1940s Collection

Holland House library after an air raid BB83_04456
HOLLAND HOUSE, Kensington, London. An interior view of the bombed library at Holland House with readers apparently choosing books regardless of the damage. Photographed in 1940

Brixham EAW007578
Brixham Harbour and town, Brixham, Devon, 1947

Huddington Court BB48_00220
HUDDINGTON COURT, HUDDINGTON, WYCHAVON, WORCESTERSHIRE. Exterior view of Huddington Court and gardens. Exterior view of Huddington Court and gardens

Edmonton shops HAB01_01_09_02
Fore Street, Edmonton, Enfield, Greater London. Exterior view showing the shopping parade at 365-373 Fore Street

Kingston shops HAB01_01_07_14
Castle Street, Kingston upon Thames, Greater London. A view from Fife Road looking south into Castle Street, showing the shopping parades on either side, with people on the streets

Torquay EAW005875
Torquay, Devon. The harbours and the town, from the south-east, 1947

Totquay New Harbour EAW007583
Torquay, Devon. The New Harbour, 1947

Torquay Old Harbour EAW011685
The New Harbour and Old Harbour, Torquay, Devon, 1947

Torquay Old Harbour EAW011689
The Old Harbour, Torquay, Devon, 1947

Torquay harbours EAW011684
The New Harbour and Old Harbour, Torquay, Devon, 1947

Torquay EAW007582
The Old and New Harbour and the town, Torquay, Devon, 1947

Torquay EAW007581
The Old and New Harbour and the town, Torquay, Devon, 1947

South Woodford Woolworths HAB01_01_02_01
George Lane, South Woodford, Redbridge, Greater London. The shopping parade at 130-150 George Lane, showing the shop front of F W Woolworth and Company Limited in the foreground

Repairing Milbank Estate P_H00261_004
Millbank Estate, Ruskin House, Herrick Street, Millbank, City of Westminster, Greater London. View from the north of Ruskin House on the Millbank Estate

Repairing Milbank Estate P_H00261_001
Millbank Estate, Ruskin House, Herrick Street, Millbank, City of Westminster, Greater London. An elevated view of Ruskin House on the Millbank Estate

Market Cross a48_00561
Market Cross, Market Place, North Walsham, North Norfolk, Norfolk, 1947. The Market Cross, seen from the west

Teign Valley US_7PH_GP_LOC118_V_5046
Teign Valley, Devon, photographed by an aircraft of the United States Eighth Air Force's 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group on 22 December 1943

Delivering a dragline excavator JLP01_08_001556
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE. A Pickfords low loader transporting a W90 walking dragline excavator to Whitley Bay opencast coal site

Chatham High Street BB42_00150
High Street, Chatham, Medway, Kent, 1942. View from the north-west showing terraced shops on the north side of the High Street, with number 277 in the foreground

North Shields shops a49_07233
97-100 Howard Street, North Shields, North Tyneside, 1949. Exterior view from the north-west of 97-100 Howard Street

Weymouth Harbour JLP01_07_016_007
WEYMOUTH, WEYMOUTH AND PORTLAND, DORSET. A view from the east looking towards Weymouth Pavilion and seafront, with cranes lining Weymouth Harbour on the left

Aneurin Bevan JLP01_01_055_66
PATCHWAY, SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Aneurin Bevan, the Minister of Health, greeting children and signing autographs at the official opening of fifty houses on the Patchway Estate

Tennis Courts JLP01_08_001339
Laing Sports Ground, Rowley Lane, Elstree, Barnet, Greater London. A view through a hatch towards people playing tennis at Laings new Sports Ground in Elstree

Moreton-in-Marsh US_7GR_LOC349_RP_3041
Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucesterhsire. Photographed by the USaF early in 1944, prior to D-Day, with barracks, truck parks and Sherman tanks parked in the main street

St Giles Cripplegate CXP01_01_080
St Giles Cripplegate, Fore Street, City of London. A view looking south-east across a bomb damaged landscape towards St Giles Cripplegate Church

Bury St Edmunds Station RO_05840_006
Bury St Edmunds Station, Station Hill, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds, St. Edmundsbury, Suffolk. A view along the railway track at Bury St

West Front P_A02107_007
Bury St Edmunds Abbey, Abbey Church, Bury St. Edmunds, Abbey Precinct, St. Edmundsbury, Suffolk. Abbey West Front incorporated into later buildings

Cathedral EAW024397
Bury St. Edmunds, St. Edmundsbury, Suffolk. St James Cathedral and the Abbey Gardens, 1949

St Edmundsbury EAW024396
Bury St. Edmunds, St. Edmundsbury, Suffolk. The Abbey Gardens and environs, 1949

Ripon Cathedral a72_00942
St Peter and St Wilfrid's Cathedral Church, Minster Close, Ripon, Harrogate, North Yorkshire. The west front of Ripon Cathedral 1948

Ludlow Castle EAW010355
Ludlow Castle and town, Ludlow, 1947

Ludlow Castle EAW010350
Ludlow Castle and the River Teme, Ludlow, Shropshire, 1947

Circular Chapel a45_01295
Ludlow Castle, Chapel, Ludlow, Shropshire, 1944. Interior view looking north-west in the chapel at Ludlow Castle

Circular Chapel a43_06727
Ludlow Castle, Chapel, Ludlow, Shropshire. 1920-1943. Exterior view from the west of the chapel at Ludlow Castle, with two gentlemen hurrying out of shot

St Marys Court a43_00977
St Mary's Court, 49-51 North Bar Within, Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, 1943. This timber framed medieval building probably dates from the 15th century. It is shown here in use as a garage

North Bar Within WSA01_01_03067
North Bar, North Bar Within, Beverley, East Riding Of Yorkshire, 1949. A view showing the south side of North Bar, with 59 - 67 North Bar Within adjoining on the south-west side

Bells Court BB43_00875
1-4 Bell's Court, Falmouth, Cornwall, 1943. During the 18th century Bell's Court was home to George and Stephen Bell (father and son), packet agents

Arwenack House BB43_00859
Arwenack House, Grove Place, Falmouth, Cornwall. The "Sailors Hostel", in the south wing of Arwenack House, viewed from the south east

Pendennis and Falmouth Harbour RAF_106g_uk_1663_rs_4193
Pendennis Castle and Falmouth Harbour, Cornwall, 1946

Berwick and Tweedmouth RAF_540_44_sffo_0184
Berwick-Upon-Tweed and Tweedmouth, Northumberland, 1948. Aerial reconnaissance photography by the RAF

Market Hall a081558
An elderly woman seated by a crate of eggs in a bustling market hall in Shropshire. Possibly taken in Shrewsbury's Victorian Market Hall, which was demolished in 1963

St Julians Church OP04485
St Julian's Church, St Julians Alley, Norwich, Norfolk, 1941. Exterior of St Julian's Church, Norwich from the north east

Norwich Cathedral EAW002894
Norwich Cathedral and the city centre, Norwich, from the east, 1946

Wolverhampton 1948 RAF_CPE_UK_2469_RP_3280
Wolverhampton, 1948. Vertical aerial reconnaissance photography by the RAF

Factory a42_03230
12 Church Street, Wolverhampton. A view looking north west towards the factory at 12 Church Street on the corner of St John's Square

Barnhurst Farm a42_03204
Barnhurst Farm, Pendeford, City of Wolverhampton. Barnhurst Farm seen from the west, framed by gate piers. In 1867 Wolverhampton Corporation purchased the Banhurst estate

Bomb site clearance P_H00230_006
Whitmore Estate, Kingsland Road, Hoxton, Shoreditch, Hackney, Greater London. Men at work during reconstruction of flats on the Whitmore Estate in Hoxton following war damage

Post war prefabrication P_H00212_006
Two men constructing the upper storey of a Spooner house using plywood panels, 1947. Spooner houses were produced by Hull based manufacturer J L Spooner Ltd and were timber framed with a brick skin

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