Bobby Gallery

Joseph Kennedy, American Ambassador & family, 1938

The new U.S.A Ambassador in London, Joseph P. Kennedy pictured with his wife and nine children. Left to right are the ambassador, Patricia (aged 13), John (aka Jack, JFK, aged twenty), Jean (nine), Eunice (sixteen), Robert (twelve), Kathleen (seventeen), Edward (six), Mrs Kennedy (formerly Rose Fitzgerald) and behind, Rosemary (nineteen) and Joseph, Junior (twenty-two). Date: 1938

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

Let's Face It at the London Hippodrome

Spread from The Sketch covering the latest show at the London Hippodrome, Let's Face It starring Bobby Howes and Pat Kirkwood. It also starred Noele Gordon (of Crossroads fame), Joyce Barbour and Babette O'Deal, as well as the speciality dancers Halama and Konarski. Date: 1942

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

1940s, 1942, 2nd, Bobby, Dancers, Entertainment, Face, Feb20, Hippodrome, Howes, Ii, Kirkwood, London, Musical, Pat, Show, War, Wartime, World, Ww2, Wwii

The Special Bobby, or Ain't It Grand, by F E Perry

Promotional music sheet for The Special Bobby, or Ain't It Grand music hall song of about 1862 by F. E. Perry and sung with immense success by A B Hollingsworth. At this time there was anti-police feeling in the country, however, the image on this poster is of an earlier uniform. Date: circa 1862

© The Michael Diamond Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library