British Labour politician Joseph Kenworthy, 10th Baron Strabolgi and Lady Strabolgi arrive at Burlington House in London for a private viewing of the...
David Carnegie, 11th Earl of Northesk puts the finishing touches to a model of a battleship, 10th October 1938.
Queen Elizabeth, Queen Consort congratulates the founder of the Polish Girl Guide movement Olga Drahonowska-Malkowska after presenting her with a...
Tottenham Hotspur centre-forward Bobby Smith undergoes a power test by leaping and stretching with a vertical jump, during a 'Keep Fit' conference...
Seven-week-old Persian kitten peers into a goldfish bowl, 9th October 1972. It belongs to breeder Venita Wheeler of Ganwick Corner, Hertfordshire.
Schoolgirls playing netball in a playground on the roof of the Henry Fawcett School, Kennington, London, 17th May 1938.
Seventy-six year-old British Royal Navy Admiral Sir Walter Cowan after being awarded a bar to his DSO by King George VI at an investiture at...
British Labour politician Edith Summerskill , the new Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food, in her office at the Ministry of Food in...
From left to right, comedians Jimmy Edwards , Joy Nichols and Dick Bentley during rehearsals for the BBC radio show 'Take It From Here', 5th January...
Australian-born actress and comedian Joy Nichols , star of the radio show 'Take It From Here', climbs a tree in a London park, 18th October 1950.
Police Sergeant Alec Court of East Ham Police Station in London teaches a class in Hindustani to Sergeant Eilleen Coey and others from the station,...
Welsh artist Margaret Lindsay Williams paints actress Anna Neagle as Queen Victoria, at her studio in St John's Wood, London, 10th October 1938....
English actress Anna Neagle poses for artist A. L. Grace as Peter Pan, at his studio in Kensington, London, 17th December 1937. Neagle is playing Pan...
English lawn bowler Mavis Steele in action against Mrs Buckland in the fourth round of the English Women's Bowling Association Singles at Wimbledon,...
Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon visits the aviary which he designed at London Zoo, 21st July 1965.
General William Slim of the British Army watches a demonstration of a drill by Arthur Logan of Glamorganshire, at the 'Miner Comes to Town'...
Mary Soames , daughter of Winston Churchill and wife of Christopher Soames, visits the Bertram Mills Circus at Olympia in London with her son Rupert,...
Gavin Simonds, Lord Simonds , the new Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, at the House of Lords in London, 2nd November 1951.
British Labour politician Emanuel 'Manny' Shinwell , the Minister of Fuel and Power, presents a copy of the Coal Mining Industry Nationalisation Act...
British actor and comedian Bobbie Comber compares his catch with actor Claude Hulbert after a shrimping expedition in Felpham, West Sussex, 30th July...
Sir Thomas Inskip , the new Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, makes his way to the office, with his gas mask in a box, 4th September 1939.
British pianist Harriet Cohen plays the piano at her home in Portland Place, London, 20th January 1950. She has avoided the piano for nearly two...
British pianist Harriet Cohen at the piano at home in Portland Place, London, 20th January 1950. She had abandoned the piano for two years after...
Actors Alec Clunes and Tonia Lee rehearse a scene for the musical 'My Fair Lady' at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane, London, 10th March 1959. Clunes...
British newspaper editor Sir Emsley Carr presents a cheque to golfer Henry Cotton after he defeated Alf Padgham in the final of the £1,250 golf...
Australian tennis player Ashley Cooper during his semi-final match against fellow Australian Neale Fraser in the 1958 Men's Singles championship at...
Actors Peter and David Croft work on their small market garden near Jack Straw's Castle in Hampstead, 2nd September 1947. The pair, sons of actress...
James Gee Pascoe Crowden , President of the Cambridge University Boat Club, chats with some of the young hopefuls whilst holding trials for the next...
Manchester United player Allenby Chilton watches keeper Jack Crompton make a save during a cup match against Preston North End at Old Trafford,...
Captain of Manchester United FC and Irish international, Johnny Carey, heads the ball away from danger during a match against Preston North End at...
Lord Portman , Master of the Taunton Vale Foxhounds, awaits the kill at Norton Manor after a meet at Taunton in Somerset, 16th January 1934.
Lord Portman , Master of the Taunton Vale Foxhounds, leads the meet outside the Castle Hotel in Taunton, Somerset, 12th January 1934. This is the...
English actor and filmmaker Charlie Chaplin during a photocall at the Savoy Hotel in London, 10th September 1957. He is in the capital to attend the...
British actress Violet Carson , who played Ena Sharples in the television soap opera 'Coronation Street', with actor Billy Cotton at the Variety Club...
English-born actress, singer and dancer Jeannie Carson receives a kiss from actors Jack Buchanan and Frank Sinatra during a Variety Club luncheon in...
British newspaper editor Sir Emsley Carr presents a cheque to Henry Cotton ( after he defeated Alf Padgham in the final of the £1,250 golf tournament...
Bridget, Countess of Carlisle , Senior Commandant of the Auxiliary Territorial Service discusses the new ATS recruiting drive in Aldershot with...
English boxer Freddie Mills shows Jack Carney and Colin Smith his trick of holding 12 snooker balls in one hand at the semi-finals of the boys'...
Audrey Callaghan, the wife of James Callaghan, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, leaves 11 Downing Street in London with their daughters Margaret and...
2nd Lieutenant Richard Desborough Burnell , aka Dickie Burnell, who rowed in the boat race for Oxford that year, inspects the troops in London after...
English footballer Jack Burkitt , captain of Nottingham Forest F.C., holds up the cup after his team defeated Luton Town in the FA Cup Final at...
From left to right, jockeys Cliff Richards, his brother Gordon Richards , racehorse owner G. W. Hands and jockey Archie Burns walk down to the golf...
British rower Tony Butcher of Queen's College, Cambridge, who is being considered for the Cambridge University boat race crew, 29th January 1947. He...
Formula One racing car being assembled for Australian racing driver Jack Brabham at the Motor Racing Developments Ltd Weylock Works in Weybridge,...
Len Boyd , the Birmingham City captain and right half, leads his team out onto the field, 28th March 1956.
Chelsea captain Roy Bentley and Hungarian captain Nandor Hidegkuti of the Red Banner team toss up before an exhibition match at Stamford Bridge in...
From left to right, actors Joy Nichols, Jimmy Edwards and Dick Bentley rehearse for the British radio comedy programme 'Take It From Here', 5th...
Sir Thomas Bennett , chairman of the Lighting Conference for Architects, addresses the conference at the Royal Institute of British Architects in...
British tennis player Roger Becker during a match against N. Carter of America in the Men's Singles of the Surrey Lawn Tennis Championships at...
From left to right, actors Anna Neagle, Frankie Howerd and Barbara Ferris at the 1966 Variety Club Awards at the Savoy Hotel in London, 14th March...
Actresses Sandra Dorne and Jane Hylton take a motorboat out on the boating lake during a preview of the Festival Fun Fair at Battersea Park in...
English actors A. E. Matthews and Margaret Lockwood toast each other during rehearsals for the BBC TV serial 'The Royalty' at Tavistock Place on the...
Year-old actress Jean Leppard with her five-year-old son Joshua in London, 25th July 1968. She is showing him the cheque for 100 guineas which she...
General Paul Legentilhomme of the French Army arrives in London to lend his support to General de Gaulle during World War II, 30th October 1940. He...
From left to right, actors Jack Gwillim as Joseph Chamberlain, Coral Browne as Mrs Rossiter, and Mary Law as Mrs Emilia Pattison, during a dress...
British politician Charles Latham, 1st Baron Latham , chairman of the London Transport Executive , speaking at the opening ceremony of the new east...
