Kerb Collection

Street Accordionists
Selected from the ranks of Londons street artists, these musicians perform on the kerb for a BBC broadcast

DIY mechanic fixing car, Eccles, Manchester
A DIY mechanic fixing a car in front of his Eccles house. He doesn t appear to have any shoes on, only socks! Date: circa 1981

Advert, John More & Sons, Quarry Masters, Airdrie
Advert for John More & Sons, Quarry Masters, Airdrie, Scotland. 1905

Bicycle and shadows
Old bicycle parked on kerb casts shadows on pavement. Date: circa 1930s

Fireplaces, Hearths, Grates and Kerbs. 19th century

The Arab Quarter, Cairo, Egypt - View toward Kaid Bey Mosque Date: circa 1905

Young girl sitting on kerb, Foxhill Road, Eccles
A young girl enjoys a giggle as she sits on the kerb in Foxhill Road, Eccles, Manchester. Date: circa 1975

Hic Jacet - Here Lies - drunken man collapsed in gutter
(hic!) jacet (translated from the Latin: " Here Lies" ) - a drunken Londoner collapsed in gutter, his umbrella and hat discarded onto the street in his stupor. Date: circa 1890s

The Yankee Store, Hamilton, Bermuda - seller of souvenirs and postcards Date: circa 1940s

Man examining damaged car
Man examining a damaged car. Date: 1970s

Two children on pavement, Balham, SW London
Two children, a boy and a girl, sitting and lying on the pavement on a street in Balham, SW London. The boy is holding a shovel, and they are both rather dirty. Date: circa 1961

Group of children sittiing on kerb, Balham, SW London
A group of children sitting on the kerb in a Balham street, SW London, playing with a battered old suitcase. Date: circa 1961

Little boy crying in Balham, SW London
A little boy sitting on the kerb and crying on a street in Balham, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Girls with their dolls in a Balham street, SW London
Four girls with their dolls, sitting on the kerb in a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

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

Harem Pants 1910
Exotic eastern style: high waisted Turkish trousers / harem pants, decollete blouse, bolero, fish-net stockings, Louis heel shoes & a turban with aigrette

Stepping Off the Curb
A womans feet as she steps off the pavement, straight into a puddle!

Washington Street, Antofagasta, Chile, South America
Washington Street in the port city of Antofagasta, Chile, South America. Date: circa 1910

Traditional Flower Seller - Nice, Cote d Azur, France
Traditional Flower Seller - Flower Market - Nice, Cote d Azur, France Date: 1910s

Pretty Young Flower Seller - Nice, Cote d Azur, France. Date: 1910s

New Quay Inn, New Quay Lane, Brixham, Devon. Date: circa 1920s

Morocco, North Africa - Country Moors - Man sitting on kerb, Man standing holding long stick. Part of Box 171 Boswell Collection - Morocco. Date: circa 1900

Woman police officer standing by car, Hammersmith, London
Woman police officer standing by a large black car just off Hammersmith Bridge, West London, writing something in a notebook. Date: circa 1950s

Children sittiing on kerb, Balham, SW London
Two smiling children sittiing on a kerb on a street in Balham, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Toddler playing with car tyre, Balham, SW London
A toddler playing with a car tyre (attached to a parked car) in a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Shoeblack & Cabby
Shoeblack polishing a Cabbys shoes. Date: circa 1910

Too Talkative - Distracted lady driver
Too Talkative - A distracted lady horse cab driver, deep in conversation with her smartly-dressed male fare, forgets where she is heading and mounts a kerb - Place de la Concorde, Paris, France

Street repairs in Dublin, Ireland
Three men busy doing street repairs in Dublin, Ireland. The man on the left is laying a paving slab. There are some rather ornate advertisements on the hoarding behind them, one for a family chemist

Met Police officer on a street corner
A Metropolitan Police officer on the beat somewhere in Central London, approaching a street corner

Bosnia - Sarajevo - Lunchtime
An old Bosnian man tucks into his lunch in a Sarajevo Market. He appears to be eating some form of folded flatbread

Children by an ornate doorway
Five children sitting and standing beside an ornate doorway - Algeria

France, Landerneau - A Fountain
France, Landerneau - Les Quatres Pompes - a four-spouted public fountain set into a street corner

Bursa - Turkey - Turkish merchants
Turkish street merchants outside a general hardware store at Bursa - Turkey. Fourth largest city and the first Ottoman Capital

London Policeman and children
A London Bobby on the beat holds the hands of some school children, possibly prior to guiding them safely across the busy road

Turkish shop in Bursa
Turkish street merchants outside a general hardware store at Bursa - Turkey

Couscous sellers - Tunis, Tunisia
Pavement Couscous sellers - Tunis, Tunisia

Girls / Glasgow Kerb 1960S
A group of girls sitting on a kerbstone in an East Glasgow street, Scotland. One of the girls, wearing stripy socks, is holding a football

Hampton Court - A London alleyway / passage
London alley " Hampton Court". Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd

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