England in Winter: Beautiful Vintage Black and White Photos Capture People Having Fun During Cold Season in the 1960s
England is a beautiful place to visit at any time of year, but there’s something about winter that brings out its true magic.
Travel back in time and take a look at how people had fun during winter in England in the sixties through these 23 beautiful black and white photographs:
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| Filipino dancers having fun during a snowball fight, London, 1960. |
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| Christmas lights and decorations in Regent Street, London, 1961. |
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| A boy about to throw his snowball, 1961. |
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| Highgate Swimming Club, 1962. |
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| A camel walking through the snow in the village of Winkfield Row, Berks, 1962. |
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| A woman, holding a mistletoe, got pulled through a porthole by her sailor husband for a homecoming kiss as the crew of HMS Bulworth returned for Christmas holidays, 1962. (Reg Lewis) |
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| Whitestone Pond in Hampstead during the winter of 1962. (Arthur Sidey) |
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| Children on holiday from school throwing snowballs on Tooting Bec Common, 1962. |
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| Children on holiday from school throwing snowballs on Tooting Bec Common, 1962. |
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| The statue of Eros in Piccadilly Circus, London on New Year’s day, surrounded by policemen as midnight strikes, 1962. (Arthur Sidey) |
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| Children wave to the Mirror photographer before descending Hampstead Heath on New Year’s Day, 1962. |
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| Children build a snowman with the help of their boxer dog in Hadley Wood, Hertfordshire, 1962. (George Greenwell) |
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| Little boy playing in the snow on Hampstead Heath, 1962. |
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| People ice skating on a frozen lake during the winter in 1963. |
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| Children sledging at The Grove, Kenilworth Road, Coventry, 1963. |
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| A man and his dog ice skating on a frozen lake near London, 1963. |
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| Little boy feeding pigeons in Trafalgar Square during winter, London, 1960s. |
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| Children skating on the ice at Welch’s Meadow, Leamington, 1969. |
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| Children skating on the ice at Welch’s Meadow, Leamington, 1969. |
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| Swansea shoppers pick their way through the snow in High Street, 1969. |
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| Three boys built their igloo at Roath Park, Cardiff, 1966. |
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| Rugby in the snow, 1969. |
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| A couple building their snow-woman, 1969. |
