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RIP Terry O’Neill (30 July 1938 – 16 November 2019)

RIP Terry O’Neill (30 July 1938 – 16 November 2019)

Of the incredible stars he photographed he found they all had their insecurities. “You know what always amazed me? That none of the beautiful women I’ve photographed ever thought they were beautiful. Ava didn’t. Marilyn didn’t. Michelle Pfeiffer doesn’t. Such a waste.” ...
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“Traveller’s Joy” – The Key to the Countryside – Beautiful Shell Adverts from the mid-1950s

“Traveller’s Joy” – The Key to the Countryside – Beautiful Shell Adverts from the mid-1950s

From the 1920s and into the 1950s the Shell Oil Company produced some wonderful advertising posters and some said, the most beautiful the country has ever seen. ...
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1966: When Football’s Solid Gold Jules Rimet World Cup Was Stolen In London

1966: When Football’s Solid Gold Jules Rimet World Cup Was Stolen In London

On March 20 1966, the World Cup was on show at the National Stamp Exhibition in Central Hall, Westminster and then it was gone... ...
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‘A Minor Wonder of the World’ – Speakers’ Corner in London – 1981

‘A Minor Wonder of the World’ – Speakers’ Corner in London – 1981

George Orwell once described Speakers' Corner as "one of the minor wonders of the world", and listened to "Indian nationalists, temperance reformers, Communists, Trotskyists, the Socialist Party of Great Britain (SPGB), the Catholic Evidence Society, freethinkers, vegetarians, Mormons, the Salvation Army, the Church Army, and a large variety of plain lunatics". ...
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The Great British Seaside In Photographs

The Great British Seaside In Photographs

The British at the seaside - determined to have fun whatever ever the weather ...
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The Dursley Carnival Pictures (1959)

The Dursley Carnival Pictures (1959)

Brian Candy's photos of the Dursley Carnival pictures were taken in the mid-1950s, on black and white 35mm film, probably using a Praktica camera ...
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Once the ‘Swingingest Street in the World’: Pictures of Carnaby Street 1924-1975

Once the ‘Swingingest Street in the World’: Pictures of Carnaby Street 1924-1975

"Perhaps nothing illustrates the new swinging London better than narrow, three-block-long Carnaby Street, which is crammed with a cluster of the 'gear' boutiques where the girls and boys buy each other clothing..." - TIME magazine, April 1966 ...
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Wonderful Cecil Beaton Photographs of the Tyneside Docks in 1943

Wonderful Cecil Beaton Photographs of the Tyneside Docks in 1943

It must have all seemed a bit incongruous watching the great society photographer walking around the Tyneside Dockyards taking pictures... ...
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Picking Hops In Kent – 1900-1949

Picking Hops In Kent – 1900-1949

For centuries families have travelled to Kent to pick hops ...
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Captivating Colour Photographs of London, 1970-1974

Captivating Colour Photographs of London, 1970-1974

These fabulous photographs of London in the the early part of the 1970s are shown ...
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Girls And Gardens : The English Lady’s Autochromes (c.1908)

Girls And Gardens : The English Lady’s Autochromes (c.1908)

Etheldreda Laing's photographs takes us to where the fairies live at the bottom of the garden ...
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Around The World In Kodachrome  – A Nobel Laureate’s Outstanding Travel Photographs

Around The World In Kodachrome – A Nobel Laureate’s Outstanding Travel Photographs

In the 1950s and 60s Martin Karplus took his camera where ever he went - and he went everywhere (pretty much) ...
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