circus in Shephereds Bush
Shoppers walk underneath hanging illuminations on Regent Street after the Christmas lights were turned on. 28th November 1958
Young trainspotters at Paddington Station observing the locomotives. 26th May 1961
A cleaner seen here spraying a pesticide to kill germs during a routine cleansing of the bus at a London Transport garage. 30th May 1935
A new look for British Railways. At the Design Centre, Haymarket, London, an exhibition of new designs throughout the railway system ranging from locomotives, right down to the human element
Mr Freke Palmer, solicitor for former Glasgow constituency MP Hugh Watt, arrives at Marlborough Street police court in a hansom cab
Wilfred Clocks Off. 64 year old Wilfred Cripps of South London has had a very winding job. For the past 34 years exactly, Wilfred has wound his way up the 225 steps of the spiral staircase to
Londons first black policeman P. C. Norwell Lionel Gumbs aged 21 from Bromley seenLondons first black policeman P.C. Norwell Lionel Gumbs aged 21 from Bromley seen here in his second week of training at Hendon Police College. 5th April 1967
The statue of Boudicca (Boadicea) Queen of the Iceni, driving a chariot by Thomas Thornycroft and positioned at the end of the Victoria Embankment in 1902
Teddy Boys seen here at the Thirteen Canteen, Elephant and Castle, London 4th July 1955
A section of the huge crowd that gathered to hear the speakers at the Jarrow marchers demonstration in Hyde Park
The high walls surrounding the Old Peoples home in Southern Grove, Stepney. Circa 1963
Police Constable Piara Singh Kenth, Londons first Sikh police officer. He was an Inspector of Police in Kenya. October 1969
A young girl freezing cold, wrapped up in a coat, hat and scarf, as she stands in front of the ice covered statue of Eros in Piccadilly Square. 31st January 1976
Wakey Wakey, Mothers Home. While the cats a way the mice will play, so the old saying goes. And as if to prove that naughty boys cannot be left alone with the housekeeping money for five minutes at a
A whist drive scene at Burton Hall Brixton Road, SW9 18th April 1951
Washing day in The Strand, by the Gladstone Memorial, Sunday, a tramp takes the opportunity of the empty streets to do some washing. He was later found out by a patrolling policeman and moved
The Popes visit to the United Kingdom May 1982. Pope John Paul II seen here waving to the crowds from the pope-mobile as he drives through Victoria. 28th May 1982
A man cools off by going for a swim in the pond in front of the stage at the Crystal Palace pop festival. 7th June 1975
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
An aerial view of London showing St Pauls Cathedral flanked by some of the new office blocks constructed during the recent economic boom. 23rd August 1959
Congestion in Park Lane at the height of the rush hour. 23rd August 1981
New Years Reveller 1984. So Friendly: A policeman is kissed by a girl punk in Trafalgar Square as 1984 begins. 1st January 1984
Music fan Jennie Wilson wearing a cool outfit in Hyde Park for the The Rolling Stones concert, She arrived from her Earls Court home at 3am in order to get a good position. 5th July1969
A group of children a female tram passenger for her used ticket after she descended from the vehicle. The tickets were used as part of a Daily Mirror promtion with a prize awardd to a winning ticket
