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Street scene, London a064283A street with a row of different sized terraced houses and cars parked, possibly in Chelsea, London. John Gay, 1972
Discarded TV a071519A discarded television beside a row of four dustbins outside a house in Kentish Town, Camden, Greater London. Photographed by John Gay
Swinging Sixties AA072122Heath 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
Gold Hill, Shaftesbury, Dorset a091482Women walking down Gold Hill in Shaftesbury, Dorset, a steep cobbled road running between picturesque cottages and the walls of St Mary and St Edwards Abbey. Photographed by John Gay, late 1950s
London Alleyway a098635Rainy view of a dimly lamp lit alley in Londons theatre land off St Martins Lane. Photographed by John Gay, early 1960s
Donkey ride a071928Hampstead Heath, Greater London. Two small boys riding donkeys being led across the road in front of Whitestone Pond, with people strolling on the banks of the pond behind
Halifax FF003428An elevated view looking north west from Stoney Royd over Halifax, West Yorkshire. Photographed by John Gay in the 1960s
Piece Hall a083824Looking over the market stalls in the courtyard of the Piece Hall in Halifax, West Yorkshire. Originally built as a cloth hall in the late 18th century
Chimney pots a073317Sloane Street, Chelsea, Kensington And Chelsea, Greater London. A view looking south from the roof of a building on Sloane Street, close to the junction with Hans Street
Parsnip and Turnip a100836A parsnip and a turnip. Photographed by John Gay
Manx Loaghtan Sheep a091731A Manx Loaghtan sheep sitting down in long grass at the Cotswold Farm Park, Temple Guiting, Gloucestershire. Photographed by John Gay, June 1973. Long-horned sheep
Duck Crossing a087228A duck crossing road sign surrounded by long grass and weeds. Devon. 1960s-1970s. Photographed by John Gay
Swans a076252Swans on a river, with cattle in a snow covered field beyond. Possibly near Gaddesden. Hertfordshire. Photographed by John Gay in the 1950s or 1960s
Holly Bush Hill a098692Holly Bush Hill, Hampstead, London NW3. Holly Bush Hill in the snow, showing a woman approaching along a path. This image featured in London Observed by John Gay, published June 1964
Cows eye a091202Close-up of a Highland cows eye at the Royal Smithfield Show, Earls Court, December 1956. Photographed by John Gay
Flyovers a083828The modern elevated carriageways of Burdock Way spanning Hebble Brook and the Victorian North Bridge in Halifax West Yorkshire. Photographed by John Gay in 1976
How do you do MF001503_19Tower Of London, Tower Hill, London. A Beefeater bends down to address a raven. Photographed by John Gay between 1935 and 1939
Festival Pleasure Gardens a077613Festival Pleasure Gardens, Battersea Park, Wandsworth, London. Passengers riding the waterchute fairground ride at the Battersea Festival Gardens, Greater London, illuminated at night
St Pauls Cathedral a077337ST PAULS CATHEDRAL, London. Part of the west facade of St. Pauls Cathedral in the City of London, as seen past road traffic on Ludgate Hill to the west, with London buses in the foreground
Postman, Harnham, Salisbury OP04500HARNHAM, Salisbury, Wiltshire. View from the Old Mill at Harnham, looking across the water meadows towards Salisbury Cathedral with a postman pushing his bicycle along the Town Path in
Tower Bridge a076902TOWER BRIDGE, London. The bridge seen from riverside gantries, looking east. The Thames is still a major port, with Thames barges and other vessels moored in mid stream
Lamp post a065351DAME STREET, Islington, London. A view south into a section of Dame Street, showing the top of a lamp post in the foreground, and terraced houses beyond. John Gay. Date range: 1955-1965
Spaniards Inn, Hampstead Heath a071901SPANIARDS INN, Hampstead Heath, Hendon, London. The No. 210 bus driving through the narrow gap between the Spaniards Inn and the old Toll House at the junction of Spaniards Road and Hampstead Lane
The Old Royal Naval College a065204OLD ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE, Greenwich, London. View from a hill in Greenwich Park, looking north-west across the park towards the Queens House and the Old Royal Naval College
Rag and bone cart a064811A horse-drawn rag and bone cart standing on the road outside the Builders Arms public house at 1 Kensington Court Place, Kensington, London, with St. Albans Mansions visible beyond. John Gay
Bench, Kew Gardens a064198KEW GARDENS, Greater London. A metal bench seat surrounded by magnolias in bloom at Kew Gardens, two ducks and a blackbird by the bench. Photograph by John Gay. Date range: Jan 1962 - May 1964
Bulldog a072946A bulldog lying by a doorstep in the foreground, with people at stalls at a street market behind, possibly Inverness Street, Camden Town, London. Photograph by John Gay. Date range: 1960-1965
Friesian cow a067430A friesian cow tethered to a mobile parking meter in a farmyard. Photograph by John Gay; date range 1964-1974
Cutty Sark a065184CUTTY SARK, Greenwich, London. A detail view of the stern of the Cutty Sark by night, showing her decorative name plate and rudder
Blackpool a047903BLACKPOOL, Lancashire. General view along beach towards the Blackpool Tower seen through centre of ring of life buoy on central pier. Mid 20th century. John Gay
Children in the snow a054098HALIFAX, West Yorkshire. A view showing a group of children sledging down a snow covered road. Date range 1962-1978. John Gay
Sheep a079979Mob of sheep and an orchard in blossom. Headcorn, Kent. April 1964. Photographed by John Gay
Morris Dancing FF003010Town Street, Thaxted, Essex. A group of morris dancers and a unicorn hobby horse at a Thaxted Morris Ring meeting. Photographed by John Gay in the mid-1960s
Framlingham Castle FF003076Framlingham Castle, Castle Street, Framlingham, Suffolk. The Prison Tower projecting from the curtain wall. The battlemented curtain walls
Blacksmiths, Gloucestershire a054054The interior of a blacksmiths workshop in Gloucestershire. Photographed by John Gay in the 1950s at an uncertain location
Hay Bales FF002978Ashendon, Buckinghamshire. Hay bales stacked in a field. Photographed by John Gay
A new baby a089549Thaxted, Essex. Looking down at a group of women cooing at a baby in a pram as a man looks on. Photographed by John Gay in the late 1950s
Out of the pram a086152Blackpool, Lancashire. A young mother with baby and pram standing beside an ice cream cart. Photographed by John Gay 1946-55
Dad with pram a066358Golders Hill Park, Greater London. A man with a child in a pram stop outside an enclosure, withpeople behind looking at a stag on the other side of the fence. Photographed by John Gay 1960s
On the beach a082144Suffolk. A couple walking along a beach, the man pulling a pram behind him. Photographed by John Gay in 1963
Avebury Stone Circle a083102Avebury, Wiltshire. Standing stones in the south-east sector of Avebury stone circle, showing the Devils Chair in the foreground. Photographed by John Gay (date uncertain)
Festival Pleasure Gardens a054055Festival Pleasure Gardens, Battersea Park, Wandsworth, London. Passengers riding the waterchute fairground ride at the Battersea Festival Gardens, Greater London, illuminated at night
Speakers Corner a054025General view of a crowd at Speakers Corner in Hyde Park, London, with a young black man on the platform with arm outstretched. Date range 1962-1964. Photographer, John Gay
Kentish Town, 1960s FF003351A man on stepladders re-painting the exterior of a business premises in Kentish Town, London. 1960s. Photographer, John Gay
Cats drinking milk GAY01_08_01_01_001Two cats drinking milk from a pail. Part of a series of cats photographed by John Gay (active 1946-1980)
Cats slippers a083181Portrait of cats beside a pair of slippers on the window sill of a house in Lacock, Wiltshire. Photographed by John Gay, 1950s
Cat snack a081620A cat eating off the ground at a farm in North Shropshire, in front of the snouts of three pigs with their heads under a gate. Photographed by John Gay, 1960s
Cat perch a086641A tabby cat sitting on top of a wall beside a house, and staring down a sloping handrail towards the camera. Photographed in Cornwall by John Gay, 1950
