Fifties Collection (page 8)

Commands: Tie your shoe-lace and run to school (colour litho)
8645088 Commands: Tie your shoe-lace and run to school (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tie your shoe-lace and run to school)

Commands: Sit on the chair and read your book (colour litho)
8645087 Commands: Sit on the chair and read your book (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sit on the chair and read your book)

Commands: Put on your scarf and button your coat (colour litho)
8645078 Commands: Put on your scarf and button your coat (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Put on your scarf and button your coat)

Virginia, Cavan (b/w photo)
8652393 Virginia, Cavan (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Virginia, Cavan)

Peat cutting (b/w photo)
8652392 Peat cutting (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Peat cutting. Illustration for The British Isles in Black's Geography Pictures series)

Commands: Walk to the door and close it (colour litho)
8650842 Commands: Walk to the door and close it (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Walk to the door and close it)

Cookery school (b/w photo)
8655283 Cookery school (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cookery school)

Dancing couple (colour litho)
8635634 Dancing couple (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dancing couple. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn.

British Cars of 1949: Standard Vanguard (b/w photo)
8657215 British Cars of 1949: Standard Vanguard (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Standard Vanguard)

British Cars of 1949: Invicta (b/w photo)
8657201 British Cars of 1949: Invicta (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Invicta)

British Cars of 1949: Lanchester (b/w photo)
8657200 British Cars of 1949: Lanchester (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lanchester)

British Cars of 1949: Daimler (b/w photo)
8657187 British Cars of 1949: Daimler (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Daimler)

British Cars of 1949: Bentley (b/w photo)
8657186 British Cars of 1949: Bentley (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bentley)

Walter Trier's crazy costumes: Central Africa (colour litho)
8646584 Walter Trier's crazy costumes: Central Africa (colour litho) by Trier, Walter (1890-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: Central Africa)

Walter Trier's crazy costumes: Canada (colour litho)
8646578 Walter Trier's crazy costumes: Canada (colour litho) by Trier, Walter (1890-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: Canada)

Walter Trier's crazy costumes: Hungary (colour litho)
8646577 Walter Trier's crazy costumes: Hungary (colour litho) by Trier, Walter (1890-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hungary)

Walter Trier's crazy costumes: Texas, USA (colour litho)
8646568 Walter Trier's crazy costumes: Texas, USA (colour litho) by Trier, Walter (1890-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: Texas, USA)

Walter Trier's crazy costumes: Alsace, France (colour litho)
8646567 Walter Trier's crazy costumes: Alsace, France (colour litho) by Trier, Walter (1890-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: Alsace, France)

Tetley brewery: A barley "couch" starts to germinate on the tiled floor of the malt house (b/w photo)
8639584 Tetley brewery: A barley "couch" starts to germinate on the tiled floor of the malt house (b/w photo) by English Photographer

British Cars of 1949: Riley (b/w photo)
8657203 British Cars of 1949: Riley (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Riley)

British Cars of 1949: HRG (b/w photo)
8657194 British Cars of 1949: HRG (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: HRG)

British Cars of 1949: Dagenham Motors (b/w photo)
8657190 British Cars of 1949: Dagenham Motors (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dagenham Motors)

British Cars of 1949: CarMart (b/w photo)
8657180 British Cars of 1949: CarMart (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: CarMart)

Third Annual Dinner and Dance (colour litho)
8635637 Third Annual Dinner and Dance (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Third Annual Dinner and Dance, the Paviours Arms, Page Street, Westminster)

The ages of love. At 50 years (colour litho)
8656659 The ages of love. At 50 years (colour litho) by Clarke, Joseph Clayton (Kyd) (1856-1937) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The ages of love. At 50 years)

Tetley brewery: Bottles being filled automatically at the rate of 500 dozen an hour (b/w photo)
8639590 Tetley brewery: Bottles being filled automatically at the rate of 500 dozen an hour (b/w photo) by English Photographer

English cookery, 1950s: Tea fancies and iced biscuits (colour photo)
8667376 English cookery, 1950s: Tea fancies and iced biscuits (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tea fancies and iced biscuits)

English cookery, 1950s: Cooking the Modern Way (b/w photo)
8667364 English cookery, 1950s: Cooking the Modern Way (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cooking the Modern Way)

English cookery, 1950s: Green-pea soup and rolls (colour photo)
8667359 English cookery, 1950s: Green-pea soup and rolls (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Green-pea soup and rolls)

Germany, Hamburg, view to the Landungsbruecken (landing stage) with Bismarck memorial, the youth hostel and the St
UTD4921088 Germany, Hamburg, view to the Landungsbruecken (landing stage) with Bismarck memorial, the youth hostel and the St. Michael's Church, 1950s (b/w photo); United Archives/HistAuge.

Herbert Duncan Furs: Natural Canadian Ranched Mink (b/w photo)
8637197 Herbert Duncan Furs: Natural Canadian Ranched Mink (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Natural Canadian Ranched Mink)

Tetley brewery: Measuring casks to ensure correct size (b/w photo)
8639589 Tetley brewery: Measuring casks to ensure correct size (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Measuring casks to ensure correct size)

Tetley brewery: Building casks in the cooperage (b/w photo)
8639588 Tetley brewery: Building casks in the cooperage (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Building casks in the cooperage)

Tetley brewery: The Beer Cellars (b/w photo)
8639587 Tetley brewery: The Beer Cellars (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Beer Cellars)

Tetley brewery: Yeast rising to the top of stainless steel vessels in the fermenting process (b/w photo)
8639586 Tetley brewery: Yeast rising to the top of stainless steel vessels in the fermenting process (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Making a Christmas Pudding (b/w photo)
8655278 Making a Christmas Pudding (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Making a Christmas Pudding)

Walter Trier's crazy costumes: North Africa (colour litho)
8646595 Walter Trier's crazy costumes: North Africa (colour litho) by Trier, Walter (1890-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: North Africa)

Walter Trier's crazy costumes: Siam (colour litho)
8646590 Walter Trier's crazy costumes: Siam (colour litho) by Trier, Walter (1890-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: Siam)

Walter Trier's crazy costumes: Mexico (colour litho)
8646585 Walter Trier's crazy costumes: Mexico (colour litho) by Trier, Walter (1890-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mexico)

Walter Trier's crazy costumes: China (colour litho)
8646582 Walter Trier's crazy costumes: China (colour litho) by Trier, Walter (1890-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: China)

Walter Trier's crazy costumes: Japan (colour litho)
8646580 Walter Trier's crazy costumes: Japan (colour litho) by Trier, Walter (1890-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: Japan)

Walter Trier's crazy costumes: Arizona, USA (colour litho)
8646573 Walter Trier's crazy costumes: Arizona, USA (colour litho) by Trier, Walter (1890-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: Arizona, USA)

Walter Trier's crazy costumes: Turkey (colour litho)
8646571 Walter Trier's crazy costumes: Turkey (colour litho) by Trier, Walter (1890-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: Turkey)

Walter Trier's crazy costumes: Holland (colour litho)
8646563 Walter Trier's crazy costumes: Holland (colour litho) by Trier, Walter (1890-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: Holland)

Title-page illustration for 8192 Crazy Costumes by Trier (colour litho)
8646561 Title-page illustration for 8192 Crazy Costumes by Trier (colour litho) by Trier, Walter (1890-1951); Private Collection; (add.info)

Commands: Wash dolly's dress (colour litho)
8645089 Commands: Wash dolly's dress (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Wash dolly's dress)

Commands: Shut the gate quickly (colour litho)
8645086 Commands: Shut the gate quickly (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Shut the gate quickly)

Commands: Wash the door steps (colour litho)
8645082 Commands: Wash the door steps (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Wash the door steps)

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Step back in time to the fifties, a decade filled with iconic moments and timeless charm. In 1953, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II ascended to the throne, marking the beginning of an era that would shape history. Meanwhile, at The Locarno Dance Hall in Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, young couples swayed to the rhythm of love under shimmering lights. The passing out parade at RAF Cranwell showcased the bravery and dedication of our servicemen as they embarked on their noble journey. And who could forget the Ford Thunderbird 1955 Blue & white cruising down sun-kissed streets, capturing hearts with its sleek design? Music echoed through every corner as Billy Fury took center stage in 1958, captivating audiences with his electrifying performances. On two wheels roared the Triumph 650cc Thunderbird 1952 Blue motorcycle - a symbol of freedom and adventure. Sports enthusiasts rejoiced as Partick Thistle FC proudly lifted the Scottish FA Cup in 1954 - a moment etched forever in football history. Willys Jeep and Land Rover Series 1 conquered rugged terrains effortlessly while Vincent Rapide C 1000cc dominated roads with its power. Even racing legend Stirling Moss found solace over a cup of tea amidst his adrenaline-fueled pursuits. And who could resist falling head over heels for the charming Austin-Healey Frogeye Sprite Mk1? They were an enchanting time when dreams soared high and possibilities seemed endless. It was an era defined by elegance, resilience, and innovation - where traditions met modernity seamlessly. So let us embrace nostalgia's warm embrace as we reminisce about this remarkable decade that shaped culture and left an indelible mark on our collective memory.