Favorite '30s and '40s photos?

[Edward Reed]

 

[GHT]

Fred Perry, three times champion in the 1930's


1936 FA Cup Final Arsenal v Sheffield Utd.


Oxford, Cambridge university boat race on the River Thames.


At the races, Royal Ascot.


For those further down the pecking order. The Bookmaker/Bookkeeper or Bookie.


Cowes week, sailing around The Isle of Wight.


The German airship Graf Zeppelin, seen flying over Wembley Stadium.

 

[Harp]

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For those further down the pecking order. The Bookmaker/Bookkeeper or Bookie....

Sure that guy is with Ladbroke's?

 

[GHT]

Sure that guy is with Ladbroke's?

Now there's a knowledgeable fellow. Did you know that Ladbrokes, although it wasn't called that at first, was founded by Messrs. Schwind and Pennington in 1886, as commission agents for horses trained at Ladbroke Hall in Warwickshire. The name Ladbrokes was adopted in 1902, when Arthur Bendir joined the partnership, and operations were moved to London.

 

[Edward]

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Fred Perry, three times champion in the 1930's

All while wearing sensible trousers like an adult, too - not children's short trousers as they insist on nowadays.

Now there's a knowledgeable fellow. Did you know that Ladbrokes, although it wasn't called that at first, was founded by Messrs. Schwind and Pennington in 1886, as commission agents for horses trained at Ladbroke Hall in Warwickshire. The name Ladbrokes was adopted in 1902, when Arthur Bendir joined the partnership, and operations were moved to London.

Did they take the name from the Ladbroke Grove area, then?

 

[Harp]

^^^I last bet the Belmont Stakes; skipped Royal Ascot, and laying low this weekend to do some
long awaited reading. This side of the pond keeps a keen eye on British thoroughbred racing, sorry I missed
Ascot, looked a good time as always.

 

[GHT]

Did they take the name from the Ladbroke Grove area, then?

It's certainly coincidental, I'm only assuming that the name came from Ladbroke Hall in Warwickshire, because that's where the business started. You might garner more information from Labrokes website. (if you are feeling bored.)

 

[GHT]

Found these fascinating photos in an online publication called Vintage Post. Each photo is titled, that makes it easy.

 

[Edward]

Found these fascinating photos in an online publication called Vintage Post. Each photo is titled, that makes it easy.

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These patches of London look surprisingly similar today, though much outside the centre I wonder how many areas do?

I love old photos of this sort of area where it's immediately recognisable and yet at the same time very clearly of another time - these are great examples of that.

 

[Edward Reed]

 

[LizzieMaine]

My grandmother always wore her stockings like that, with a knotted piece of elastic inside the roll to hold them up. I grew up thinking that was the way it was supposed to be done, and was surprised to discover there was any other way to do it.

 

[Edward Reed]

My grandmother always wore her stockings like that, with a knotted piece of elastic inside the roll to hold them up. I grew up thinking that was the way it was supposed to be done, and was surprised to discover there was any other way to do it.

Must have been the fad of the times! Those young trendies!

 

[LizzieMaine]

I asked her once if she'd been a "flappa" but she gave me a dirty look.

 

[Edward Reed]

I asked her once if she'd been a "flappa" but she gave me a dirty look.

lol! awesome!

 

[Fading Fast]

Stockings were like the USSR. They were a big important thing that you assumed would always be there and then, in a flash, they were gone.

Even in the '80s and '90s, at least in NYC, woman wore them all the time, especially in offices or at "dress up" events. But one day, in the early '00s, I noticed that women had all but stopped wearing them.

Now I never see them worn.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Cuzco, Peru 1932

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Tourists in Tombstone, Arizona

 

[Bushman]

Even in the '80s and '90s, at least in NYC, woman wore them all the time, especially in offices or at "dress up" events. But one day, in the early '00s, I noticed that women had all but stopped wearing them.

Now I never see them worn.

I remember my mother regularly wearing stockings to work or dressy functions into the 1990s, and then *poof* they were suddenly gone.

 

[Fading Fast]

I remember my mother regularly wearing stockings to work or dressy functions into the 1990s, and then *poof* they were suddenly gone.

It really seemed to happen in a flash; "poof" is a perfect description of what it felt like.

 

[julianclar]

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