Ilford Collection

Street Scene 1950S
Scene outside Gants Hill underground station near Ilford, Essex

P. D. S. A. AMBULANCE
The Small Animal Ambulance of the Peoples Dispensary for Sick Animals (P.D.S.A.) arrives outside the Sanitorium in Ilford, Essex, England

Dr Barnardos Village Homes for Girls, Barkingside, Essex
Dr Barnardos Village Homes for Girls at Barkingside, Ilford, Essex. The homes were opened 1876 as a cottage homes development with the girls living in family groups under the supervision of a house

Scene of an accident in an Islington street, London
Scene of an accident in an Islington street, North London, with a trolley bus passing by

Interior of invitation for one-woman exhibition
The (folded-open) interior of the invitation card to Nancy Sandys Walker's one-woman exhibition 'Feminine Eye View' at the Ilford Gallery, 106/7 High Holborn, London - December 1955

Fold-out cover of a one-woman exhibition invitation card
The gatefold fold-out cover of the invitation card to Nancy Sandys Walker's one-woman exhibition 'Feminine Eye View' at the Ilford Gallery, 106/7 High Holborn, London in December 1955

One-woman exhibition invitation card photography
The original photograph for the gatefold fold-out cover of the invitation card to Nancy Sandys Walker's one-woman exhibition 'Feminine Eye View' at the Ilford Gallery, 106/7 High Holborn

Cranbrook Castle, Ilford
Raymonds Folly (now gone). Charles Raymond (1713-88) made his fortune as a captain in the East India company. He retired to Essex, where he had a three-sided tower built in 1765

Photograph of Angel PH, Ilford (New), Essex. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Colour right face on view of the pub

Elgin Road, Seven Kings, Ilford, Goodmayes, London, England. Date: 1907

Ilford Town Hall early 1900s

Ilford High Street, early 1900s

People campaigning against cuts, Ilford, Essex
People campaigning against cuts in education and social services, Ilford, Essex, 28 May 1976. Date: 1976

David Wetzel, trades unionist in the transport industry
David (Dave) Wetzel (b 1942), trades unionist (TGWU) with a background in London Transport and Transport for London, where he began his working life as a bus conductor, driver and inspector

The Mechanical Cow - early vending machine
The Automatic Milk Supply- an early form of vending machine installed in Ilford Essex in 1911. Jugs of milk could be filled for one old penny Date: 1911

Hanging a painting of a romantic landscape in the new Churchill British Restaurant in Ilford, Essex. The painting has been lent from Buckingham Palace, by H.M. The King. Date: 1943

Photograph of Plough PH, Ilford, Essex. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Trading Record 1942

Stationery, Sid Jelks Furnishing and Removal
Stationery, Sid Jelks, House Furnisher and Removal Contractor, Seven Kings, Essex

The Duchess of York given a teddy by Dr. Barnardos children
The Duchess of York (1900-2002) (later Elizabeth, the Queen Mother) given a large teddy bear for the infant Princess Elizabeth (the future Queen Elizabeth II) by the small children from the Dr

Photograph of Angel PH, Ilford (Old), Essex. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Right face on view of the pub

Ilford murders - personalities in the case
Personalities at the time of the trial of Frederick Bywaters and Mrs. Edith Thompson, who were accused and later hung for the murder of Thompsons husband, Percy Thompson

Model of the Ilford Mammoth
A model of the woolly mammoth found at Ilford, Essex, England, held by Fossil Mammals, Palaeontology

Dr Barnardos Village Homes, Barkingside, Ilford, Essex
Children perform a dance display at Dr Barnardos Village Homes for Girls at Barkingside, Ilford, Essex. The occasion is presumably an open day, for the benefit of visitors and benefactors

Camera Shop, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
Putmans Camera Shop at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, with holidaymakers walking by. 1962

Traffic accident in Brandon Grove, Ilford
A night time traffic accident in Brandon Grove, Ilford, Essex. The bollard in the middle of the road says Keep Left, but this car kept a little too far to the left

Shopping in Ilford / 1950S
Ladies in hats and coats shop in Cranbrook Road, Ilford, Essex; the greengrocers shop has a fine display of fruit and vegetables outside in crates, prices in shillings

Female athletes in Ilford
Three female athletes dressed in sweaters and wearing spiked shoes photographed at a track in Ilford, London. 1927

Underground Railway Construction, Hainault, London
Underground Railway Construction, Hainault, Ilford, near Chigwell, County of London, England. Showing Central Line Extension - London Underground Date: 1948

The Docks, Millwall, London
The Docks, Millwall, Ilford, County of London, England. Showing Crates of Empire Horse Shoe Nails from Sweden Date: 1909

Ilford Fire Station decorated with flags
Ilford Fire Station, Essex, decorated with flags for a special occasion (a coronation or royal jubilee)

Members of Ilford AFS at Barking Town Quay, WW2
Members of Ilford Auxiliary Fire Service at Barking Town Quay. Date: 1940

Rustik Bridge - Wanstead Park, London
Rustik Bridge - Wanstead Park, Wanstead, London Borough of Redbridge. Date: 1905

Jaw of Stephanorhinus hemitoechus, the narrow-nosed rhinocer
Lower jaw of a narrow-nosed rhinoceros, Stephanorhinus hemitoechus dating back to the Pleistocene, 1.8 million years to 10, 000 years ago. This specimen was unearthed in Ilford, Essex, England

Camera and photography shop interior, Walton, Essex
Interior view of camera sales and professional photographers shop at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. A large array of different sizes and types of film are displayed behind the counter

Dr Barnardos Homes
DOCTOR BARNARDOs VILLAGE HOMES for girls, near Ilford, Essex : tea on the lawn of Queen Victoria House. Date: circa 1904

Gas Mask fitting
Mothers leave an Ilford school with their children after a gas mask fitting. All the schools in Ilford, Essex (London) were opened to enable residents to be fitted with gas masks under the Air Raid

Jack Gibson, boss of Harrison Gibson furnishers in Ilford

Ilford Photographic 1929
Advertisement for Ilford Panchromatic Plates of various film speeds, and colour filters

Factory Interior 1925
Women working at the Ilford (Essex, England) branch of the Drayton Paper Works

DRAYTONs PAPER 1925
A male worker at the Ilford (Essex, England) branch of the Drayton Paper Works

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