Forties Collection (page 9)

Commands: Ring the door bell (colour litho)
8645081 Commands: Ring the door bell (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ring the door bell)

Commands: Clean your teeth (colour litho)
8645079 Commands: Clean your teeth (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Clean your teeth)

Commands: Stand by the table (colour litho)
8645077 Commands: Stand by the table (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Stand by the table)

Commands: Knock at the door (colour litho)
8645073 Commands: Knock at the door (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Knock at the door)

Commands: Brush your hair (colour litho)
8645069 Commands: Brush your hair (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Brush your hair)

Butlin's Skegness: American Cocktail Bar (b/w photo)
8641687 Butlin's Skegness: American Cocktail Bar (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: American Cocktail Bar)

Commands: Wipe your shoes on the mat (colour litho)
8650845 Commands: Wipe your shoes on the mat (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Wipe your shoes on the mat)

British Cars of 1949: Rolls-Royce (b/w photo)
8657209 British Cars of 1949: Rolls-Royce (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rolls-Royce)

British Cars of 1949: Lea-Francis (b/w photo)
8657205 British Cars of 1949: Lea-Francis (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lea-Francis)

British Cars of 1949: Bristol, 2 Litre (b/w photo)
8657183 British Cars of 1949: Bristol, 2 Litre (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bristol, 2 Litre)

British Cars of 1949: Austin (b/w photo)
8657181 British Cars of 1949: Austin (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Austin)

British Cars of 1949: Aston Martin (b/w photo)
8657178 British Cars of 1949: Aston Martin (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Aston Martin)

Pulling and binding flax, Antrim (b/w photo)
8652391 Pulling and binding flax, Antrim (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pulling and binding flax, Antrim)

The Waterfront of King's Lynn from the Air (b/w photo)
8643523 The Waterfront of King's Lynn from the Air (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Waterfront of King's Lynn from the Air)

King George VI and Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, 1948 (photo)
5304823 King George VI and Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, 1948 (photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: Photograph of King George VI (1895-1952)

Colomba on horseback in her mourning dress, 1940 (illustration)
8683013 Colomba on horseback in her mourning dress, 1940 (illustration) by Neziere, Raymond de la (1865-1953); Private Collection; (add.info)

Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Mary Maguire (colour photo)
8668500 Beauties of To-Day, 1940: Mary Maguire (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mary Maguire)

World War 2 US M1 helmet with insignia, c. 1939-45 (object)
7177600 World War 2 US M1 helmet with insignia, c. 1939-45 (object); Private Collection; (add.info.: World War II US M1 steel helmet with painted insignia of the 11th Engineer Battalion)

Ballet Girl on Stage, 1948 (oil on canvas)
1767379 Ballet Girl on Stage, 1948 (oil on canvas) by Shinn, Everett (1876-1953); 45.1x61 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Ballet Girl on Stage. Everett Shinn (1876-1953). Oil on canvas

The Ballet, 1943 (oil on canvas)
823004 The Ballet, 1943 (oil on canvas) by Shinn, Everett (1876-1953); 40.8x50.8 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Ballet. Everett Shinn (1876-1953). Oil on canvas. Signed and dated 1943

Partisan (colour litho)
6029486 Partisan (colour litho) by Yakovlev, Vassily Nikolayevich (1893-1953); Private Collection; (add.info.: Partisan.); Look and Learn / Elgar Collection

Women running along the beach at Tower Bridge, 1947 (photo)
7340361 Women running along the beach at Tower Bridge, 1947 (photo); National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Creator: PA Reuter Photos Ltd Six women running along the beach at Tower Bridge)

Princess Elizabeth of England and her sister princess Margaret in gardens of Windsor, 1941 (b/w photo)
3432477 Princess Elizabeth of England and her sister princess Margaret in gardens of Windsor, 1941 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection

Tetley brewery: The malt is mashed with water in circular tuns to convert the starch in the grain to sugar (b/w photo)
8639583 Tetley brewery: The malt is mashed with water in circular tuns to convert the starch in the grain to sugar (b/w photo) by English Photographer

"For who's so bold and fierce as I?" (colour litho)
8632371 "For who's so bold and fierce as I?" (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: "For who's so bold and fierce as I)

Winter (colour litho)
8632364 Winter (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Winter. Illustration for Furious Fun (Blandford Publications Ltd, London, 1949)

The Lion and the Unicorn (colour litho)
8632369 The Lion and the Unicorn (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Lion and the Unicorn)

Roll out the Barrel! (b/w photo)
8664050 Roll out the Barrel! (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Roll out the Barrel)

Horsemanship of a British cavalryman (b/w photo)
8664046 Horsemanship of a British cavalryman (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Horsemanship of a British cavalryman)

Saving for the war effort, World War II (b/w photo)
8672696 Saving for the war effort, World War II (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Saving for the war effort, World War II)

Piccadilly, London, before and during World War II (b/w photo)
8672652 Piccadilly, London, before and during World War II (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Piccadilly, London, before and during World War II)

Damage to Girdler's Hall, City of London, during the Blitz, World War II (b/w photo)
8672647 Damage to Girdler's Hall, City of London, during the Blitz, World War II (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Damage to Girdler's Hall)

Mary Had A Little Lamb (colour litho)
8645937 Mary Had A Little Lamb (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mary Had A Little Lamb. The Golden Nursery Book (Children's Press, c 1946)

Red Riding Hood sets out to visit her grandmother (colour litho)
8645923 Red Riding Hood sets out to visit her grandmother (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Red Riding Hood sets out to visit her grandmother)

Butlin's Skegness: The Empress Ball Room in a realistic Viennese setting (b/w photo)
8642275 Butlin's Skegness: The Empress Ball Room in a realistic Viennese setting (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Butlin's Skegness: Outdoor sport (b/w photo)
8642262 Butlin's Skegness: Outdoor sport (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Outdoor sport)

Scottish National War Memorial: The Royal Air Force (b/w photo)
8648364 Scottish National War Memorial: The Royal Air Force (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Royal Air Force)

Scottish National War Memorial: The Household Cavalry (b/w photo)
8648412 Scottish National War Memorial: The Household Cavalry (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Household Cavalry)

Rossall School: The roll call (b/w photo)
8648345 Rossall School: The roll call (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The roll call)

Scottish National War Memorial: The Liverpool, London and South African Scottish (b/w photo)
8648386 Scottish National War Memorial: The Liverpool, London and South African Scottish (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Liverpool)

Scottish National War Memorial: Hall of Honour and Gateway to Shrine (b/w photo)
8648368 Scottish National War Memorial: Hall of Honour and Gateway to Shrine (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hall of Honour and Gateway to Shrine)

Scottish National War Memorial: Bronze Frieze of Shrine (b/w photo)
8648360 Scottish National War Memorial: Bronze Frieze of Shrine (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bronze Frieze of Shrine)

Scottish National War Memorial: Plan (b/w photo)
8648354 Scottish National War Memorial: Plan (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Plan of Memorial)

Rossall School: Rossall from the air (b/w photo)
8648352 Rossall School: Rossall from the air (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rossall from the air)

Rossall School: In the swimming bath (b/w photo)
8648335 Rossall School: In the swimming bath (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: In the swimming bath)

Rossall School: The Sumner Library (b/w photo)
8648330 Rossall School: The Sumner Library (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Sumner Library)

Rossall School: The chancel (b/w photo)
8648329 Rossall School: The chancel (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The chancel)

Carol Reed (b/w photo)
8641333 Carol Reed (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Carol Reed. Illustration for Profiles and Personalities by Peter Noble (Brownlee, 1946)

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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.