Curling Through Time: Vintage Photos of Curling Teams from the Early 20th Century
The story of curling starts in medieval Scotland, where the game was born on frozen lochs using stones and brooms. Over time, rules were formalized, turning a casual activity into a structured sport. In 1838, the Grand Caledonian Curling Club…
26 Stunning Color Photographs That Capture Street Scenes of London in the Early 1960s
Slide photographs of London in 1960 and 1961 from Charles W. Cushman Photograph Collection. Street Scenes of London in the Early 1960s Street Scenes of London in the Early 1960s Street Scenes of London in the Early 1960s Street Scenes of…
Vintage Photographs Capture Scenes of the Dursley Carnival in 1954
These photographs of the Dursley Carnival were taken by Brian Candy in 1954. Born in Gloucestershire in September 1930, Candy was given his first camera, an Ensign folding roll film camera, on his 14th birthday. He had a lifelong passion…
The Archetypal British Beauty: Glamorous Photos of Patricia Roc in the 1940s
Born 1915 as born Felicia Miriam Ursula Herold in London, English actress Patricia Roc began her career as a stage actress, debuting in the 1938 London production of Nuts in May, in which she was seen by Alexander Korda, who gave…
Old Pictures of Working Women During the First World War
During the war, women entered the workforce in new ways. Women served in the navy and marines, and thousands served as nurses. On the home front, women worked in factories and in the government. Women unloading barrels in Bordeaux, France….
Black and White Photographs of Life in London in the 1970s
These pictures are a selection from those taken in the five years between 1973 and 1978, when Tony Bock lived in the East End working as a photographer for the East London Advertiser. “Britain in the nineteen seventies never seemed…
20 Fascinating Vintage Photos of British Holidaymakers Frolicking by the Seaside from the Early 20th Century
Donkey rides for workhouse kids on a away day and smartly dressed men in suits mingling with women in modest swimming costumes. Striking images show sun worshippers lounging on the beach from the early 1900s right through to the 1930s….
Margaret Lockwood: One of the Britain’s Biggest Film Stars of the 1930s and 1940s
Born 1916 in Karachi, British India, English actress Margaret Lockwood began studying for the stage at an early age at the Italia Conti, and made her debut in 1928, at the age of 12, at the Holborn Empire where she…
Wonderful Pictures Give an Extraordinary Glimpse Into Daily Life of the Modern Gypsies in 1986
Unrelated to the Roma, the new gypsies began in 1986 when a group of Post-Punk Anti-Thatcher protesters headed out of London into the English countryside. London based photographer Iain McKell followed these New Age Travelers to the West Country and over the…
Beautiful Vintage Postcards of the Glamorous Butlin’s Ocean Hotel in Saltdean
Opened in 1938 the Ocean Hotel occupied a site of around 4 acres with 344 bedrooms and a dining hall that could seat 300 people. It consisted of a main building shaped like a crescent which contained the whole of…