Interesting photos from the past of Great Britain (21 photos)

I present to you a selection of interesting and colored photographs that were taken throughout the 20th century in the countries of Great Britain.





London Underground in 1940.

During the bombings of German pilots, children slept in hammocks thrown between the rails. The Germans bombed the city every night for two months in a row, and then for another year and a half, not every night, but often. So the children sleep in the underground, which was used as a bomb shelter.



A civil defense worker and a woman with children on the street in Southend-on-Mersey in London during an air raid. Great Britain, 1940.

After the First World War, there was great fear in Great Britain that poison gas and toxic substances would be used again. Therefore, they took this issue very seriously.





Working with a mannequin. London, 1950.

A worker at Gems Ltd, a company that makes mannequins and wax figures, attaches the head of a wax mannequin to a body.



In Search of Nessie. Scotland, 1968.

Members of the Loch Ness Monster Investigation Team scan the lake for any sign of a creature. Nessie is a figure in Scottish folklore that has attracted tourists to Loch Ness for decades.



Tea break. London, 1936.

Dutch cyclist Piet Van Kempen takes a break between laps, pictured at the Wembley Velodrome during the six-day cycling race.



A plane crashed into a house. Great Britain, March 27, 1963.



Guide dogs. England, 1931.



A passenger jumps onto a moving London bus, 1938.

The famous red buses are called Double Deckers, which means "double decker" in translation. The term unites all double-decker buses in London.



Treating skin diseases in pigs with ultraviolet light, Ilford, UK, 1938.



Village children learn to swim in a health resort, 1935.

From the outside, it all looks very ambiguous.



A new resident of the London Zoo, 1958.

Chi-Chi, a 20-month-old giant panda from Beijing, arrives at the London Zoo. The panda has become a favorite of the British people. Zoogoers loved her, and mourned her when she passed away in 1972.



Westminster Bridge, London, 1952.



Traffic jam in London, 1926.

London was famous for its traffic jams back in the early 19th century, when there were no cars.



Tower Bridge, view from London Bridge. London, 1955.



Two boys in their Glasgow backyard with their Christmas presents - astronaut suits and hoppers, 1970.

Future astronauts, I wonder if any kids today dream of being astronauts?



The Esso Hibernia tanker under construction. Wallsend, 1960s.



George Bennie's experimental Railplane, Scotland, 1923.

The "Railplane" was a design similar to a modern monorail. However, unlike a monorail, this "transport of the future" had two rails - one above and one below. It was driven by aircraft engines with propellers (hence the name).

It was assumed that special rails for it would be installed above regular railways and "rail planes" would carry passengers, and steam locomotives - cargo. The estimated speed of the "plane" was more than 200 kilometers per hour.



Cycling star George Brake tries to straighten a wheel during a London race, 1948.



A bus. London, 1936.



Tea drinking on a diving board by an outdoor swimming pool. London, 1938.

The tradition of drinking tea with milk came from the nomads of Northern China, but took root in the UK.

The British Empire, through its colonial activities, spread the custom of drinking tea with milk to many countries