Photo Booth

For 6d. you could try out the new technology in the 'Photomaton'

 

Also for 6d you could buy a pint of milk.

3 bedroom semi was just over £2000.

Over 10,000 Londoners were waiting for a telephone. If any of them were trying to get through to any major company, they are still waiting.

 

Queue for the cinema

2/4d for the cinema? This must be a London picture house. Even the bloke looks worried, I think he is looking for somewhere cheaper.

 

12th March Stalin died.

The police were digging up bodies at Rillington Place, Notting Hill, London. Christie was thought to have killed six women

Top record was Lita Rosa singing 'How Much Is That Doggie In The Window'.

Space family

I know the fog was bad in '53 but this is ridiculous! Ex-king Peter of Yugoslavia is visiting 'The Schoolboys Own Exhibition' in London.

Punjab Bagpipes

Pipe Major Sardar Khan of the first Punjab Regiment. Rehearsing for the BBC in the west end of London

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