Girl Guides of Hertfordshire at a great Rally in Hatfield park, june 1931

A skiff full of slipper limpets about to be dumped ashore, dredged on the Colne fishery,

Tallying up c.1950s.
Hop pickers were paid by the bushel as measured by the tallyman's basket.

Passers-by in front of the Old Curiosity Shop, Immortalised in Charles Dickens’ novel: ‘The Old Curiosity Shop. 1912…

A woman speaking to a group of children in Whitechapel. 1911…

A young boy eating a raw turnip he picked up from the road in London’s East End. July 1912…

Fishing on the canal Bethnal Green....

A photograph of a Large fire at London's Surrey Docks in February 1956 which included a warehouse full of wines and spirits and and some perfumes. Attended by a large number of London Fire Brigade men and units.

Bethlehem Hospital 1890’s .
The old hospital and it’s grounds were brought by Lord Rothermere and presented to the London County Council for use as a park;the central part of the building was retained and became home to the Imperial War Museum in 1936.