Caption For Kettering, Silver Street C1955
The 'new look' in fashions is demonstrated by the young woman crossing the street with her more dowdy companion; longer skirts, wider shoulders and a nipped-in waist were signs of relaxation from wartime
Caption For Barton Upon Humber, Market Place C1955
Barton-upon-Humber was once a rival to the port of Kingston upon Hull on the other side of the river Humber, but it is now a much smaller settlement, and the Market Place confirms that most definitely.
Caption For Barton Upon Humber, Market Place C1955
Barton-upon-Humber was once a rival to the port of Kingston upon Hull on the other side of the river Humber, but it is now a much smaller settlement, and the Market Place confirms that most definitely.
Caption For Tadcaster, Grimston Hall 1906
The old
house here was restored and
rebuilt in 1840 by Lord Howden to
the designs of Decimus Burton, a
London architect, who was also
responsible for Hyde Park Corner.
Caption For Kettering, Gold Street C1950
Clothes were still made at home, and Thoday sold patterns, often by Vogue, which could cost as much as 7s 6d, and also the more humble and easier designs selling for 1s 9d.
Caption For Kettering, Gold Street C1950
Clothes were still made at home, and Thoday sold patterns, often by Vogue, which could cost as much as 7s 6d, and also the more humble and easier designs selling for 1s 9d.
Caption For Twycross, The Village C1955
The camera has been set up on a triangle of land at the junction of the A444 Burton Road with the road to Sheepy Magna, which drifts out of shot to the left.