1950s Collection (page 8)

England / Totnes
Fore Street, Totnes, Devon and the splendid 15th century East Gate Arch

England / Meadfoot / Torquay
A fine view of Meadfoot, a wooded bay, with the lovely Hesketh Crescent (1848), which incorporates the Osborne Hotel, at Torquay, Devonshire

Scotland / Tobermory
View of Tobermory, an attractive seaport and the principal town of the Isle of Mull, on the west coast of Scotland

England / Porthleven
Low tide at Porthleven, a small seaport town on Mounts Bay, Cornwall, England

Box Hill, Surrey
A fine view of Box Hill, Surrey, and the road which climbs up to the 700 feet top of this beauty spot, above the River Mole, named because of the many box trees on it

Cocktail Girls 1950S 3 / 4
Two smiling, leggy young models enjoy a drink together at a cocktail bar. A towels is slunged nonchalantly over a bar stool. I hope they don t intend to drink & swim!

Rickmansworth / Herts / 50S
A sylvan glimpse in one of Rickmansworths pretty lanes, one of the beauty spots of Hertfordshire

Somerset Sheep Sale
A typical scene at a sheep sale at Bridgewater, Somerset, England, at one of the annual fairs, held towards the end of September each year

View of Hexham Abbey, Northumberland
Hexham Abbey, Northumberland, viewed from the north west. It is the parish church of Hexham, dedicated to St Andrew

Helston Cornwall Furry
THE FLORAL DANCE takes place during Furry day at Helston, Cornwall At noon, couples in evening wear dance between the houses to bring the occupiers good luck

Clog Dance / Toaduff
CLOG DANCING / ENGLISH STEP DANCE An audience watch a demonstration by Jackie Toaduff, at the York Summer Festival

Strawberry Pickers

Stiebel Evening Dress
An evening dress in golden jersey classically draped and folded. By Victor Stiebel at Jacqmar

Southampton Civic Centre
The magnificent Civic Centre building, Southampton, Hampshire, the first civic centre in Britain. Designed by E. Berry Webber. Foundation stone was laid in 1930

South Harting / Sussex
SOUTH HARTING This village was the home of novelist Anthony Trollope

The Apiarist - a bee keeper demonstrating the examination of frames of brood

Continental Boat Express
The (rear of) the double-headed Continental Boat Express train at Folkestone, Kent, England, the Southern terminal for the short sea route to Boulogne and Calais, France

Bristol Uni Students
Women students at Bristol University reading in the library

Edinburgh Uni Studying
Students at Edinburgh University, apparently studying science, read and make notes in a library

Queen Elizabeth Liner
The Queen Elizabeth, the largest of the P. & O. Liners, seen here in the Solent, off the Isle of Wight, England

Greedy Hamster
A hamster with its pouches stuffed with food

The Flying Saucer Conspiracy, book cover
THE FLYING SAUCER CONSPIRACY, a book by Donald E Keyhoe. The cover shows two airline pilots sighting a flying saucer through their cockpit window

UFO Book
Michel CARROUGES, Les Apparitions de Martiens The incident depicted is the October 1954 encounter between Marius Dewilde and aliens at Quarouble, France Date: 1954

England / Milton Abbas
The distinctive charm of the village street of Milton Abbas, Dorset. Built in the 1780s by Sir William Chambers at the request of Lord Milton; an early English model village Date: 1950s

England / Piddinghoe
The Sussex village of Piddinghoe, England, on the River Ouse, between Lewes and Newhaven, with its fine old church and round tower

Cobbler
Making a wooden shoe. Date: 1950s

England / Bramham
A charming view of the village street of Bramham, Yorkshire, England, seen through the lychgate of its ancient church. Date: 1950s

Fishing Tackle & Trouts
Fishing tackle and trouts. Date: 1950s

Welsh Cottages
Typical traditional Welsh cottages beside the River Dovey, near Machynlleth, Montgomeryshire, Wales. Date: 1950s

Girl Show Jumper
A happy girl Show Jumping with her horse over a hurdle. Date: early 1950s

Roman Trackway
Wold Gate or Wod Yat, an ancient Roman trackway following the line of the Roman road over the Yorkshire Wolds, England. Here dipping into Kilham Village. Date: 1950s

Victor Stiebel / Dress
A fashion design by Victor Stiebel (1907-1976) for a blue paper taffeta cocktail dress. The diaphragm is swathed with darker shaded taffeta, which falls in two flat panels

Petergate, York
A view of Petergate, York, during festival time, with the towers of the Minster in the background

Natural History Museum
A view of the front of the Natural History Museum, London

Grasmere / Lake District
Grasmere Lake

Judo at Oxford 1950S
Judo is practised in the Quad at Oxford

Horstead Watermill, on the River Bure, Norfolk, was one of the most beautiful weatherboarded wooden mills in England. Tragically destroyed by fire on 23 January 1963

Victor Stiebel / Ballgown
A glamorous evening dress of nylon lace made by designer Victor Stiebel (1907-1976). See picture no.10197051

Victor Stiebel Suit
A town suit in charcoal grey flannel with velvet collar by Victor Stiebel for Jacqmar. Jacket fastens diagonally, basque curves over the hips

Harvesting with Tractor
Havesting barley on a farm in Suffolk, England, using a Fordson tractor

Mid-Air on Skis
A man in a vest in mid-air as he skis down a steep mountain

Winchelsea / Sussex / 1950S
WINCHELSEA The village court house

Strawberry Pickers
A boy and a man picking strawberries in a field, with punnets strapped to their backs, on a farm near Cheddar, Somerset, England

Irish Cottage
A lovely old cottage by Lough Neagh, near Derrymore, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland

See-Through Baby Doll
Fifties blonde, wearing a white see-through baby doll nightie with a yoke & bikini style knickers, sits on a white rug

1950S Pinup Girl
A 1950s model reclining wearing a rather revealing gold dress, gold earrings and gold ankle chain

UFO photographed at McMinnville, Oregon, USA
A UFO photographed by Mrs Paul Trent, who saw it with her husband at McMinnville, Oregon, USA. UFOs had frequently been seen previously in the area

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