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Picture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection (page 2)

Snapshots of Britain and the world in the 1930s, 40s, & 50s. Published between 1938 and 1957, this is a collection of archive prints which filled the pages of the weekly magazine which included light-hearted and humorous stories and major social issues, both domestic and international.

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Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Maugham Plays Bridge

Maugham Plays Bridge
27th November 1953: English novelist William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965), the guest of honour at a bridge party at Crockfords Club, contemplates his hand

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Flock Of Sheep

Flock Of Sheep
9th July 1949: A closely packed flock of Dorset Horned sheep on Maiden Castle Farm near Dorchester. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4826 - Where Are The Downland Sheep? - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: The main spiral staircase at Queens House, Greenwich

The main spiral staircase at Queens House, Greenwich, London. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7277 - Greenwich Staircase - unpub. (Photo by Raymond Kleboe/Getty Images)

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: A night-time view of the Lifeboat Bar in Dublin

A night-time view of the Lifeboat Bar in Dublin, Eire, June 1955. Original publication: Picture Post - 7808 - Dublin - pub. 18th June 1955

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Dereliction

Dereliction
8th January 1955: The derelict buildings and discarded machinery of a worked-out coal mine near Wigan, Lancashire. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7467 - Problem Of A Dying Coalfield - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw
30th July 1949: 93-year-old Irish dramatist George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) sitting in his neighbours garden in Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Hounds And Horse

Hounds And Horse
17th January 1953: Some of the hounds of the Pytchley Hunt with a horse at a meeting in Daventry in Northamptonshire. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6531 - A Hunting We Will Go - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Winter Sheep

Winter Sheep
12th March 1955: A herd of Glencoe sheep, driven from the hills by the harsh Scottish winter, gather around fodder provided for them at the farm in the valley

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Sunderland Bomber in a mock bombing practice with the Queen Elizabeth

Sunderland Bomber in a mock bombing practice with the Queen Elizabeth
19th June 1948: A Sunderland bomber in a mock bombing practice with the Queen Elizabeth. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4562 - A Sunderland Bombs The Queen - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Tiger Bay; A man walking under a railway bridge in the dockland area of Cardiff

Tiger Bay; A man walking under a railway bridge in the dockland area of Cardiff
22nd April 1950: A man walking under a railway bridge in the dockland area of Cardiff, known as Bute Town or Tiger Bay. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5020 - Down The Bay - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Clydside Docks; Cranes and seagulls silhouetted against the sky

Clydside Docks; Cranes and seagulls silhouetted against the sky
17th July 1954: Cranes and seagulls silhouetted against the sky at a dockyard on the River Clyde in Scotland. The shipyards are the major employers of the area and, while the demand is high

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Graffiti Artist; Children Of The Streets

Graffiti Artist; Children Of The Streets
A young girl drawing chalk pictures on a wall. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7230 - Children Of The Streets - pub. 1954 (Photo by Thurston Hopkins/Getty Images)

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Sweet Shopping

Sweet Shopping
1951: A young Spanish boy gazes at the sweets in a shop window. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6277 - Inside Spain: Spanish Children - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Truckers

Truckers
21st July 1951: A British Road Services truck pulls out of the Bermondsey depot as it sets out on a night run. Trunker is slang for long-distance lorry driver

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Capel Celyn

Capel Celyn
A view of the village of Capel Celyn in the Tryweryn Valley near Bala, Merionethshire, Wales, 27th February 1957. In 1957

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: RAF De Havilland Vampire being pushed into position ready for take-off

RAF De Havilland Vampire being pushed into position ready for take-off
17th May 1952: An RAF De Havilland Vampire being pushed into position ready for take-off. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5864 - We re Flying Five Years Ahead - pub.1952

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: The Hotchkiss

The Hotchkiss
1953: The Hotchkiss, seen in Licoln Inn Fields. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6405 - By Their Internal Combustion Engines Ye Shall Know Them - unpub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Civvy Street

Civvy Street
26th January 1946: Egerton Savory, whose progress during World War II was documented by Picture Post, returning home after being demobbed from the army, the day he dreamed of if full of doubts

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Graham Greene

Graham Greene
14th August 1954: English novelist and playwright Graham Greene (1904-1991). Original Publication: Picture Post - 7239 - Graham Greene - pub. 1954 (Photo by Kurt Hutton/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Rainy Holiday; Two women sheltering under their umbrella as they sit on the beach at Torquay in

Rainy Holiday; Two women sheltering under their umbrella as they sit on the beach at Torquay in the rain
Two women sheltering under their umbrella as they sit on the beach at Torquay in the rain. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7238 - Whose Riviera Is This? - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Ballet Dancer

Ballet Dancer
24th December 1938: A dancer with Antony Tudors London Ballet looking into a wardrobe at Toynbee Hall in east London. Original Publication: Picture Post - 55 - Ballet In The East End - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Cruise Ship

Cruise Ship
11th March 1957: A neon sign on the mast of a ship moored in Glasgow harbour encourages people to visit the citys hospitals for an X-ray

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Dounreay

Dounreay
The bottom half of the worlds first electricity-producing fast breeder reactor at Dounreay Nuclear Power Development Establishment in Scotland, 14th July 1956

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Bristol

Bristol
Two postmen stroll down Royal York Crescent in Bristol, 29th May 1954. Original Publication : Picture Post - 7170 - The Best and Worst of British Cities 5: Bristol, Straight Faced City - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Jaguar XK120

Jaguar XK120
24th October 1953: A Jaguar XK120 hardtop which will be appearing at the Earls Court Motor Show, London. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6771 - The New Cars - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Bristol 404

Bristol 404
24th October 1953: A Bristol 404 motor car in front of an aircraft hangar. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6771 - German Diesel Car For The Motor Show - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Slum Wash House

Slum Wash House
29th October 1955: Two newly built wash houses replace two slum houses at a Birmingham street. Original Publication: Picture Post - 8127 - The Housing Jungle - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Thirsty Sheep

Thirsty Sheep
9th July 1949: A flock of sheep waiting by the water trough at Maiden Castle Farm, Dorchester. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4826 - Where Are The Downland Sheep? - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Bankside Power Station

Bankside Power Station on the south bank of the River Thames, London, October-November 1954. Designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, the building later became the Tate Modern art gallery

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Jaguar XK120

Jaguar XK120
21st October 1950: Classic British car the 3.5 litre Jaguar XK120, in its time the fastest production sports car, in the driveway of a country house

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Fraser Nash

Fraser Nash
24th October 1953: A Fraser Nash Le Mans fixed head coupe. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6771 - German Diesel Car For The Motor Show - pub. 1953 (Photo by Carl Sutton/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Polzeath

Polzeath
Picture post card..... Polzeath cornwall sea rocks blue sky

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Pony Fair

Pony Fair
Wild and unbroken Exmoor ponies are rounded up for auction

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Llama Lunch

Llama Lunch
A Llama eating straw at London zoo.Picture Post - 6839 - Could It Happen To Our Princess? - pub. 1953

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Wimbledon Common

Wimbledon Common
A group of children playing in the sun on Wimbledon Common, London

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Cricket Match

Cricket Match
1957: Spectators watching the cricket match on Wimbledon Common. Original Publication: Picture Post - 9113 - Wimbledon Common - unpub. (Photo by Grace Robertson/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Dunster Market

Dunster Market
17th March 1951: Sheep pass the market house in Dunster, Somerset. In the background is Dunster Castle. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5228 - Why Your Clothes Will Cost You More - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Floral Accessories

Floral Accessories
23rd November 1946: A floral display that can be attached to a dress, worn on the wrist or in the hair to add a floral and peerless touch to personal fashion

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Coach And Ten

Coach And Ten
circa 1930: A coach drawn by ten horses drives along a road in Rhodesia. Original Publication: Picture Post - Coaching In The Old Days (Photo by Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Tenement In Perth

Tenement In Perth
16th April 1955: A narrow tenement building in Bridgend, Perth, the Fair City, once the capital of Scotland. Perthshire is a renowned as a fertile agricultural area

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Bards Burial Place

Bards Burial Place
5th August 1939: Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon, where William Shakespeare and his family lie buried. Original Publication: Picture Post - 181 - Town That Lives On Shakespeare - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Edinburgh Old Town

Edinburgh Old Town
30th January 1954: A street scene in the old town of Edinburgh with the castle in the background. There is evidence of Iron Age settlement in Edinburgh

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Wall Sign

Wall Sign
20th February 1954: A painted sign on a wall in Belfast reading God Is Love. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7029 - The Best And The Worst Of Some British Cities 5 - Belfast - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Off Duty Usherette

Off Duty Usherette
circa 1954: A young woman talks to a boy friend after her evenings work as a cinema usherette. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7045 - Usherette - unpub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Passenger Plane

Passenger Plane
3rd November 1945: A Sunderland flying boat used by British Overseas Airways for business flights to India. The aircraft carries 16 passengers, travelling the 4769 miles in 30 hours and 20 minutes

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Shamrock Sign

Shamrock Sign
20th February 1954: A painted sign on a wall in Belfast reading Joy, Love, Peace in the shape of a shamrock. Original Publication

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Union Notice

Union Notice
A busman reading a notice announcing a Transport and General Workers Union meeting to discuss strike action

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Train Stewards

Train Stewards
Stewards setting up their beds in the dining car of a Canadian Pacific Railway train during a three day journey across Canada, June 1939



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