Streets Collection

Too Many Cooks by Lawson Wood
A policeman on the beat around a smart London square appears to be blissfully unaware of the cooks emerging from each house to gaze adoringly at him

Oliver Twist meeting the Artful dodger in the streets Date: First published: 1836-37

The Palio, Siena, Italy
The Palio - a spectacular (if rather dangerous for riders and spectators) horse race, run round the Piazza del Campo in Siena

High Row, Darlington, County Durham
A view of High Row in Darlington, County Durham, showing a clock tower, traffic and shops

Please, Mr Policeman, where is Father Christmas by Matania
In the centre of London, close to Piccadilly Circus, two children stop a policeman from directing traffic to ask him where Father Christmas is

Rainy Street, Manchester
A typical English street on a rainy shopping day: an elderly couple use the zebra crossing

Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer

Teignmouth-Shaldon Toll
The Teignmouth-Shaldon Toll Bridge, over the River Teign, Devon, England

Berwick High Street
The High Street and Town Hall at Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England, looking very appealing, with few cars and not too busy

Tourist map of Bergen, Norway
Tourist map (TKT - Turisttrafikkomiteen) of Bergen, Hordaland County, Norway. Date: 1951

Great Snoring
A signpost pointing to the village of Great Snoring, North Norfolk, England, has clearly effected the man beneath it!

A windjammer looming over a London street
Harboured in Dockland - a windjammer looming over a street in by Millwall Dock, London. In the foreground, a woman hangs out washing to dry in a back yard

Old Bailey / London
The Central Criminal Court, London (The Old Bailey)

Barton Road Swing bridge opens across Manchester Ship Canal
The Barton Road Swing bridge opens across the Manchester Ship Canal at Eccles Date: circa 1980

University of Oxford. College of the University and Queens College. Illustration in Vues d Optique (Perspective Views). Images to be seen through a zograscope

Map of the St. Jamess & Bond Street areas of London
A map of the St. Jamess and Bond Street areas of London, with a number of key landmarks annotated including the famous gentlemens clubs of St

Old Towngate - Holmfirth, West Yorkshire
Old Towngate, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire. Holmfirth has become well known as the location of the situation comedy Last of the Summer Wine

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

Grimsby Street
Busy scene at the Old Market Place and Corn Exchange at Grimsby, Humberside, England

Children playing in Milton Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Children playing in Milton Street in Belfast, Northern Ireland -- some are swinging on ropes round a lamppost, while others are riding in a go-cart. Date: 1969

Waldorf Theatre, London
Promotional postcard for the Waldorf Theatre, London. Designed by the well known theatre architect W. G. R. Sprague it originally opened in 1905 as the Waldorf Theatre

Street scene, Morgan Hill, California Date: C. 1940

Teignmouth-Shaldon Toll
The Teignmouth-Shaldon Toll Bridge, over the River Teign, Devon, England. Date: 1950s

Cricket in Coventry
Cricket played on Grey Friars Green, Coventry

Sheffield Street 1966
A Sheffield street scene

Oxford Street / 1900 / Photo
A busy scene in Oxford Street, London with many pedestrians on the pavements and horse- buses on the cobbled street

England / Ludlow 1930S
The ancient Shropshire town of Ludlow. Broad Gate, situated on one of its steepest streets, is the last of the seven gates of the old city walls

Dulwich Toll Gate
Londons last Toll Gate. Set in sylvan surroundings, at College Road, Dulwich, south London, it is on property belonging to Dulwich College. Date: 1950s

Saffron Walden by Madge Howard
Saffron Walden in Essex, East Anglia, UK, featuring a street of half-timbered houses with pageting (the decorative plaster work typical of the region) covered with snow on a peaceful starry evening

Hikers by Signpost / 1935
Feminine rambling fashions of 3/4 length tweed or checked skirts worn with matching or contrasting jackets. Stockings or ankle socks are worn with various styles of shoe

Marathon 1927
Huge crowds turn out to watch the 26-mile Marathon through the streets of Liverpool

Dorset / Moreton / Talbothay
A typical village lane at Moreton, Dorset, model for the village near Talbothays in Thomas Hardys novel Tess of the d Urbervilles

Children in Varna Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland
A large group of children on the corner of Varna Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Date: 1969

Falls Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland
The Falls Road area, a Catholic ghetto in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The twin spires of St Patricks Cathedral rise above the dingy houses and narrow, litter-strewn streets. Date: 1969

Old Absinthe House, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, in the heart of the French Quarter on the corner of Bourbon and Bienville Streets

Hotel Buffalo, Buffalo, NY State, USA. To be found on the corner of Swan and Washington Streets. Renamed thus (from The Hotel Statler - built in 1907) in 1923, sadly in 1968 it was demolished

LCC-MFB funeral of Fireman Martin Sprague
View of the funeral procession of Fireman Martin Sprague, who was killed in a fire. Showing the start of the procession from MFB headquarters in Southwark Bridge Road to Highgate Cemetery in North

Street Sausage Seller
French marchande de saucisses sell sausages on the streets of Paris

Two Women on Kings Road
Two women walk down the Kings Road, Chelsea, London as traffic passes by

Charity Bootblacks
To raise money for hospitals, English girls offer their services as shoeblacks to passing gentlemen in the streets of London

Tollgate Ticket
Tollgate ticket for St James Gate, for the Bermondsey, Rotherhithe and Deptford Roads, Southeast London - probably abolished in 1864 along with many others

SAINT TARCISIUS Roman Christian who was killed by passers-by as he carried The Host through the streets, during a period when Christians were persecuted Date: 3RD OR 4TH CENTURY

Girls playing in Milton Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Two little girls playing in Milton Street in Belfast, Northern Ireland, swinging on ropes round a lamppost. Date: 1969

Sidney Street Siege
Troops in the streets of Stepney, deployed against alleged Russian anarchists in the Siege of Sidney Street Date: 1911

Padstow Hobby Horse
ENGLAND: PADSTOW HOBBY HORSE: From midnight 30 April-1 May Oss, teaser & attendants dance through the streets. Any who dance with Oss will be blessed with good fortune

Road Works in Whitehall, London, 1882
Engraving, originally entitled Horse Guards under Fire again, showing a group of workmen re-surfacing the road in Whitehall, London, 1882

Ulla Street Boot Boys. Middlesbrough 1970s 1970s

Rooftops Stoke
Looking over rooftops and chimneys of hillside terraced houses towards The Sacred Heart Church, Tunstall, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England. Holy Trinity Church, Hartshill in the distance

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