Brylcreem Collection

Police radio operators

Richard Attenborough as Percy Boon in London Belongs to Me
British actor Richard Attenborough (1923-2014) as Percy Boon in the Individual picture London Belongs to Me (1948). - playing the role of a romantic-minded young garage mechanic. Date: 1948

Brylcreem Advertisement Photograph
This photograph was used for the advertisement of Brylcreem, a British brand of hair styling products for men. The image portrays a young man who uses the product

Christmas advertisement for Brylcreem hair dressing (colour litho)
6001971 Christmas advertisement for Brylcreem hair dressing (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Christmas advertisement for Brylcreem hair dressing)

Eros, Statue, Piccadilly, London, 31st July 1950

World Champion Typist - Albert Tangora
Albert Tangora (1903 1978) set the world speed record for sustained typing on a manual keyboard for one hour, 147 words per minute, on October 22, 1923

Kitsch Italian postcard - Young man with floral bouquet
A smart (rather sweet-looking) young man stands with rosy cheeks in the photograph used on this fabulously kitsch 1920s Italian postcard. Date: circa 1920s

Police radio operator

Carrying away an unexploded bomb
Volunteer carrying away an unexploded bomb, which fell in Bromley, Kent - one of a payload of twenty two bombs

PIPE & HOE
This dependable looking chap partakes of a spot of gardening while he enjoys his pipe. He wife is no doubt indoors knitting him another piece of warm apparel

Pipe & Tractor
A lovely beige, knitted windjacket just the thing for smoking a pipe in while out ploughing the fields! Worn with green trousers & red tie, its smart, yet practical

50S Chap on Tractor
A lovely beige, knitted windjacket just the thing for smoking a pipe in while out ploughing the fields! Worn with green trousers & red tie, its smart, yet practical

Spot of Gardening
This dependable looking chap partakes of a spot of gardening and what better to keep his chest warm than this knitted two-tone waistcoat using basket weave stitch

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