Images of the UK yesteryear

[Freddy]

Loving the images from UK today so with that in mind, thinking mainly of 50's and after, the transport, fashions, news, buildings, etc.



The BOAC VC10, a British plane, a British airline. BOAC in the early seventies became British Airways.




Laker and Dan Air. Laker in the early 70s marketed under Skytrain and Sir Freddy Laker wanted to be able to fly passengers from London to New York for under £40 one way.

[Sgt Sunshine]

Great idea for a thread Paul...............
Remember how we used to lap up that free milk in the 60's.......



Cheers
Sgt S

[Sgt Sunshine]

Remember seeing one or two of these strange things when I were a nipper...................

[jimw1]

I had Just turned 8 Years old and although I was Living in Ireland In 1966
The News of the Aberfan Disaster was prominent on the Black and White TV and in the Newspaper Pictures.....
The Images and the thought of what those Children and Parents went through Always stays with me.....

[Steve Crook]

I had Just turned 8 Years old and although I was Living in Ireland In 1966
The News of the Aberfan Disaster was prominent on the Black and White TV and in the Newspaper Pictures.....
The Images and the thought of what those Children and Parents went through Always stays with me.....

I remember one time when I was taking some German friends to my Mum's in West Wales. As we drove along the M4 through the valleys I saw the sign to Aberfan, so I told them the story. They were from the coal mining area of the Ruhr and we were all in tears as I told them the story. We just had to divert and visit the cemetery to pay our respects

Steve

[Timmy_Lea]

[Mark O]

Girl's want their dinner, Butlin's holiday camp, Minehead, Somerset, Summer 1966.........

[golightly]

Liverpool 1954, 'Battling' Bessie Bradock visits a poverty stricken mother.

[Timmy_Lea]

[Freddy]

Remember those bins which were in the wall, iirc the binmen had a special handle to pull them out so that they needn't enter the back yard. A couple of times the bin wagon would have smoke coming out of the back because of hot ash put in just before collection.

Bessie lived in Kensington and when her maid became pregnant she let her continue to live and work there. In those days the the shame of an unmarried mother would have meant immediate dismissal.

[golightly]

Clayton Square Liverpool, looks mid 1950s, note the people walking under the scaffolding, pre elf and safety days.

[golightly]

[golightly]

[Sgt Sunshine]

Some great photos there golightly....

Here's an old photo of Plymouth city centre taken in the late '50's. Long before Amazon people had to go to the shops to buy things as can be seen by the number of shoppers in this pic....The re-designed & rebuilt city centre became a magnet for shoppers from many miles around....note the lone sailor in front of the goods van...
The shop on the left was "DOLCIS" possibly a shoe shop....?



Cheers
Sgt S

[golightly]

Some great photos there golightly....

Here's an old photo of Plymouth city centre taken in the late '50's.

Cheers Sgt, looks a bit crowed on the right, wonder what's going on there.

[Timmy_Lea]

[Timmy_Lea]

Cheers Sgt, looks a bit crowed on the right, wonder what's going on there.

They are probably watching live Bear Baiting. . .

[Sgt Sunshine]

Cheers Sgt, looks a bit crowed on the right, wonder what's going on there.

Not sure.....I reckon word had got out there's a new style hat for sale....

[golightly]

Liverpool 1953. I think most people born in the 50s would have had one or two these three wheeled trikes I think we used to call them.

[Rowdon]

A bit selfish, this one, as it's my personal yesteryear, but I was moved to find images of the Tree Walk on Youtube, and of course London's wonderland, Battersea Fun Fair...