Pavement Collection (page 52)

Glacial pavement with the scratch marks made by an overriding ice sheet. Such marks can be found where there are sites of former glacial activity

Turkish Pedlar
A modern Turkish pedlar, with a basket of goods over each arm. Date: early 1930s

Village in the Dordogne, France
Busy scene in a picturesque village in the Dordogne, south west France. Date: 1951

Aerial view of a street in an East European town
A picturesque aerial view of a narrow street, possibly in a town in former Yugoslavia. Date: circa 1965

Queen Mother arriving for Remembrance Service
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother with senior officers of the British Legion, arriving for a Service of Remembrance at St Margarets Church, Westminster, on 10 November 1983

Firefighters at the scene of an explosion at 157 The Broadway, London

LCC-LFB Kilburn fire station, NW London
The elegant frontage of Kilburn fire station, at 138 Maida Vale, Kilburn. This was one of the first fire stations opened for the renamed London Fire Brigade, formerly the Metropolitan Fire Brigade

Fulham sub-station, North End Road, London SW6
Fulham sub-station, 233 North End Road, London SW6. It was built for the Metropolitan Fire Brigade by the Metropolitan Board of Works. It closed in 1896 and was later demolished

GLC-LFB Refuse collection strike and rubbish fires
The extended refuse collection strike in the early 1970s resulted in piles of rubbish and uncollected waste lying for weeks in London streets

Blitz in London -- Mansfield Road sub-station, WW2
Blitz in London -- AFS firefighters salvage their bedding from the bombed-out Mansfield Road fire sub-station after it was seriously damaged in a bombing raid on 16 November 1940

Blitz in London -- wreckage of Hurricane fighter plane, WW2
Blitz in London -- the wreckage of a Hurricane fighter aircraft shot down over London, lying on the pavement in Buckingham Palace Road

LCC-LFB Fire Station D, Floating Platform Wharf, Rotherhithe
London firemen at hose cart drill, Fire Station D Floating Platform Wharf, Rotherhithe, SE London

Venezuela, Caracas - Itinerant Bread Seller and mule
Venezuela, Caracas - Itinerant Bread Seller with his mule Date: 1930s

Panic at the National Penny Bank, East London
Police were required to keep control as panic sent thousands of depositors to the Stepney Branch of the National Penny Bank in the Commercial Road, East London

Fleet of Standard cars for King and Queen in India

Children playing in the street, Egypt
Children playing a game with stones on a street in Cairo, Egypt. Date: early 20th century

Lord Mayors Show, City of London
The Lord Mayor and other High City Functionaries show amusement at the dignity of the small boy leading the band. circa 1911

Metropolitan Police officer speaking to a little boy
A Metropolitan Police officer (WPC) speaking kindly to a little boy who looks as if he might have lost his way -- or perhaps someone has forgotten to pick him up from school. Date: circa 1950s

Two Metropolitan Police officers in the street
Two Metropolitan Police officers pose for their photograph in a street, with a rough stone wall behind them. They are wearing double-breasted overcoats. Date: late 19th century

Two Metropolitan police officers and their dogs
Two Metropolitan police officers walking along a street with their Alsatian dogs. Date: circa 1960s

Metropolitan Police officer and his Alsatian dog
A Metropolitan Police officer walking along a street with his Alsatian dog. Date: circa 1960s

Santa Maria e San Donato, Venice
The Church of Santa Maria e San Donato is a religious edifice located in Murano, Venice. It is known for its twelfth century Byzantine mosaic pavement

Cholon, Vietnam - Confectionary seller
A street sweet seller - selling his wares at Cholon, the Chinese district of Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon). Date: circa 1920s

Watch your Step
A smart young woman who can step off a pavement and hold an umbrella simultaneously! Date: 1960s

Paris, France - pile of artillery pieces in a mound
A mound of artillery pieces in a very symbolic gesture of abandonment of the war effort at the final closure of World War One in 1918

Cartoon - WWI Food Substitute Satire
Mummy duck says to baby duckling (closely examining a horseshoe): " Don t touch it dear, its a worm subsititute!" Date: circa 1915

Busy street in Vienna, Austria

Street corner with horse-drawn carriages
The corner of Eaton Terrace and Chester Row, London. A two horse-drawn carriage and two men stand by a lamppost. The building on the corner is the Duke of Wellington pub (still there today)

Department store in Vienna, Austria
A large department store, E Braun & Co, on the corner of a street in Vienna, Austria, with people out shopping. Date: 1953

Side street in Vienna, Austria
View of a side street in Vienna, Austria, with parked cars and pedestrians. Date: 1953

England / Quainton
At Quainton, Buckinghamshire, England, is this fine example of a cobbled pavement, extremely rare, in these days of asphalt and concrete. Date: 1950s

England / St. Albans
The ancient Fishpool Street, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, with its quaint raised pavement. Date: 1950s

The unemployed in the East End, London
The unemployed in the East End of London wait outside Mansion House. There is a notice saying - Mansion House Fund Notice - and the men are applicants for the relief fund

Paris, France - Flower Seller in Place de la Madeleine Date: 1928

Big Ben and St Margarets Church, London
Street scene near Big Ben, the Houses of Parliament and St Margarets Church, in Central London. An open-topped omnibus goes past, and various pedestrians cross the road

Mme Villiers De LA Noue
MADAME VILLIERS DE LA NOUE, (right), sister of the famous aviator GEORGE-MARIE GUYNEMER, standing on a snowy pavement with a female companion while two men sort out her car boot! Date: 1930s

Street Cleaner
A road sweeper cleaning a London street. Date: early 1980s

Thomas Cook Travel Agent
A child plays on the pavement outside a Thomas Cook Travel Agents shop, Paris, France. Date: 1930s

Sarsgrove Wood Trackway
A trackway in Sarsgrove Wood, Oxfordshire, England, which formerly contained the stones which are now to be found on the pavement verge and elsewhere in Churchill village Date: 1930s

American troops in New York, departing for France, WW1
American troops marching through New York before departing for France during the First World War. Date: 1917-1918

Street scene in Londons theatreland, showing the Casino Theatre, with parked cars, pedestrians and a fruit stall. circa 1940s

London street scene with Shanghai Restaurant
A London street scene, featuring the Shanghai Restaurant, and a shop to let on the corner. circa 1940s

Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur - Street Chinese Musicians Date: circa 1910s

Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur - Seller of Chinese Cold Drinks Date: circa 1910s

Street scene outside a London theatre
Street scene outside a Central London theatre. Across the road the film Spellbound (1945) is on show, starring Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck. circa 1945

Sir Douglas Haig at Cambrai for meeting of commanders
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig (1861-1928) arriving at Cambrai, northern France, for a meeting of commanders during the First World War. Date: circa 1917

Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur - Hot and Cold drinks seller Date: circa 1910s

Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur - Blind Malay Beggar Date: circa 1910s

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