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1960s Collection

Background image1960s Collection: Kettering Woolworths FWW01_01_0221_04

Kettering Woolworths FWW01_01_0221_04
F W Woolworth and Company Limited, 51 - 55 High Street, Kettering, North Northamptonshire. A view from the south-east of the premises of F W Woolworth and Company Limited, 51-55 High Street

Background image1960s Collection: Bristol Brabazon JLP01_08_070272

Bristol Brabazon JLP01_08_070272
FILTON AIRFIELD, SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE. The Bristol Brabazon G-AGPW on the runway at Filton Airfield. The first prototype of the Bristol Brabazon, designed by the Bristol Aeroplane Company

Background image1960s Collection: Thrust boring JLP01_08_077158

Thrust boring JLP01_08_077158
NORFOLK. A view of thrust boring being carried out during the installation of the Fens gas pipeline. Work on laying the Fens gas pipeline started in June 1967

Background image1960s Collection: Gas pipeline JLP01_08_076813

Gas pipeline JLP01_08_076813
NORFOLK. A view of the Fens gas pipeline, showing protective canopies located at joints along the pipe where sub welds were carried out

Background image1960s Collection: Baptistery window JLP01_08_062574

Baptistery window JLP01_08_062574
COVENTRY CATHEDRAL, PRIORY STREET, COVENTRY. Looking across the interior of Coventry Cathedral towards the baptistery window

Background image1960s Collection: Ice cream van JLP01_08_071642

Ice cream van JLP01_08_071642
Hornchurch Court, Bonsall Street, Hulme, Manchester. A recently completed multi-storey block of Sectra flats in Hulme, probably Hornchurch Court

Background image1960s Collection: Empress State Building JLP01_08_062727

Empress State Building JLP01_08_062727
EMPRESS STATE BUILDING, Lillie Road, Earls Court, HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM, GREATER LONDON. The newly completed Empress State Building, Earls Court, London

Background image1960s Collection: M6 Motorway construction JLP01_08_081804

M6 Motorway construction JLP01_08_081804
EDEN, CUMBRIA. A view of the construction of the M6 Motorway through the Lune Gorge, showing dump trucks on the haul road leading from the Lawtland House viaduct and Roger Howe bridge

Background image1960s Collection: Engraving glass JLP01_08_061032a

Engraving glass JLP01_08_061032a
COVENTRY CATHEDRAL, PRIORY STREET, COVENTRY. John Hutton engraving a panel of glass on the West Screen at Coventry Cathedral

Background image1960s Collection: Pipelaying JLP01_08_076891

Pipelaying JLP01_08_076891
NORFOLK. A pipelayer with a side boom and a team of workers laying a section of the Fens gas pipeline into a trench. Work on laying the Fens gas pipeline started in June 1967

Background image1960s Collection: Welding JLP01_08_076889

Welding JLP01_08_076889
NORFOLK. A view of welding taking place along the Fens gas pipeline, showing a protective canopy erected to cover two sections of pipe being welded together

Background image1960s Collection: Wrapping and sealing JLP01_08_076816

Wrapping and sealing JLP01_08_076816
NORFOLK. A team of workers wrapping and sealing the end of a steel pipe on the Fens gas pipeline. Work on laying the Fens gas pipeline started in June 1967

Background image1960s Collection: Pneumatic clamp JLP01_08_076807

Pneumatic clamp JLP01_08_076807
NORFOLK. A team of men working on the lining up operation of the Fens gas pipeline, showing the internal pneumatic clamp for locking steel pipes together

Background image1960s Collection: Pipelaying JLP01_10_00159

Pipelaying JLP01_10_00159
NORFOLK. A row of Caterpillar 583 pipelayers with side booms, lifting the Fens gas pipeline into a recently dug trench. Work on laying the Fens gas pipeline started in June 1967

Background image1960s Collection: Map Room JLP01_08_077525

Map Room JLP01_08_077525
University of Nottingham, Sir Clive Grainger Building, University Park, Nottingham. The map room in a new building for the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences at the University of Nottingham

Background image1960s Collection: Show flat JLP01_08_066124

Show flat JLP01_08_066124
Darnhill, Heywood, Rochdale. The living and dining room in the Sectra show flat at Heywood. This Sectra show flat was on the first floor of a 13-storey block

Background image1960s Collection: Keele Services JLP01_01_165_31

Keele Services JLP01_01_165_31
M6 Motorway, Keele Service Area, M6, Keele, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. A view looking north towards Structure 347A at the Keele Service Area of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)

Background image1960s Collection: Chatham High Street BB68_02394

Chatham High Street BB68_02394
Sun Hotel, 85 High Street, Chatham, Medway, Kent. View from the south-west of the High Street, showing the location of the Sun Hotel

Background image1960s Collection: Opening Yate Shopping Centre JLP01_08_071866

Opening Yate Shopping Centre JLP01_08_071866
Yate Shopping Centre, Yate, South Gloucestershire. A large crowd of people gathered around the fountain on Four Seasons Square for the official opening of Yate Shopping Centre

Background image1960s Collection: Hospital laundry JLP01_08_069259

Hospital laundry JLP01_08_069259
West Cumberland Hospital, Homewood Road, Homewood, Whitehaven, Copeland, Cumbria. Workers washing and pressing bed linen in the laundry at West Cumberland Hospital

Background image1960s Collection: Installing a wall panel JLP01_14_00230

Installing a wall panel JLP01_14_00230
HULME, MANCHESTER. A block of 12M Jespersen flats under construction in Hulme, showing a wall panel with inset windows about to be hoisted into position

Background image1960s Collection: Roof support work JLP01_08_060847

Roof support work JLP01_08_060847
COMMONWEALTH INSTITUTE, KENSINGTON HIGH STREET, KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA, GREATER LONDON. Workers inserting a wedge in the timber formwork at the top of a roof support column during construction of

Background image1960s Collection: Swiss Centre Taverne JLP01_08_077633

Swiss Centre Taverne JLP01_08_077633
Swiss Centre, Coventry Street, Leicester Square, City of Westminster, Greater London. The interior of The Taverne at the Swiss Centre

Background image1960s Collection: M6 Junction 14 JLP01_08_065790

M6 Junction 14 JLP01_08_065790
M6 Motorway, Junction 14, M6, Creswell, Stafford, Staffordshire. A view looking south on the west side of the Stafford North junction (Junction 14)

Background image1960s Collection: Clock Tower Court EFC01_01_05_015_20920

Clock Tower Court EFC01_01_05_015_20920
Clock Tower Court, Park Avenue, Bexhill on Sea, Bexhill-on-Sea, Rother, East Sussex. The south facade of Clock Tower Court, showing flats 1-9 and the projecting balconies

Background image1960s Collection: Hexagonal paving DP251002

Hexagonal paving DP251002
Strawberry Hill, Fieldend Estate, Twickenham, Richmond upon Thames, Greater London. Detail of original 1960s hexagonal paving tiles

Background image1960s Collection: Nurses accommodation JLP01_08_057435

Nurses accommodation JLP01_08_057435
West Cumberland Hospital, Homewood Road, Homewood, Whitehaven, Copeland, Cumbria. Two nurses outside the entrance to the nurses accommodation block at West Cumberland Hospital

Background image1960s Collection: Maternity block JLP01_08_069254

Maternity block JLP01_08_069254
West Cumberland Hospital, Homewood Road, Homewood, Whitehaven, Copeland, Cumbria. The entrance to the maternity clinic at West Cumberland Hospital

Background image1960s Collection: Walsgrave Hospital JLP01_08_081910

Walsgrave Hospital JLP01_08_081910
Walsgrave Hospital, Clifford Bridge Road, Walsgrave on Sowe, Coventry. The exterior of the Maternity Block at the Walsgrave Hospital, Coventry, showing the main entrance and ambulance canopy

Background image1960s Collection: Smethwick JLP01_08_077777

Smethwick JLP01_08_077777
Smethwick, Sandwell, West Midlands. A view over a housing estate, consisting of low rise Easiform flats and high rise Sectra flats, in the Soho Way/Oakfield Road area of Smethwick

Background image1960s Collection: Replacement housing JLP01_08_069312

Replacement housing JLP01_08_069312
St Marys Estate, Oldham. A worker securing a concrete slab during the construction of 12M Jespersen prototype flats in Oldham, with derelict terraced houses in the background

Background image1960s Collection: Nurses hostel JLP01_08_074883

Nurses hostel JLP01_08_074883
Restell Close, Greenwich, Greater London. Two women sitting, reading and writing, in the bedroom of a Sectra block of residential nurses flats on Restell Close

Background image1960s Collection: Paternoster Square JLP01_08_067632

Paternoster Square JLP01_08_067632
PATERNOSTER SQUARE, CITY OF LONDON. Looking north-east across the Paternoster development during its construction, showing completed blocks and some under construction including Sudbury House

Background image1960s Collection: Minories Car Park JLP01_08_082403

Minories Car Park JLP01_08_082403
Minories Car Park, 1 Shorter Street, City of London. The entrance to the staircase of the City Engineers Highways Depot, built as part of the contract for Minories Car Park

Background image1960s Collection: Rusticating fluted concrete JLP01_08_081191

Rusticating fluted concrete JLP01_08_081191
Minories Car Park, 1 Shorter Street, City of London. A workman hammering chunks out of the fluted concrete surface of the curtain wall at Minories Car Park

Background image1960s Collection: Lancashire Hill JLP01_08_077958

Lancashire Hill JLP01_08_077958
Lancashire Hill, Stockport. A general view across a Laing construction site at Lancashire Hill, showing the excavation of the site prior to the erection of a 12M Jespersen scheme

Background image1960s Collection: Flower pot race JLP01_08_071228

Flower pot race JLP01_08_071228
Laing Sports Ground, Rowley Lane, Elstree, Barnet, Greater London. Women competing in a flower pot race, with spectators behind a rope fence

Background image1960s Collection: Egg and spoon race JLP01_08_060168

Egg and spoon race JLP01_08_060168
Laing Sports Ground, Rowley Lane, Elstree, Barnet, Greater London. Four young girls lined up at the start of an egg and spoon race during a Laing sports day at Elstree

Background image1960s Collection: Flats in Hulme JLP01_08_076201b

Flats in Hulme JLP01_08_076201b
HULME, MANCHESTER. A view over the construction site of three-storey flats in Hulme, built using the 12M Jespersen system

Background image1960s Collection: Naval quarters JLP01_08_075209b

Naval quarters JLP01_08_075209b
Gosport, Hampshire. A group of people including staff from the Royal Navy at the opening of married quarters in Gosport. This Armed Services housing estate of 1000 12M Jespersen flats

Background image1960s Collection: Hyperbolic paraboloid formwork JLP01_08_060599

Hyperbolic paraboloid formwork JLP01_08_060599
COMMONWEALTH INSTITUTE, KENSINGTON HIGH STREET, KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA, GREATER LONDON. Workers constructing the timber formwork for the central hyperbolic paraboloid roof section of the exhibition

Background image1960s Collection: Construction site JLP01_08_078571

Construction site JLP01_08_078571
Doddington Estate, Battersea, Wandsworth, Greater London. A view looking north-east over the Doddington Estate during the early stages of construction, with Battersea Power Station in the distance

Background image1960s Collection: Bull Ring Centre JLP01_10_00149

Bull Ring Centre JLP01_10_00149
BULL RING CENTRE, BULL RING, BIRMINGHAM, WEST MIDLANDS. A view of the Bull Ring Centre with crowds of people outside on the day of the opening ceremony

Background image1960s Collection: Opening the Bull Ring JLP01_08_068579

Opening the Bull Ring JLP01_08_068579
BULL RING CENTRE, BULL RING, BIRMINGHAM, WEST MIDLANDS. HRH Prince Philip exiting the new Woolworths store at the Bull Ring Centre on the day of the opening ceremony

Background image1960s Collection: Bull Ring Centre JLP01_08_067060

Bull Ring Centre JLP01_08_067060
BULL RING CENTRE, BULL RING, BIRMINGHAM, WEST MIDLANDS. A view of the Bull Ring Centre showing the district bank, part of bridge 4A, and office block 3 (Bridge House) in the background

Background image1960s Collection: Examining a model JLP01_08_066009

Examining a model JLP01_08_066009
BULL RING CENTRE, BULL RING, BIRMINGHAM, WEST MIDLANDS. A group of councillors from Utrecht, Holland, being shown an architectural model of the Bull Ring Centre during a visit to the site

Background image1960s Collection: Woolworths JLP01_08_059912

Woolworths JLP01_08_059912
F W WOOLWORTH AND COMPANY LIMITED, BULL RING CENTRE, BULL RING, BIRMINGHAM, WEST MIDLANDS. Exterior view of the F W Woolworth & Co on Spiceal Street

Background image1960s Collection: Baptist Chapel JLP01_08_083018

Baptist Chapel JLP01_08_083018
Broadmead Baptist Church, Union Street, Broadmead, City of Bristol. An interior view of Broadmead Baptist Church, showing seating overlooked by a second floor gallery

Background image1960s Collection: Friends outside JLP01_08_072661

Friends outside JLP01_08_072661
Bearwood House, Bearwood Road, Smethwick, Sandwell, West Midlands. A young woman sitting in the lounge-diner of a flat at Bearwood House, waving to a friend outside

Background image1960s Collection: Aylesbury Estate Walworth JLP01_08_081550

Aylesbury Estate Walworth JLP01_08_081550
Aylesbury Estate, Walworth, Southwark, Greater London. A panoramic view from the north-west showing the Aylesbury Estate during construction

Background image1960s Collection: Delivery JLP01_08_083042

Delivery JLP01_08_083042
Aylesbury Estate, Walworth, Southwark, Greater London. A lorry delivering precast concrete panels from Laings factory in Andover to a block of flats on the Aylesbury Estate

Background image1960s Collection: Excavator and dump truck JLP01_08_059930

Excavator and dump truck JLP01_08_059930
STAFFORDSHIRE. A view of excavations being carried out on the route of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6), showing a excavator loading a dump truck with excavated material

Background image1960s Collection: Sugar beet processing JLP01_08_082654

Sugar beet processing JLP01_08_082654
WISSINGTON SUGAR FACTORY, COLLEGE ROAD, METHWOLD, KINGs LYNN AND WEST NORFOLK. Sugar beet in the polar beet silo at Wissington Sugar Factory, showing the conveyor bridge

Background image1960s Collection: Childrens play area JLP01_08_076262

Childrens play area JLP01_08_076262
Upton Priory, Macclesfield, Cheshire. A view of children playing in a play area in front of flat-roofed Easiform terraces on a housing estate in Macclesfield

Background image1960s Collection: Swiss Centre Taverne JLP01_08_077630

Swiss Centre Taverne JLP01_08_077630
Swiss Centre, Coventry Street, Leicester Square, City of Westminster, Greater London. The interior of The Taverne at the Swiss Centre

Background image1960s Collection: Ice cream factory JLP01_08_060122

Ice cream factory JLP01_08_060122
WALLs ICE CREAM FACTORY, GLOUCESTER, GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Workers at machinery on the first floor of the Production Block of the Walls Ice Cream Factory

Background image1960s Collection: M6 under construction JLP01_08_064260

M6 under construction JLP01_08_064260
M6 Motorway, M6, Swynnerton, Stafford, Staffordshire. A view of the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6), showing Structure 348/Fb the entrance into Trentham Park

Background image1960s Collection: M6 under construction JLP01_08_064257

M6 under construction JLP01_08_064257
M6 Motorway, M6, Swynnerton, Stafford, Staffordshire. A view of the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)

Background image1960s Collection: Nantwich Road bridge JLP01_08_062788

Nantwich Road bridge JLP01_08_062788
M6 Motorway, M6, Audley Rural, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. A view of the construction of Section D2 of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)

Background image1960s Collection: Midland Link Motorway construction JLP01_08_069215a

Midland Link Motorway construction JLP01_08_069215a
M6 Motorway, M6, Penkridge, South Staffordshire, Staffordshire. A view of the construction of the Midland Link Motorway, between Junction 13 and Junction 11 of the M6

Background image1960s Collection: Building M6 Junction 16 JLP01_01_165_23

Building M6 Junction 16 JLP01_01_165_23
M6 Motorway, Junction 16, M6, Audley Rural, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. A view of the construction of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)

Background image1960s Collection: Pipelaying JLP01_08_077164

Pipelaying JLP01_08_077164
NORFOLK. The Fens gas pipeline being lifted by a row of Caterpillar 583 pipelayers, with two workers crouched at one end of the pipe

Background image1960s Collection: Beer supply JLP01_08_066074

Beer supply JLP01_08_066074
Harp Lager Brewery, Draymans Way, Manor Park, Alton, East Hampshire, Hampshire. A view of tankers parked outside the new Harp Lager Brewery

Background image1960s Collection: Working on a chimney JLP01_08_060724

Working on a chimney JLP01_08_060724
ISLE OF GRAIN, MEDWAY. Construction workers suspended in harnesses working on the surface of a chimney stack at the South Eastern Gas Boards (SEGAS) Power Station on the Isle of Grain

Background image1960s Collection: Eggborough Power Station JLP01_08_072336

Eggborough Power Station JLP01_08_072336
EGGBOROUGH POWER STATION, A19, EGGBOROUGH, SELBY, NORTH YORKSHIRE. An exterior view of Eggborough Power Station, seen from the south-west

Background image1960s Collection: Eggborough Power Station JLP01_08_072337b

Eggborough Power Station JLP01_08_072337b
EGGBOROUGH POWER STATION, A19, EGGBOROUGH, SELBY, NORTH YORKSHIRE. An exterior view of Eggborough Power Station, seen from the south-east

Background image1960s Collection: Concrete play area JLP01_08_075900

Concrete play area JLP01_08_075900
Greenmeadow, Cwmbran, Torfaen, WALES. Children playing on sculptures in a childrens play area on the Greenmeadow housing estate

Background image1960s Collection: Belvedere helicopter JLP01_08_062441c

Belvedere helicopter JLP01_08_062441c
COVENTRY CATHEDRAL, PRIORY STREET, COVENTRY. RAF Belvedere helicopter hovering above tarmac just to the north of Coventry Cathedral

Background image1960s Collection: Operation Rich Man JLP01_08_062441b

Operation Rich Man JLP01_08_062441b
COVENTRY CATHEDRAL, PRIORY STREET, COVENTRY. Looking from the roof of Coventry Cathedral towards a RAF Belvedere helicopter parked on the tarmac below

Background image1960s Collection: Operation Rich Man JLP01_08_062436

Operation Rich Man JLP01_08_062436
COVENTRY CATHEDRAL, PRIORY STREET, COVENTRY. A group of RAF staff on the roof of Coventry Cathedral watching a RAF Belvedere helicopter making an approach towards the cathedral

Background image1960s Collection: Operation Rich Man JLP01_08_062435

Operation Rich Man JLP01_08_062435
COVENTRY CATHEDRAL, PRIORY STREET, COVENTRY. A RAF officer, surrounded by communications equipment, standing on the roof of Coventry Cathedral during the lowering of the 80ft bronze spire

Background image1960s Collection: Unveiling St Michael and the devil JLP01_08_057620

Unveiling St Michael and the devil JLP01_08_057620
COVENTRY CATHEDRAL, PRIORY STREET, COVENTRY. A crowd of people watching the unveiling ceremony of the statue St Michael and the Devil by sculptor Jacob Epstein at Coventry Cathedral The statue of

Background image1960s Collection: Allscott Sugar Beet Factory JLP01_08_060530

Allscott Sugar Beet Factory JLP01_08_060530
Allscott Sugar Beet Factory, Allscott, Wrockwardine, Telford and Wrekin. A view from scaffolding during the construction of a sugar silo at the Allscott Sugar Beet Factory

Background image1960s Collection: Allscott Sugar Beet Factory JLP01_08_060536

Allscott Sugar Beet Factory JLP01_08_060536
Allscott Sugar Beet Factory, Allscott, Wrockwardine, Telford and Wrekin. The concrete batching plant at Allscott Sugar Beet Factory seen during the construction of two sugar silos

Background image1960s Collection: Allscott Sugar Beet Factory JLP01_08_060532

Allscott Sugar Beet Factory JLP01_08_060532
Allscott Sugar Beet Factory, Allscott, Wrockwardine, Telford and Wrekin. A floodlit view of a sugar silo under construction at Allscott Sugar Beet Factory

Background image1960s Collection: Allscott Sugar Beet Factory JLP01_08_061059

Allscott Sugar Beet Factory JLP01_08_061059
Allscott Sugar Beet Factory, Allscott, Wrockwardine, Telford and Wrekin. Two Laing workers concreting the roof of a sugar silo at Allscott Sugar Beet Factory

Background image1960s Collection: Weston Rise Estate DP183291

Weston Rise Estate DP183291
Weston Rise Estate, Stelfox House, Penton Rise, Pentonville, Islington, Greater London. General view of the south end of the estates south block, Stelfox House

Background image1960s Collection: Swinging Sixties AA072122

Swinging Sixties AA072122
Heath Street, Camden, Greater London. A man in a beret and dark glasses and a young woman with a pale coloured bulldog, sit on the pavement against a railing, while cars drive by in the background

Background image1960s Collection: Knaresborough Viaduct WSA01_05_048

Knaresborough Viaduct WSA01_05_048
KNARESBOROUGH VIADUCT, KNARESBOROUGH, HARROGATE, NORTH YORKSHIRE. A view from the Waterside looking north-west towards the railway viaduct, with rowing boats on the River Nidd

Background image1960s Collection: Lower Slaughter WSA01_05_034

Lower Slaughter WSA01_05_034
UP STREAM BRIDGE, BECKY HILL, LOWER SLAUGHTER, COTSWOLD, GLOUCESTERSHIRE. A view from the west of Up Stream Bridge

Background image1960s Collection: Anne Hathaways Cottage WSA01_05_044

Anne Hathaways Cottage WSA01_05_044
Anne Hathaway's Cottage, Cottage Lane, Shottery, Stratford-upon-Avon, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire. A view from the south-east of Anne Hathaway's Cottage, with visitors in the garden

Background image1960s Collection: Halls Croft WSA01_05_040

Halls Croft WSA01_05_040
HALL'S CROFT, OLD TOWN, OLD TOWN, STRATFORD-UPON-AVON, STRATFORD-ON-AVON, WARWICKSHIRE. A view from the north-west showing the front elevation of Hall's Croft

Background image1960s Collection: Royal Shakespeare Theatre WSA01_05_037

Royal Shakespeare Theatre WSA01_05_037
ROYAL SHAKESPEARE THEATRE, WATERSIDE, STRATFORD-UPON-AVON, STRATFORD-ON-AVON, WARWICKSHIRE. A view from the north-east looking along the River Avon towards the Royal Shakespeare Theatre

Background image1960s Collection: Preston RAF_543_2750_1f21_0215

Preston RAF_543_2750_1f21_0215
Preston, Lancashire, 1964, showing the River Ribble, the Railway station and Fishergate



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