People Collection (#2)

Bull Ring Shopping Centre, Birmingham JLP01_12_001
Interior view of the Bull Ring Shopping Centre, Birmingham, showing escalators and people shopping, c. 1964. John Laing Collection

St Annes Court Soho a065613
St Annes Court, Soho, City of Westminster, Greater London. View along St Annes Court, Soho, showing signs for clubs and shops, with the corner of the Rose & Crown, Dean Street, in the foreground

Picnic on the beach BB98_02415
KENNACK SANDS, St Keverne, Cornwall. A group having a picnic on the beach at Kennack. Photographed by Alfred Newton and Son between 1896 and 1914

The Burford Bus CC57_00488
BURFORD, Oxfordshire. A horse drawn bus " The Burford Bus" with passengers standing outside the Bull Hotel. Photographed by Henry Taunt (active 1860 - 1922)

Car lift at a multi-storey car park BL19998
MITCHELL MOTORS COMPANY, 114 Wardour Street, Westminster, London. An early motor car, with a chauffeur in the drivers seat on a car lift

Royal opening of Birmingham General Hospital BL14150_001
BIRMINGHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL, Steelhouse Lane, Small Heath, Birmingham

Bomb damage, Birmingham 1942 OP09006
HIGHGATE ROAD, Sparkbrook, Birmingham, West Midlands. Bomb damage photographed by James Nelson, 29th July 1942

Smithfield Market, Birmingham c. 1890s OP09004
SMITHFIELD MARKET, Birmingham, West Midlands. A corner of Smithfield Market c.1890s. A steam tram travels down Moat Row towards Smithfield Street

Billericay Windmill, Essex a78_01556
BILLERICAY WINDMILL, Essex. Today Billericay is on the outskirts of Greater London, but at the turn of the century, when this picture was probably taken, the area was still rural

Carousel ride CC49_00528
St Giles Fair, Oxford. A crowd of people gathered around a carousel ride in St Giles during the annual fair, held at the beginning of September. Photographed by Henry Taunt in 1895

Clifton Suspension Bridge a98_04333
Clifton Suspension Bridge, Clifton, Bristol. View of the Clifton Suspension Bridge seen from the river bank below

Steam power, Charwelton, Northamptonshire a97_05431
Workers at Charwelton, Northamptonshire. Construction workers on Great Central Railway

Bomb damage, Liverpool 1941 BB90_03807
GREAT CHARLOTTE STREET, Liverpool. View of bomb damage and pedestrians going about their daily routines, May 1941

Market Court, Kensington High Street BB77_09230
MARKET COURT, London. A photograph of Market Court on the south side of Kensington High Street, three years before the site was demolished. The inhabitants pose for the camera

Tulip picking, Lincolnshire a98_09310
Fulney, Spalding, Lincolnshire. The tulip was introduced into Europe in the 16th century from Turkey and takes its name from the French word for turban. It became an important cash crop

Exeter 1942 BB42_00714
Exeter, Devon. A perspective view of the Georgian facade of 27-32 Southernhay West in 1942. Bomb damage. The rest of the terrace has been destroyed as part of the Baedecker raids

Whelk boats, Norfolk a98_14631
Wells next the Sea, Norfolk. An inshore fishing boat, the William Edward, unloads cockles at Quayside, watched by an appreciative audience. Photographed by Hallam Ashley Augusr 1949

Farrier, Woodbastwick, Norfolk a98_13563
Woodbastwick, Norfolk. Interior of blacksmiths shop. A farrier shoeing a horse. A working horse would need re-shoeing about every five weeks

Railway station footbridge a062680
LONDON BRIDGE STATION, Southwark, London. View looking down the steps leading from the footbridge to the platforms at London Bridge station. Date range: 1960-1972. John Gay

Walberswick Beach a082343
WALBERSWICK BEACH, Suffolk. Rotted wooden posts in the sea at Walberswick, with figures in the distance. Photographed by John Gay in 1969

Buckingham Palace Stables BL18828_A
BUCKINGHAM PALACE STABLES, London. Interior view of the royal stables with a figure in a hat. Photographed by Bedford Lemere for Musgrave and Co in May 1905

Hampstead Grove a071844
HAMPSTEAD GROVE, London. A street view showing the pollarded trees in winter with Fenton House to right and people walking on the pavement outside. Photographed by John Gay

Housesteads Roman Fort N060996
HADRIANs WALL: HOUSESTEADS FORT, Northumberland. Aerial detail view of the granaries with visitors providing scale. hadrian

Flodden Field K940715
FLODDEN FIELD, Northumberland. Site of battle of 1513. Memorial cross

Harlesden, London a071670
HARLESDEN, Greater London. A street scene with a No

Boxer dog a069703
FLAGG MOOR, Flagg, Derbyshire

Ragtime Band BL23648_A
MAISON LYONS, London. Ragtime band playing at the department store in Oxford Street, 1916. Bedford Lemere

Football match in Victoria Park AL0299_001
VICTORIA PARK, London. Spectators watching a football match in 1961. Laurence Goldman

Henley regatta in 1897 CC71_00067
Taking tea at the Henley Regatta, Oxfordshire. A group of men and women take tea on a college barge overlooking the Henley Royal Regatta

Office work. D M Gant, turf accountant BL_20490_03
An interior view of a crowded office. D M Gant was a turf accountant based at 25 Conduit Street, London. Photographed by Adolphe Augustus Boucher, a photographer for Bedford Lemere & Co, 1 April 1909

Hastings a98 / 05468
HASTINGS, East Sussex. View of two women walking past a group of fishermens stores ( net shops ) during 1956. Eric de Mare

Strand on the Green, Chiswick a064333
STRAND ON THE GREEN, Chiswick, London. Rear view of two elderly women seated on a bench between trees overlooking boats moored on the River Thames. Also, a dog lying in the shade behind the bench

St Pancras Chambers a062283
ST PANCRAS CHAMBERS, London. The south facade of the station with a man walking along the pavement beside a row of parked cars. Date range 1960-1972. John Gay

Coastal path, Cornwall N100385
TINTAGEL CASTLE, Cornwall. View of coastal path signage with arrow pointing to the castle with walkers on the right path

Brockwell Lido PLA01_03_0262
Brockwell Lido, Dulwich Road, Brockwell Park, Lambeth, Greater London

Rover factory JLP01_01_045_36
ROVER CAR COMPANY WORKS, LODE LANE, SOLIHULL, WEST MIDLANDS. An interior view of the Rover factory in Solihull showing manufacturing in progress of the Rover P4 series of cars

Kenilworth Castle c. 1870 BB75_06911
KENILWORTH CASTLE, Warwickshire. Victorian visitors c. 1870. View looking North West towards Leicesters Building and the Keep

A group portrait, RMS Olympic BL24989_001
Six men posed on the deck of RMS Olympic, White Star Line, 1920. The Olympic was sister ship to the ill-fated Titanic and Britannic

Farman Biplane EGP_22662_53
A group of men watching as two men take their seats in a Farman biplane at Bournemouth in 1910. The pilot has been identified as Claude Graham-White, pioneer of aerial reconnaissance

Horse and Trap BB98_10628
The man in this picture is probably the groom, while the woman with the gun probably the lady of the house. The picture may be located in Ilmer, White Leaf or Monks Risborough, Buckinghamshire

Queen Victoria and her family N950006
OSBORNE HOUSE, Isle of Wight. Photograph from a Royal Family album. Queen Victoria and her family. Windsor. 1863

Wrestlers CC49_00511
St Giles Fair, Oxford. Four female wrestlers, an unusual spectacle, posing outside their stall at St Giles Fair, watched by a large crowd. Photographed by Henry Taunt September 1909

Parliament Hill Fields Lido PLA01_03_0306
Parliament Hill Fields Lido, Gordon House Road, Gospel Oak, Camden, Greater London

South Woodford Woolworths HAB01_01_02_01
George Lane, South Woodford, Redbridge, Greater London

Rover factory JLP01_01_045_32
ROVER CAR COMPANY WORKS, LODE LANE, SOLIHULL, WEST MIDLANDS. An interior view of the Rover factory in Solihull, showing workers polishing Rover P4 series cars

Venton East Square, St. Just, Cornwall a97_07634
A view of Mrs Barnes and others outside houses on Venton East Square, St. Just, Cornwall. 1901. Photgraphed by Alfred Newton and Sons

Liverpool War Memorial CC73_02987
Groups of people surrounding the First World War memorial in the Cotton Exchange, Old Hall Street, Liverpool

Commuter Station, Palmers Green Station, 1914 BB92_20713
Palmers Green Station, Aldermans Hill, Greater London. General view looking south-east towards the up platform of Palmers Green station, crowded with passengers. Photographed in 1914

Soho market a099590
Rupert Street, Soho, London. Elevated view looking north along Rupert Street, showing a bustling Berwick Street Market. Photographed by John Gay, mid-1950s

Woad production, Algarkirk, Lincolnshire NMR02_01_00009
Algarkirk, Lincolnshire. A group of man and women cropping woad and collecting it in large wicker baskets. The earliest woad production in Britain dates from the Iron Age

Memories CC025337
Wells, Somerset. A woman leaning against the low stone wall on the west side of the moat around the Bishops Palace, holding a posy of flowers in her hand

Day trip a107204
Corfe Castle Station, Dorset. Three women on the down platform with Corfe Castle visible in the background and locomotive LSWR Drummond M7, destined for Swanage, pulling away from the platform

Elephant house a98_06396
London Zoo, Regents Park, Greater London. General view of the elephant and rhino pavilion showing crowds and an elephant

Harvest time, Lower Cadsden, Buckinghamshire a97_05316
LOWER CADSDEN, Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire. View of people in a field, including farm workers taking a break from harvesting, with a smart lady and gentleman

Thames Head CC73_00534
THAMES HEAD, Coates, Gloucestershire. View at the source of the River Thames in the Cotswolds at Thames Head. Showing the fourth spring and man beside the pump. Photographed by Henry Taunt in 1890

Excavating the Rotherhithe Tunnel BB99_06818
ROTHERHITHE TUNNEL, London

Gardener, Suffolk a98_07503
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. Gardener sweeping pathway at St Edmunds Abbey Garden. Photographed by Hallam Ashley in May 1947

Cannon Wharf, circa 1856 BB57_01541
CANNON WHARF, Westminster, London. This was a coal wharf off Cannon Row, downstream from Westminster Bridge. The whole area was swept away during the construction of the Victoria Embankment

Putney OFH01_01_01_f05_16
PUTNEY HIGH STREET, PUTNEY, WANDSWORTH, GREATER LONDON

Stratford-upon-Avon DAC01_03_012
BRIDGE STREET, STRATFORD-UPON-AVON, WARWICKSHIRE. The view looking east along Bridge Street with the George Inn in the left foreground

A group portrait, RMS Olympic BL24989_003
A group posed on the deck of RMS Olympic, White Star Line, 1920. The Olympic was sister ship to the ill-fated Titanic and Britannic

Hunting party DP067905
Wrest Park, Silsoe, Bedfordshire. Chinese wallpaper depicting a hunting party of men with bows and arrows in a wooded landscape with birds

Greetings DP067921
Wrest Park, Silsoe, Bedfordshire. Detail of Chinese wallpaper showing two people with fans bowing to each other, with a tree, flowering shrubs, a large bird and a butterfly

Petticoat Lane Market a054036
Petticoat Lane Market, Middlesex Street, Whitechapel, London. 1950s street scene taken from an upper floor window

Bewdley GOM01_05_050_27
Bewdley, Worcestershire. A view looking west along Load Street towards St Annes Church with cars and motorbikes parked in the foreground. Photographed by Andor Gomme in September 1957

Festival Pleasure Gardens a054055
Festival Pleasure Gardens, Battersea Park, Wandsworth, London. Passengers riding the waterchute fairground ride at the Battersea Festival Gardens, Greater London, illuminated at night

Fore Street, Hatfield a080269
A view looking north west in Fore Street, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, showing to the right of frame the East Indian Chief Public House at no

Kentish Town, 1960s FF003351
A man on stepladders re-painting the exterior of a business premises in Kentish Town, London. 1960s. Photographer, John Gay

Building Rotherhithe Tunnel BB99_06816
Rotherhithe Tunnel, Shadwell, London. A view of the bulkhead from inside during construction

How do you do MF001503_19
Tower Of London, Tower Hill, London. A Beefeater bends down to address a raven. Photographed by John Gay between 1935 and 1939

Ramsbury Wiltshire BB97_11952
Ramsbury, Wiltshire. Women and children posing outside a thatched cottage. Photographed by Frederick Ault. Part of the Henry Taunt collection (1860-1922)

Woods Restaurant a97_05220
Woods Restaurant, Berwick Upon Tweed, Northumberland. Interior with group seated at a table and waiting staff. Photographed by Alfred Newton & Son, 1902

Festival Pleasure Gardens a077613
Festival Pleasure Gardens, Battersea Park, Wandsworth, London. Passengers riding the waterchute fairground ride at the Battersea Festival Gardens, Greater London, illuminated at night

Victorian golfers CC76_00354
Burnham And Berrow Golf Course, Somerset. Opened in 1891 by Burnham Golf Club, the course was originally nine holes

On patrol IC048 / 027
Hadrians Wall. Reconstruction line drawing of Roman soldiers mounted on horseback. Location based on Grindon Milecastle. Attributed to Philip Corke. c.1985 - c.2000. hadrian

Westwood Manor OP05899
Group portrait outside the entrance front of Westwood Manor, Wiltshire, c.1860. Unknown photographer, albumen print

Bradfield House OP01731
Bradfield House, Bradfield, Uffculme, Devon, April 1852. Unknown photographer, dilute albumen print from a paper negative

Clovelly, Devon OP04926
CLOVELLY, Torridge, Devon. A view up the main cobbled street in Clovelly, with a donkey on the cobbles and a woman standing on the terrace of the New Inn talking to a man below

Durrington Walls J930177
DURRINGTON WALLS, Wiltshire. Reconstruction drawing. The post holes at Durrington Walls interpreted as an elaborate wooden ceremonial site by Peter Dunn (English Heritage Graphics Team)

At the village water pump a97_05320
BARTON HARTSHORN, Buckinghamshire. General view showing people collecting water from the village water pump. A woman is helped by a young girl while two well dressed ladies look

Post Lady, Kerrier, Cornwall, 1901 BB98_01839
This woman, working as a post lady, is emptying a post box at an unidentified location in Kerrier, Cornwall

Faringdon Cattle Market CC97_02236
MARKET PLACE, Faringdon, Oxfordshire. The cattle market underway, with the Salutation Inn to one side and the churchyard to the other. Faringdon was granted a market in 1218

Crossing the pond CC73_01138
EWELME, Oxfordshire. A young man with a horse and cart, laden with a barrel, crossing the village pond. Probably the water carrier. Photographed by Henry Taunt sometime between 1860 and 1922

Stonehenge, Summer Solstice N100566
STONEHENGE, Wiltshire. Summer solstice. View of crowds and lit stones. Midsummer before dawn

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