The way we were Collection

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Choose from 33 items in our The way we were Collection

Culture, belief and religion Collection
8 Images

University life Collection
50 Images

Healthcare Collection
77 Images

Black History Collection
10 Images

Women's History Collection
77 Images

Georgian Life Collection
162 Images

Going down the pub Collection
52 Images

Our Place Abroad Collection
30 Images

House and home Collection
64 Images

Childhood Collection
124 Images

Shopping Collection
113 Images

Work Collection
138 Images

Leisure Collection
555 Images

Victoriana Collection
426 Images

How do you do MF001503_19
Tower Of London, Tower Hill, London. A Beefeater bends down to address a raven. Photographed by John Gay between 1935 and 1939

Gateway with sheep OP28723
Abbey Gate, Abingdon, Oxfordshire. West view of the Abbey Gateway, showing sheep on the street in the foreground withmen and women standing back

Rain BB98_05778
Pier Road, Whitby, North Yorkshire. People with raincoats and umbrellas walking beside the harbour in the rain. Photographed by Alfred Newton and Sons 1896-1920

Memories CC025337
Wells, Somerset. A woman leaning against the low stone wall on the west side of the moat around the Bishops Palace, holding a posy of flowers in her hand

Backworth Hall PLA01_05_101
Backworth Hall, Backworth, North Tyneside. The main south elevation of Backworth Hall, serving as the clubhouse of Backworth Miners Welfare. Backworth Hall is dated 1778

Surprise party JLP01_09_870576
Laing Sports Ground, Rowley Lane, Elstree, Barnet, Greater London. Mr and Mrs Stanborough and friends posed behind a table laid with cakes during a surprise party for their diamond wedding

Kiss JLP01_09_870580
Laing Sports Ground, Rowley Lane, Elstree, Barnet, Greater London. Mr and Mrs Stanborough kissing as they cut into a cake during a surprise party for their diamond wedding anniversary

Water Bag Bank BB057001
MANOR COTTAGE, WATER BAG BANK, KNARESBOROUGH, HARROGATE, NORTH YORKSHIRE. A view from the west showing a man walking up Water Bag Bank, past Manor Cottage

Staithes Beck BB057002
Staithes Beck, Loftus, Redcar and Cleveland. A man standing by a moored rowing boat. Photographed in the early 20th century by Edwin Dockree

Easiform flats JLP01_08_065725
CHEPSTOW, WALES. A view of a block of Easiform flats with a ground floor shop in Chepstow, showing a woman pushing a pram in the foreground

Carlisle Technical College JLP01_01_117_23
Carlisle Technical College, Strand Road, Carlisle, Cumbria. A class of young men in an engineering workshop at Carlisle Technical College

Eaton Hall CC80_00432
Eaton Hall, Cheshire. The Dragon Fountain in the Italian Garden, with the south elevation of the house behind. Eaton Hall was built between 1870 and 1882

A new baby a089549
Thaxted, Essex. Looking down at a group of women cooing at a baby in a pram as a man looks on. Photographed by John Gay in the late 1950s

Out of the pram a086152
Blackpool, Lancashire. A young mother with baby and pram standing beside an ice cream cart. Photographed by John Gay 1946-55

Dad with pram a066358
Golders Hill Park, Greater London. A man with a child in a pram stop outside an enclosure, withpeople behind looking at a stag on the other side of the fence. Photographed by John Gay 1960s

On the beach a082144
Suffolk. A couple walking along a beach, the man pulling a pram behind him. Photographed by John Gay in 1963

Chained Library CC78_00195
Wimborne Minster, Dorset. The chained library was founded in 1686 and was one of the first public libraries in the country. Photographed in July 1898 for the London Midland and Scottish Railway

The Round House CC79_00317
The Round House, Main Street, Breedon On The Hill, Leicestershire. An 18th century circular Lock-Up. Before a national system of policing was set up many villages had their own lock-up where

Old Parrs Head a77_02450
George Lane, Rochester, Kent. An elevated view showing a group of people outside The Old Parrs Head public house. Photographed between 1862 and 1867. Reproduced from a Gordon Barnes copy negative

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