Forties Collection (page 7)

"Where are you going?" asks the wolf (colour litho)
8645922 "Where are you going?" asks the wolf (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: "Where are you going?" asks the wolf)

"Somebody has eaten it all up!" (colour litho)
8645918 "Somebody has eaten it all up!" (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: "Somebody has eaten it all up)

Boy Scouts helping deal with incendiary bombs, World War II (b/w photo)
8664054 Boy Scouts helping deal with incendiary bombs, World War II (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

British Cars of 1949: Standard and Triumph Sales (b/w photo)
8657216 British Cars of 1949: Standard and Triumph Sales (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Standard and Triumph Sales)

British Cars of 1949: Lagonda (b/w photo)
8657202 British Cars of 1949: Lagonda (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lagonda)

British Cars of 1949: Ford (b/w photo)
8657192 British Cars of 1949: Ford (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ford)

British Cars of 1949: Daimler (b/w photo)
8657189 British Cars of 1949: Daimler (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Daimler)

Bristol Blenheim bombers attacking a German railway junction (litho)
8657043 Bristol Blenheim bombers attacking a German railway junction (litho) by Chater, Chater Paul (1878-1949); Private Collection; (add.info)

British Cars of 1949: Rover (b/w photo)
8657212 British Cars of 1949: Rover (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rover)

British Cars of 1949: Rolls-Royce (b/w photo)
8657210 British Cars of 1949: Rolls-Royce (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rolls-Royce)

British Cars of 1949: Hillman (b/w photo)
8657196 British Cars of 1949: Hillman (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hillman)

Tuning the engine of a British bomber before a raid (b/w photo)
8657044 Tuning the engine of a British bomber before a raid (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

British Cars of 1949: Austin (b/w photo)
8657182 British Cars of 1949: Austin (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Austin)

British Cars of 1949: Alvis (b/w photo)
8657177 British Cars of 1949: Alvis (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Alvis)

British Cars of 1949: Allard (b/w photo)
8657176 British Cars of 1949: Allard (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Allard)

British Cars of 1949: AC (b/w photo)
8657175 British Cars of 1949: AC (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: AC. Illustration for British Cars of 1949 by Peter Chambers (PC Publication)

Castlebay, Barra (b/w photo)
8652395 Castlebay, Barra (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Castlebay, Barra)

Tilbury Dock (b/w photo)
8652384 Tilbury Dock (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tilbury Dock. Illustration for The British Isles in Black's Geography Pictures series)

Cotton in transit shed, Manchester (b/w photo)
8652382 Cotton in transit shed, Manchester (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cotton in transit shed, Manchester)

Scottish National War Memorial: The Scottish Yeomanry (b/w photo)
8651722 Scottish National War Memorial: The Scottish Yeomanry (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Scottish Yeomanry)

Scottish National War Memorial: Tree of Empire within Shrine (b/w photo)
8651721 Scottish National War Memorial: Tree of Empire within Shrine (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tree of Empire within Shrine)

Scottish National War Memorial: The Casket (b/w photo)
8651298 Scottish National War Memorial: The Casket (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Casket)

Walter Trier's crazy costumes: Italy (colour litho)
8651061 Walter Trier's crazy costumes: Italy (colour litho) by Trier, Walter (1890-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: Italy)

Walter Trier's crazy costumes: Spain (colour litho)
8651060 Walter Trier's crazy costumes: Spain (colour litho) by Trier, Walter (1890-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: Spain)

"Little Tommy Tucker sings for his supper" (colour litho)
8650962 "Little Tommy Tucker sings for his supper" (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Children's seaside holiday, c.1950 (colour photo)
8634917 Children's seaside holiday, c.1950 (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustration for Seaside Holiday)

Children's seaside holiday, c.1950 (colour photo)
8634913 Children's seaside holiday, c.1950 (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustration for Seaside Holiday)

Children's seaside holiday, c.1950 (colour photo)
8634911 Children's seaside holiday, c.1950 (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustration for Seaside Holiday)

Revolving drum driving an escalator on the London Underground (b/w photo)
8626066 Revolving drum driving an escalator on the London Underground (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Charging an electric ticket machine (b/w photo)
8626065 Charging an electric ticket machine (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Charging an electric ticket machine)

Measuring bridge heights on a proposed bus route (b/w photo)
8626057 Measuring bridge heights on a proposed bus route (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Measuring bridge heights on a proposed bus route)

Weather forecasting room at the Met Office, London (b/w photo)
8626055 Weather forecasting room at the Met Office, London (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Weather forecasting room at the Met Office, London)

Abstract Composition 1940 (Oil on cardboard)
8766559 Abstract Composition 1940 (Oil on cardboard) by Gallatin, Albert Eugene (1881-1952); 40--29.8 cm; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; © High Museum of Art .

British Cars of 1949: Citroen, Front Wheel Drive (b/w photo)
8657185 British Cars of 1949: Citroen, Front Wheel Drive (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Citroen, Front Wheel Drive)

England-East Coast. Outer Gabbard to Outer Dowsing, 1941 (engraving)
7340584 England-East Coast. Outer Gabbard to Outer Dowsing, 1941 (engraving) by British School, (20th century) ; 99x66 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Hazel Lombard (colour photo)
8668485 Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Hazel Lombard (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hazel Lombard)

Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Evelyn Kelly (colour photo)
8668484 Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Evelyn Kelly (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Evelyn Kelly)

Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Adele Jergens (colour photo)
8669109 Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Adele Jergens (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Adele Jergens)

Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Susi Lanner (colour photo)
8668509 Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Susi Lanner (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Susi Lanner)

Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Nini Peters (colour photo)
8668492 Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Nini Peters (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Nini Peters)

Mail censorship office, Portsmouth, 1944 (watercolour on paper)
7342245 Mail censorship office, Portsmouth, 1944 (watercolour on paper) by Hennell, Thomas Barclay (1903-45); 60.9x83.8 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Spring (colour litho)
8632366 Spring (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Spring. Illustration for Furious Fun (Blandford Publications Ltd, London, 1949)

A blue boulder gatherer at work on the beach, Rye Harbour, Sussex (b/w photo)
8676076 A blue boulder gatherer at work on the beach, Rye Harbour, Sussex (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

A blue boulder gatherer at work on the beach, Rye Harbour, Sussex (b/w photo)
8676074 A blue boulder gatherer at work on the beach, Rye Harbour, Sussex (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Communal cookery, World War II (b/w photo)
8672749 Communal cookery, World War II (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lord Woolton, Minister for Food)

School's out - Australian schoolboys celebrate (b/w photo)
8634521 School's out - Australian schoolboys celebrate (b/w photo) by Australian Photographer (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: School's out - Australian schoolboys celebrate)

Illustration for Weldon's Children's Fancy Dress catalogue, 1940s (litho)
8634257 Illustration for Weldon's Children's Fancy Dress catalogue, 1940s (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Piccadilly Circus, London (b/w photo)
8635445 Piccadilly Circus, London (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Piccadilly Circus, London. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn.

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"Forties: A Decade of Resilience and Transformation" Step back in time to the forties, a remarkable era that witnessed significant milestones and defining moments. From the sleek Vincent Rapide HRD Series C black motorcycle roaring through the streets of 1949, to the birth of The Co-operative shop in Rochdale, Lancashire in 1844 - these were times that shaped our history. In the skies above, B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 303rd Bomber Group soared with unwavering determination during World War II. Firefighters stood valiantly by during the Blitz, their courage shining bright amidst London's darkest hours. Ambulances rushed through Ladywell, Lewisham as they bravely navigated war-torn streets while Plymouth's St Andrews Parish Church stood tall amid devastating bombings. Women joined forces as part of AFS training in Highgate, London - breaking barriers and proving their strength on all fronts. Balham High Road became a symbol of resilience as it rose from destruction caused by relentless bombings. And who could forget Vera Lynn's timeless voice echoing hope and unity throughout 1947? Amidst this chaos emerged triumphs like never before - witness the grand launch of HMS Eagle aircraft carrier marking a new chapter for naval power. Meanwhile, Allard K1 Supercharged Roadster showcased innovation and style on four wheels. Through it all, turntable ladders operated tirelessly during London's Blitz - a testament to human perseverance against adversity. The forties encapsulated an era where bravery met transformation; where communities united against unimaginable odds; where heroes emerged from every corner. Let us remember this extraordinary decade that shaped our world forever.