1950s Childhood Collection (page 2)

Boy collecting apples
A smiling, happy boy amongst the orchard trees, collecting the fallen shiny English apples in a wooden box. Painting by Raymond Sheppard

Family

Physical education, girls
A group of barefooted teenage girls learn to be graceful and lady-like during a lesson of musical movement, which involves playing various musical instruments whilst stretching and dancing

Milk for school children, 1955
Before Margaret Thatcher the milk snatcher put and end to free school milk for the over sevens, all primary school children would enjoy their daily third pint ration at school

Bedfordshire road signs 1950
A girl in sturdy shoes and long socks, probably school uniform, perches on top of a signpost by the B579 road near Chalton in Bedfordshire

Boy Feeds Rabbit C1950S
A little boy feeds his rabbit

Board Games 1950S
A group of young schoolgirls playing a board game

Children / Animals / 1950S
Two children hold a monkey and a parrot

A Letter for Santa Claus
A little girl in her dressing gown, leaves a note up the chimney for Santa Claus on Christmas Eve

SACK RACE
Children compete in a sack race, during a school sports day

School Netball Match
A netball game in progress at a school

Festival Parade Steps
Visitors around the steps to The Parade at the Festival Pleasure Gardens, Battersea, part of the Festival of Britain celebrations

Slide Queue
A crush on the steps of a playground slide, as one little girl chickens out and decides to get off

Boy Using Microscope
A schoolboy at Lingfield Secondary uses a microscope

Reading Cycling Map
Which way? A group of schoolgirl cyclists and their teacher pause to look at a map, Hatchmere, Cheshire, England

Playing with Model Boats
MODEL BOATS A father and his boys launch their model yachts upon the West Shore Pool at Llandudno, Wales

Fishing by the Mill
The Middle Mill, formerly called The Kings Mill, on the River Colne, Colchester, Essex, England, now sadly demolished forever

School Dinners 1956
Pupils tuck into their school dinners at the Dorothy Stringer Secondary School, Brighton

Gym Class in Progress
Physical Exercise - gym class in progress at Danesfield County Primary School, Buckinghamshire

Sports Day / Running 1950S
A very determined-looking boy runs along the track. A group of schoolboys, watch him, some in shorts, others in school uniform

Sports Day Sack Race 50S
Boys and girls of various ages race against one another in the sack race

Stamp Collecting 1960S
A boy stamp collector, sticking stamps into his stamp book

Science Class
Henry Thornton Grammar School, Clapham, London: the teacher gives a demonstration

Classroom Scene Nevill
Nevill County Secondary School A classroom of children sitting at their desks Date: 1960

Ickwell May Queen
ENGLAND Ickwell Green, Bedfordshire. For 400 years May Festivities have been held on the Old May (Julian Calendar). Here the May Queen is crowned

Maypole, Ickwell, Beds
The children of Ickwell, Bedfordshire continue the English tradition of Maypole dancing on the village green as part of their May Day festivities

Search for Head Lice
The Nit Nurse checks a young boy for head lice as the rest of the class look on with interest and possible apprehension

Little girl eating an ice cream, Cornwall
Close-up of a little girl sitting on a mooring post in a Cornwall harbour, eating an ice cream

Little girl eating an ice cream, Cornwall
A little girl sits on a mooring post in a Cornwall harbour, eating an ice cream

Playing Darts, Worcestershire
A young boy playing darts, his board nailed to an outdoor pole, outside the Fleet (Arms?) pub, Worcestershire. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd

Young Girl on Bench 1950
A young girl sits on the arm of a bench

Maypole Dancing, Ickwell
The children of Ickwell, Bedfordshire continue the English tradition of Maypole dancing on the village green as part of their May Day festivities

Boy / Girl Pick Fruit 1950
A boy and a girl pick blackberries and place them in a plastic trug

Chimney Sweep & Brush
A chimney sweep kneels on the hearth and prepares to insert his brush up the chimney

Boys Play Dominoes
Evening relaxtion at the Kings Youth Hostel, Dolgelly, Wales, as dominoes and chess are played

Boy Holding a Kitten
A boy in a striped shirt and trousers with braces holds a fluffy tabby kitten

Little Girl & Teddy
A young girl hugs her teddy bear

Childrens Doll & Teaset
A boy pretends to pour tea for a little girl and her doll

Children on the Beach
Four young children enjoy an ice cream on the beach

Girls Admire a Boy
Two little girls appear to have a crush on the little boy sitting in this concrete ring

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