1960 to the present day Gallery

HMS Belfast and Tower Bridge AA98_05144

TOWER BRIDGE, Stepney, London. Looking down onto the foredeck of the cruiser HMS Belfast. Being guided up the River Thames by two tugs on the approach to Tower Bridge, which is opening to let it pass. This was Belfast's last voyage before she moored in the Pool of London. It was there converted to a static visitor attraction and is now operated by the Imperial War Museum. Photographed by Eric de Mare in 1971

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Harlesden, London AA071670

HARLESDEN, Greater London. A street scene with a No. 220 bus at a bus stop by a London Underground station sign in Harlesden at night, people waiting and cars passing, with the North Acton power station to the south of Harlesden Station in the background. John Gay, 1965

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Dark, Lamp Post, People, Traffic, Transport, Urban

Big Ben AA077048

PALACE OF WESTMINSTER, London. The Clock Tower colloquially known as Big Ben, located at the Palace of Westminster, which is alternatively known as the Houses of Parliament. View looking up from ground level with a street sign framing the tower in the foreground. Photographed by John Gay in 1965

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Clock, Gothic, Oblique, Politics, Signage, Tall, Time, Tower, Victorian