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  • Santa and snowman Christmas party costumes are displayed in the front window of a fancy dress shop in Goven Hill, south Glasgow.
    shop_santa1-22-11-2011.jpg
  • Five boy mannequis display ceremonial costumes for special occasions in the window of a clothing supplier in a southern suburb of Berlin, Germany.
    berlin_mannequins01-08-04-2013.jpg
  • Women dressed in Christmas party costumes walk southwards from London Bridge into Southwark in central London
    city_people26-09-12-2015.jpg
  • London Marathon runners wearing fancy dress costumes - including a skinny pink ballerina and a Playboy Bunny, pass through the Canary Wharf development in 1991, on 21st April 1991, in London, England. Canary Wharf is the product of the 1980s financial boom when during the term of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, huge building projects such as the Docklands consortium saw vast changes in London's landscape.
    city11-21-04-1991.jpg
  • On US President Donald Trump's second day of a controversial three-day state visit to the UK, protesters in Handmaid's Tale costumes march down Whitehall and voice their opposition to the 45th American President, down Whitehall, on 4th June 2019, in London England.
    trump_protest-47-04-06-2019.jpg
  • A holy nativity scene titled Christmas Crib by the artist Tomoaki Suzuki with background tourists in London's Trafalgar Square. Juxtaposed under the Angel Gabriel are a man's legs who is actually hauling himself up on to a plinth of Nelson's comumn. Encased within a transparent perspex box are the pilgrims who are apparently paying their respects to the infant Jesus in that famous Christian religious event. The new crib was commissioned in 2006 by St Martin-in-the-Fields providing a significant new public art work embodies characters representing different ethnicities - Middle eastern, Caucasian, African and Asian. The 11 painted lime wood carving are 40% life-size and were a collaboration with fashion designer Jessica Ogden who created timeless silk costumes for each of the characters.
    nativity_scene01-19-12-2013.jpg
  • Four friends gather every morning in the summer at Brockwell (Brixton) Lido. This is a favourite place in the capital for varied groups of people  to meet, swim or just hang out like these London taxi drivers who regularly meet for exercise sessions, accumulating sun tans during long periods in the sunshine. Bare except for their costumes, they stretch and yawn, read a newspaper and lean against a railing all the while swapping anecdotes and complaining grumpily about the state of the world near a brick wall that retains heat. Brockwell Lido in Herne Hill SE24 was originally built in 1937 at a time of coastal and city pool-building but went into decline when bathers preferred to holiday in warmer Spain. Its revival happened when local entrepreneurs re-opened the business and it now enjoys a reputation for some of the best urban swims in the UK.
    lido02-08-25-1995.jpg.jpg
  • A Santa Christmas party costume is displayed in the front window of a fancy dress shop in Goven Hill, south Glasgow.
    shop_santa3-22-11-2011.jpg
  • A Santa Christmas party costume is displayed in the front window of a fancy dress shop in Goven Hill, south Glasgow.
    shop_santa2-22-11-2011.jpg
  • In front of amused elderly passers-by, street performers strut their stuff during a Gay Pride parade of homosexuals and transgender cross-dressers. One wears a bright red and gold costume with feathers just off the road while another wears a dancer's sequined leotard. Gay pride or LGBT pride is the positive stance against discrimination and violence toward lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people to promote their self-affirmation, dignity, equality rights, increase their visibility as a social group, build community, and celebrate sexual diversity and gender variance.
    gay_pride-02-07-1998.jpg
  • While crowds wave Union Jack flags a re-enactment soldier shows a youngster wearing a WW2 costume how to use a Thompson sub-machine gun - remembering the 50th anniversary of VE (Victory in Europe) Day on 6th May 1995. In the week near the anniversary date of May 8, 1945, when the World War II Allies formally accepted the unconditional surrender of the armed forces of Germany and peace was announced to tumultuous crowds across European cities, the British still go out of their way to honour those sacrificed and the realisation that peace was once again achieved. Street parties now - as they did in 1945 - played a large part in the country's patriotic well-being...
    VE_day_anniversary07-06-05-1995.jpg
  • Costumed St Georges gather in the undervover Leadenhall Market in the City of London, on England's national St George's Day the 23rd April,
    st_georges_day13-23-04-2015.jpg
  • Costumed tourists pose for pictures in the Splendid China model village theme park in Shenzen, China.
    shenzhen_tourism-21-04-1995.jpg
  • A shop window mannequin advertising prices of varieties of clothing, both academic and less formal styles for men and women, on 19th July, in Porto, Portugal. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    portugal_porto-02-19-07-2016.jpg
  • Morris man and lunchtime drinkers gather in Leadenhall Market on St George's Day, when 'Englishmen' celebrate their patron saint. Wearing white uniforms they jig their traditional dance, a form of English folk dance accompanied by accordion and pipes. It is based on rhythmic stepping and the execution of choreographed figures by a group of dancers. Implements such as sticks, swords, and handkerchiefs may also be wielded by the dancers. In a small number of dances for one or two men, steps are performed near and across a pair of clay tobacco pipes laid across each other on the floor. English records of Morris dancing date back to 1448.
    morris_men_leadenhall02-23-04-2013.jpg
  • Morris man and lunchtime drinkers gather in Leadenhall Market on St George's Day, when 'Englishmen' celebrate their patron saint. Wearing white uniforms they jig their traditional dance, a form of English folk dance accompanied by accordion and pipes. It is based on rhythmic stepping and the execution of choreographed figures by a group of dancers. Implements such as sticks, swords, and handkerchiefs may also be wielded by the dancers. In a small number of dances for one or two men, steps are performed near and across a pair of clay tobacco pipes laid across each other on the floor. English records of Morris dancing date back to 1448.
    morris_men_leadenhall01-23-04-2013.jpg
  • London 8/1/13: Two characters dressed as NASA moon walking astronauts, walk along Oxford Street outside the Selfridges department store in central London - part of a PR promo for deodorant brand Lynx who have launched a competition, with the first prize a once-in-a-lifetime chance to blast into orbit. The 22 winners, which will include one Brit, will experience Earth from outer space on the Lynx SXC (Space Expedition Corporation) space shuttle. Shoppers and passers-by seem oblivious to this symbol of 20th century American technology, now reduced to a PR stunt for the Lynx aftershave brand hosted by Selfridges. Selfridges, also known as Selfridges & Co, is a chain of high end department stores in the United Kingdom. It was founded by Harry Gordon Selfridge. The flagship store in London's Oxford Street is the second largest shop in the UK (after Harrods) and opened 15 March 1909.
    selfridges_astronaut02-08-01-2013.jpg
  • Shop window for an academic and miscellaneous clothing business in Porto, Portugal.
    portugal_porto-01-19-07-2016.jpg
  • A glam rock David Bowie tribute band perform the entire 'Ziggy Stardust' album at a private party in Wales.
    glam_rock07-25-10-2014.jpg
  • A glam rock David Bowie tribute band perform the entire 'Ziggy Stardust' album at a private party in Wales.
    glam_rock06-25-10-2014.jpg
  • A glam rock David Bowie tribute band perform the entire 'Ziggy Stardust' album at a private party in Wales.
    glam_rock04-25-10-2014.jpg
  • London 8/1/13: A man dressed as a NASA moon walking astronaut walks along Oxford Street outside the Selfridges department store in central London - part of a PR promo for deodorant brand Lynx who have launched a competition, with the first prize a once-in-a-lifetime chance to blast into orbit. The 22 winners, which will include one Brit, will experience Earth from outer space on the Lynx SXC (Space Expedition Corporation) space shuttle. Shoppers and passers-by seem oblivious to this symbol of 20th century American technology, now reduced to a PR stunt for the Lynx aftershave brand hosted by Selfridges. Selfridges, also known as Selfridges & Co, is a chain of high end department stores in the United Kingdom. It was founded by Harry Gordon Selfridge. The flagship store in London's Oxford Street is the second largest shop in the UK (after Harrods) and opened 15 March 1909.
    selfridges_astronaut03-08-01-2013.jpg
  • London 8/1/13: Two characters dressed as NASA moon walking astronauts, emerge outside on Oxford Street outside the Selfridges department store in central London - part of a PR promo for deodorant brand Lynx who have launched a competition, with the first prize a once-in-a-lifetime chance to blast into orbit. The 22 winners, which will include one Brit, will experience Earth from outer space on the Lynx SXC (Space Expedition Corporation) space shuttle. Shoppers and passers-by seem oblivious to this symbol of 20th century American technology, now reduced to a PR stunt for the Lynx aftershave brand hosted by Selfridges. Selfridges, also known as Selfridges & Co, is a chain of high end department stores in the United Kingdom. It was founded by Harry Gordon Selfridge. The flagship store in London's Oxford Street is the second largest shop in the UK (after Harrods) and opened 15 March 1909.
    selfridges_astronaut01-08-01-2013.jpg
  • London 8/1/13: Passing a disabled beggar, a man dressed as a NASA moon walking astronaut walks along Oxford Street outside the Selfridges department store in central London - part of a PR promo for deodorant brand Lynx who have launched a competition, with the first prize a once-in-a-lifetime chance to blast into orbit. The 22 winners, which will include one Brit, will experience Earth from outer space on the Lynx SXC (Space Expedition Corporation) space shuttle. Shoppers and passers-by seem oblivious to this symbol of 20th century American technology, now reduced to a PR stunt for the Lynx aftershave brand hosted by Selfridges. Selfridges, also known as Selfridges & Co, is a chain of high end department stores in the United Kingdom. It was founded by Harry Gordon Selfridge. The flagship store in London's Oxford Street is the second largest shop in the UK (after Harrods) and opened 15 March 1909.
    selfridges_astronaut04-08-01-2013.jpg
  • A glam rock David Bowie tribute band perform the entire 'Ziggy Stardust' album at a private party in Wales.
    glam_rock05-25-10-2014.jpg
  • As Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces a second Coronavirus nationwide lockdown during the second wave of the pandemic, fancy dress party-goers celebrate Halloween in Soho, on 31st October 2020, in London, England. Small business such as bars and restaurants will again have to close except for takeaways from Thursday, and for a period of one month.
    coronavirus_soho01-31-10-2020.jpg
  • As Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces a second Coronavirus nationwide lockdown during the second wave of the pandemic, fancy dress party-goers celebrate Halloween in Soho, on 31st October 2020, in London, England. Small business such as bars and restaurants will again have to close except for takeaways from Thursday, and for a period of one month.
    coronavirus_soho03-31-10-2020.jpg
  • As Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces a second Coronavirus nationwide lockdown during the second wave of the pandemic, fancy dress party-goers celebrate Halloween in Soho, on 31st October 2020, in London, England. Small business such as bars and restaurants will again have to close except for takeaways from Thursday, and for a period of one month.
    coronavirus_soho02-31-10-2020.jpg
  • As Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces a second Coronavirus nationwide lockdown during the second wave of the pandemic, fancy dress party-goers celebrate Halloween in Soho, on 31st October 2020, in London, England. Small business such as bars and restaurants will again have to close except for takeaways from Thursday, and for a period of one month.
    coronavirus_soho04-31-10-2020.jpg
  • As Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces a second Coronavirus nationwide lockdown during the second wave of the pandemic, fancy dress party-goers celebrate Halloween in Soho, on 31st October 2020, in London, England. Small business such as bars and restaurants will again have to close except for takeaways from Thursday, and for a period of one month.
    coronavirus_soho06-31-10-2020.jpg
  • As Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces a second Coronavirus nationwide lockdown during the second wave of the pandemic, fancy dress party-goers celebrate Halloween in Soho, on 31st October 2020, in London, England. Small business such as bars and restaurants will again have to close except for takeaways from Thursday, and for a period of one month.
    coronavirus_soho08-31-10-2020.jpg
  • Young people drink beers during a fancy dress party in a Liechtenstein village hall, on 8th February 1990, in Gamprin, Liechtenstein.
    liechtenstein_youth-08-02-1990.jpg
  • Russians and Russian-speakers from around the Russian Federation and former Soviet states (such as the Baltics) and of all generations, celebrate Victory Day, the annual commemoration remembering the sacrifice of Red Army heroes who defeated fascism during WW2 - marching through the heart of British government in Whitehall, Parliament Square and ending outside Parliament itself, on 9th May 2018, in London, England.
    russians_victory_day-39-09-05-2018.jpg
  • Russians and Russian-speakers from around the Russian Federation and former Soviet states (such as the Baltics) and of all generations, celebrate Victory Day, the annual commemoration remembering the sacrifice of Red Army heroes who defeated fascism during WW2 - marching through the heart of British government in Whitehall, Parliament Square and ending outside Parliament itself, on 9th May 2018, in London, England.
    russians_victory_day-38-09-05-2018.jpg
  • Winston Churchill impersonator, Derek Herbert gives his Battle of Britain speech in front of three knights and lunchtime drinkers on St George's Day in Leadenhall Market in the capital's financial district (aka The Square Mile), on 23rd April, City of London, England.
    st_georges_day-65-23-04-2018.jpg
  • Winston Churchill impersonator, Derek Herbert gives a V for Victory after making the wartime leader's Battle of Britain speech in front of three knights and lunchtime drinkers on St George's Day in Leadenhall Market in the capital's financial district (aka The Square Mile), on 23rd April, City of London, England.
    st_georges_day-64-23-04-2018.jpg
  • Winston Churchill impersonator, Derek Herbert gives his Battle of Britain speech in front of three knights and lunchtime drinkers on St George's Day in Leadenhall Market in the capital's financial district (aka The Square Mile), on 23rd April, City of London, England.
    st_georges_day-63-23-04-2018.jpg
  • Winston Churchill impersonator, Derek Herbert gives his Battle of Britain speech in front of three knights and lunchtime drinkers on St George's Day in Leadenhall Market in the capital's financial district (aka The Square Mile), on 23rd April, City of London, England.
    st_georges_day-57-23-04-2018.jpg
  • Winston Churchill impersonator, Derek Herbert gives a V for Victory after making the wartime leader's Battle of Britain speech in front of three knights and lunchtime drinkers on St George's Day in Leadenhall Market in the capital's financial district (aka The Square Mile), on 23rd April, City of London, England.
    st_georges_day-62-23-04-2018.jpg
  • Winston Churchill impersonator, Derek Herbert gives his Battle of Britain speech in front of three knights and lunchtime drinkers on St George's Day in Leadenhall Market in the capital's financial district (aka The Square Mile), on 23rd April, City of London, England.
    st_georges_day-52-23-04-2018.jpg
  • Three medieval knights spend lunchtime on St George's Day in Leadenhall Market in the capital's financial district (aka The Square Mile), on 23rd April, City of London, England.
    st_georges_day-50-23-04-2018.jpg
  • Three medieval knights spend lunchtime on St George's Day in Leadenhall Market in the capital's financial district (aka The Square Mile), on 23rd April, City of London, England.
    st_georges_day-51-23-04-2018.jpg
  • Three medieval knights spend lunchtime on St George's Day in Leadenhall Market in the capital's financial district (aka The Square Mile), on 23rd April, City of London, England.
    st_georges_day-49-23-04-2018.jpg
  • Three medieval knights spend lunchtime on St George's Day in Leadenhall Market in the capital's financial district (aka The Square Mile), on 23rd April, City of London, England.
    st_georges_day-45-23-04-2018.jpg
  • Three medieval knights spend lunchtime on St George's Day in Leadenhall Market in the capital's financial district (aka The Square Mile), on 23rd April, City of London, England.
    st_georges_day-43-23-04-2018.jpg
  • Three medieval knights spend lunchtime on St George's Day in Leadenhall Market in the capital's financial district (aka The Square Mile), on 23rd April, City of London, England.
    st_georges_day-41-23-04-2018.jpg
  • Exactly 110 years after it opened, and 100 days after it was closed, campaigners against the closure of Carnegie Library in Herne Hill, south London dressed in Edwardian clothing for speeches and a street party on 9th July, London. Shut by Lambeth council and occupied by protesters for 10 days in April, the library which was bequeathed by American philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie has been locked ever since because, say Lambeth austerity cuts are necessary even though 24hr security make it more expensive to keep closed than open for the local community. A gym that locals say they don't want or need is planned to replace the working library and while some of the 20,000 books on shelves will remain, no librarians will be present to administer it.
    carnegie_library-06-09-07-2016.jpg
  • Exactly 110 years after it opened, and 100 days after it was closed, campaigners against the closure of Carnegie Library in Herne Hill, south London dressed in Edwardian clothing for speeches and a street party on 9th July, London. Shut by Lambeth council and occupied by protesters for 10 days in April, the library which was bequeathed by American philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie has been locked ever since because, say Lambeth austerity cuts are necessary even though 24hr security make it more expensive to keep closed than open for the local community. A gym that locals say they don't want or need is planned to replace the working library and while some of the 20,000 books on shelves will remain, no librarians will be present to administer it.
    carnegie_library-03-09-07-2016.jpg
  • Chinese dragon dancers before the Lord Mayor's Show in the City of London, the capital's ancient financial district founded by the Romans in the 1st Century. This is the pageant's 800th birthday and the 250 year-old horse-drawn guided State Coach will be pulled through the medieval streets with the newly-elected Mayor along with 7,000 others. This first took place in 1215 making it the oldest and longest civil procession in the world which survived both Bubonic plague and the Blitz.
    lord_mayors_show14-14-11-2015.jpg
  • Chinese dragon dancers before the Lord Mayor's Show in the City of London, the capital's ancient financial district founded by the Romans in the 1st Century. This is the pageant's 800th birthday and the 250 year-old horse-drawn guided State Coach will be pulled through the medieval streets with the newly-elected Mayor along with 7,000 others. This first took place in 1215 making it the oldest and longest civil procession in the world which survived both Bubonic plague and the Blitz.
    lord_mayors_show13-14-11-2015.jpg
  • Chinese dragon dancers before the Lord Mayor's Show in the City of London, the capital's ancient financial district founded by the Romans in the 1st Century. This is the pageant's 800th birthday and the 250 year-old horse-drawn guided State Coach will be pulled through the medieval streets with the newly-elected Mayor along with 7,000 others. This first took place in 1215 making it the oldest and longest civil procession in the world which survived both Bubonic plague and the Blitz.
    lord_mayors_show12-14-11-2015.jpg
  • Chinese dragon dancers before the Lord Mayor's Show in the City of London, the capital's ancient financial district founded by the Romans in the 1st Century. This is the pageant's 800th birthday and the 250 year-old horse-drawn guided State Coach will be pulled through the medieval streets with the newly-elected Mayor along with 7,000 others. This first took place in 1215 making it the oldest and longest civil procession in the world which survived both Bubonic plague and the Blitz.
    lord_mayors_show09-14-11-2015.jpg
  • Women from the Guild of Basketmakers before the Lord Mayor's Show in the City of London, the capital's ancient financial district founded by the Romans in the 1st Century. This is the pageant's 800th birthday and the 250 year-old horse-drawn guided State Coach will be pulled through the medieval streets with the newly-elected Mayor along with 7,000 others. This first took place in 1215 making it the oldest and longest civil procession in the world which survived both Bubonic plague and the Blitz.
    lord_mayors_show06-14-11-2015.jpg
  • Dancers working for the UK company Hunter, perform a choreographed dance routine to officially launch the brand's flagship new store in London's Regent Street. Twenty Eight dancers stopped shoppers with their production of 'Singin' in the Rain.'
    hunter_event16-19-11-2014.jpg
  • Dancers working for the UK company Hunter, perform a choreographed dance routine to officially launch the brand's flagship new store in London's Regent Street. Twenty Eight dancers stopped shoppers with their production of 'Singin' in the Rain.'
    hunter_event15-19-11-2014.jpg
  • Dancers march along the street before performing for the UK company Hunter perform a choreographed dance routine to officially launch the brand's flagship new store in London's Regent Street. Twenty Eight dancers stopped shoppers with their production of 'Singin' in the Rain.'
    hunter_event13-19-11-2014.jpg
  • Dancers march along the street before performing for the UK company Hunter perform a choreographed dance routine to officially launch the brand's flagship new store in London's Regent Street. Twenty Eight dancers stopped shoppers with their production of 'Singin' in the Rain.'
    hunter_event12-19-11-2014.jpg
  • Dancers line-up before performing for the UK company Hunter perform a choreographed dance routine to officially launch the brand's flagship new store in London's Regent Street. Twenty Eight dancers stopped shoppers with their production of 'Singin' in the Rain.'
    hunter_event09-19-11-2014.jpg
  • Dancers line-up before performing for the UK company Hunter perform a choreographed dance routine to officially launch the brand's flagship new store in London's Regent Street. Twenty Eight dancers stopped shoppers with their production of 'Singin' in the Rain.'
    hunter_event08-19-11-2014.jpg
  • Two four year-olds look unhappy and a little nervous during their playgroup's Christmas nativity play in a local church.
    nativity_angels-19-12-1999.jpg
  • A four year-old looks unhappy and a little nervous during their playgroup's Christmas nativity play in a local church.
    nativity_angel-19-12-1998.jpg
  • A tall son in the middle accompanies his mother (l) and sister (R) in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. Wearing Union Jack designs dresses and shorts plus a tie and flag to wave, the trio stand in front of the main Olympic stadium before the large crowds arrive later in the day. They have tickets to watch the Hockey and stand smiling as eccentric Brits wearing their national colours.
    olympic_park04-10-08-2012.jpg
  • Three participants of the Lord Mayor's Show in the City of London await a free portaloo cublicle.
    mayor's_show01-13-11-1997.jpg
  • A holy nativity scene titled Christmas Crib by the artist Tomoaki Suzuki with background tourists in London's Trafalgar Square
    nativity_people3-09-12-2011.jpg
  • A holy nativity scene titled Christmas Crib by the artist Tomoaki Suzuki with background acrobat in London's Trafalgar Square
    nativity_people19-13-12-2011.jpg
  • A holy nativity scene titled Christmas Crib by the artist Tomoaki Suzuki with background acrobat in London's Trafalgar Square
    nativity_people18-13-12-2011.jpg
  • Mannequins wear sexy underwear on display in the window of an adult shop window in London's Old Brompton Street, Soho.
    electricity130-17-01-2008 .jpg
  • An adult business window displays the naughty underwear worn by five mannequin models of a Soho sex shop on Old Compton Street in London's West End. Tilted slightly to the left, we see the 5 models posing in various positions of suggestive stances, all demonstrating the shop's array of erotic clothing for the Good Time Girl! On the far right is the artwork of a topless woman, wearing only knee-length stockings. See from behind, the line-drawing of the female suggests a dancer on a Parisian stage act such as the Folies Bergere or Paradis Latin - variety performances for the male admirer. She looks over her left shoulder as if to wink in our direction, all part of the illusion of coquettish desire and greedy eroticism. Old Compton Street is known for cafes, bars and especially the gay, trans-gender scene and for sellers of erotic toy 'accessories'!
    electricity129-17-01-2008 .jpg
  • As Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces a second Coronavirus nationwide lockdown during the second wave of the pandemic, fancy dress party-goers celebrate Halloween in Soho, on 31st October 2020, in London, England. Small business such as bars and restaurants will again have to close except for takeaways from Thursday, and for a period of one month.
    coronavirus_soho05-31-10-2020.jpg
  • As Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces a second Coronavirus nationwide lockdown during the second wave of the pandemic, fancy dress party-goers celebrate Halloween in Soho, on 31st October 2020, in London, England. Small business such as bars and restaurants will again have to close except for takeaways from Thursday, and for a period of one month.
    coronavirus_soho07-31-10-2020.jpg
  • Winston Churchill impersonator, Derek Herbert gives his Battle of Britain speech in front of three knights and lunchtime drinkers on St George's Day in Leadenhall Market in the capital's financial district (aka The Square Mile), on 23rd April, City of London, England.
    st_georges_day-53-23-04-2018.jpg
  • Three medieval knights spend lunchtime on St George's Day in Leadenhall Market in the capital's financial district (aka The Square Mile), on 23rd April, City of London, England.
    st_georges_day-44-23-04-2018.jpg
  • Three medieval knights spend lunchtime on St George's Day in Leadenhall Market in the capital's financial district (aka The Square Mile), on 23rd April, City of London, England.
    st_georges_day-42-23-04-2018.jpg
  • Exactly 110 years after it opened, and 100 days after it was closed, campaigners against the closure of Carnegie Library in Herne Hill, south London dressed in Edwardian clothing for speeches and a street party on 9th July, London. Shut by Lambeth council and occupied by protesters for 10 days in April, the library which was bequeathed by American philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie has been locked ever since because, say Lambeth austerity cuts are necessary even though 24hr security make it more expensive to keep closed than open for the local community. A gym that locals say they don't want or need is planned to replace the working library and while some of the 20,000 books on shelves will remain, no librarians will be present to administer it.
    carnegie_library-02-09-07-2016.jpg
  • Exactly 110 years after it opened, and 100 days after it was closed, campaigners against the closure of Carnegie Library in Herne Hill, south London dressed in Edwardian clothing for speeches and a street party on 9th July, London. Shut by Lambeth council and occupied by protesters for 10 days in April, the library which was bequeathed by American philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie has been locked ever since because, say Lambeth austerity cuts are necessary even though 24hr security make it more expensive to keep closed than open for the local community. A gym that locals say they don't want or need is planned to replace the working library and while some of the 20,000 books on shelves will remain, no librarians will be present to administer it.
    carnegie_library-04-09-07-2016.jpg
  • Exactly 110 years after it opened, and 100 days after it was closed, campaigners against the closure of Carnegie Library in Herne Hill, south London dressed in Edwardian clothing for speeches and a street party on 9th July, London. Shut by Lambeth council and occupied by protesters for 10 days in April, the library which was bequeathed by American philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie has been locked ever since because, say Lambeth austerity cuts are necessary even though 24hr security make it more expensive to keep closed than open for the local community. A gym that locals say they don't want or need is planned to replace the working library and while some of the 20,000 books on shelves will remain, no librarians will be present to administer it.
    carnegie_library-05-09-07-2016.jpg
  • Exactly 110 years after it opened, and 100 days after it was closed, campaigners against the closure of Carnegie Library in Herne Hill, south London dressed in Edwardian clothing for speeches and a street party on 9th July, London. Shut by Lambeth council and occupied by protesters for 10 days in April, the library which was bequeathed by American philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie has been locked ever since because, say Lambeth austerity cuts are necessary even though 24hr security make it more expensive to keep closed than open for the local community. A gym that locals say they don't want or need is planned to replace the working library and while some of the 20,000 books on shelves will remain, no librarians will be present to administer it.
    carnegie_library-01-09-07-2016.jpg
  • Chinese dragon dancers before the Lord Mayor's Show in the City of London, the capital's ancient financial district founded by the Romans in the 1st Century. This is the pageant's 800th birthday and the 250 year-old horse-drawn guided State Coach will be pulled through the medieval streets with the newly-elected Mayor along with 7,000 others. This first took place in 1215 making it the oldest and longest civil procession in the world which survived both Bubonic plague and the Blitz.
    lord_mayors_show16-14-11-2015.jpg
  • One St George knights another with mock sword in Leadenhall Market in the City of London, on England's national St George's Day the 23rd April,
    st_georges_day12-23-04-2015.jpg
  • Dancers working for the UK company Hunter, perform a choreographed dance routine to officially launch the brand's flagship new store in London's Regent Street. Twenty Eight dancers stopped shoppers with their production of 'Singin' in the Rain.'
    hunter_event17-19-11-2014.jpg
  • Dancers working for the UK company Hunter, perform a choreographed dance routine to officially launch the brand's flagship new store in London's Regent Street. Twenty Eight dancers stopped shoppers with their production of 'Singin' in the Rain.'
    hunter_event14-19-11-2014.jpg
  • Dancers line-up before performing for the UK company Hunter perform a choreographed dance routine to officially launch the brand's flagship new store in London's Regent Street. Twenty Eight dancers stopped shoppers with their production of 'Singin' in the Rain.'
    hunter_event07-19-11-2014.jpg
  • Dancers take a selfie before performing for the UK company Hunter perform a choreographed dance routine to officially launch the brand's flagship new store in London's Regent Street. Twenty Eight dancers stopped shoppers with their production of 'Singin' in the Rain.'
    hunter_event03-19-11-2014.jpg
  • Dancers take a selfie before performing for the UK company Hunter perform a choreographed dance routine to officially launch the brand's flagship new store in London's Regent Street. Twenty Eight dancers stopped shoppers with their production of 'Singin' in the Rain.'
    hunter_event01-19-11-2014.jpg
  • Three and four year-old girls clap their hands during a Saturday morning ballet dance group in south London.
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  • On stage, a beautiful topless dancer with a gentleman admirer during a variety show at the famous Parisian cabaret company Paradis Latin, Paris France. In front of glittery stars, the two ladies of the night are dressed in satin stockings and suspenders, flirting with this male dressed in top hat and tails, holding the hand of one lady and the about to kiss the cheek of the other, all the time lit with stage spotlights and the silhouetted heads of the front row audience at the bottom of the picture. The two girls appear to be twins but are probably wearing blonde wigs to make them look like a male 'Gentlemen prefer blondes' fantasy. (From a story about travelling through 6 European countries by coach in 7 days).
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  • On stage, two beautiful topless girls stand semi-naked with a gentleman admirer during a variety show at the famous Parisian cabaret company Paradis Latin, Paris France. In front of glittery stars, the two ladies of the night are dressed in satin stockings and suspenders, flirting with this male dressed in top hat and tails, holding the hand of one lady and the about to kiss the cheek of the other, all the time lit with stage spotlights and the silhouetted heads of the front row audience at the bottom of the picture. The two girls appear to be twins but are probably wearing blonde wigs to make them look like a male 'Gentlemen prefer blondes' fantasy. (From a story about travelling through 6 European countries by coach in 7 days).
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  • A young girl holds railings at the site of Brussels' famous landdmark, the Mannekin Pis statuette, dressed in red...Manneken Pis (literally little man pee in Marols, a dialect spoken in Brussels, also known in French as le Petit Julien), is a famous Brussels landmark. It is a small bronze fountain sculpture depicting a naked little boy urinating into the fountain's basin. It was designed by Jerome Duquesnoy and put in place in 1618 or 1619.[1] It bears a similar cultural significance as Copenhagen's Little Mermaid. The statue is dressed in costume several times each week, according to a published schedule which is posted on the railings around the fountain. His wardrobe consists of several hundred different costumes,
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  • A circus family poses for a portrait outside their big top tent before performing at another local show in south London. The family members are from the well-known Czech Faltiny Troupe who are travelling here on a European tour with Gerry Cottle's Circus in 1990. Wearing traditional the costumes of east European performers, the adults and their children look happy with their lives in the circus ring.
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  • Two obese parents and their normal weight child sit with their backs to the viewer on the edge of a pool on the open deck of the Fun Ship Ecstasy belonging to Carnival Cruises, as it sails through the Gulf of Mexico. The two adults and the girl wear bathing costumes and their tanned skin is exposed to the sun. They are sitting on the rectangular pool-side tiles taking in the atmosphere and the blue water that they're facing. We see the comparison of healthy youth and oversized adulthood, the parents' wide posteriors dwarf the normal size of their child.
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  • Archive image - also used in the book 'Risk Wise'.<br />
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Wearing his bathing costume, a young adventurer clambers over rocks in the Gross Enz river in Germany's Black Forest. The lad of 10 crouches to better balance himself, carefully placing his bare feet on the slippery rock's surface as he emerges from the chilly mountain water. It is high summer and we can see the boy backlit by the glare of strong sunlight in the background. The Gross Enz river rises in Enzklosterle in Baden-Württemberg and is an eventual  tributary of the Neckar. Geologically, the Black Forest consists of a cover of sandstone on top of a core of gneiss. During the last glacial period, the Würm glaciation, the Black Forest was covered by glaciers.
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  • A yodelling lady singer belts out traditional Alpine Swiss songs during a concert in the Liechtenstein capital, Vaduz. In front of an audience consisting of locals and visiting tourists, the lady is dressed in traditional Swiss/Alpine dress called a dirndl, a type of traditional dress worn in Germany – especially Bavaria – Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria and South Tyrol, based on the historical costume of Alpine peasants. Dresses that are loosely based on the dirndl are known as Landhausmode ("country-inspired fashion"). A dirndl skirt generally describes a light circular cut dress, gathered at the waist, that falls below the knee
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  • A young boy creates ripples as he plays with his radio-controlled boat in the River Thames at Dorchester, Oxfordshire. The sun is hidden behind a line of trees and the boy who is backlit stands in the shallow part of the river up to his ankles, wearing his swimming costume. The small boat is only a few feet from the antenna that controls its movement. It is a scene of idyllic tranquility, a childhood of happy summer days. Here the Thames is at its most serene, where visitors enjoy its shallows with the fear of strong currents, tides or large boating activity.
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  • Garish costume on sale in a charity shop window, East Dulwich South London.
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  • An unrecognisable bather wearing a stripy costume bends over awkwardly to adjust his towel on the promenade pavement (sidewalk) at Minehead, Devon. The man's reddened posterior is pointed towards the viewer and his dachshund (sausage) pet dog stands still looking away to the right, towards unseen interest. A family of four stroll along the sandy beach during low tide. It is a hot afternoon but we only see a quiet scene at this busy resort.
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  • An American expatriate living in Monaco laughs at a joke from an unseen person while standing near her apartment  in front of a beach mural on the Avenue Princess Grace. The cartoon character is a puny bather in an old fashioned bathing costume and flippers, showing off a scrawny arm and non-existant bicep. Seen from a low angle, the blonde-haired widow wears sunglasses, a black coat and speckled scarf around her neck, has been living in Monaco for many years and speaks fluent French. We see a smart lady in her middle-age enjoying her retirement in the warm Mediterranean climate.
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  • An elderly gentleman has just emerged from a swim in the cold waters off Paignton, the seaside town in Devon, south-west England. Still to towel himself down, he looks chilled to the bone but stands talking to friends out of view. The man wears dark trunks (costume) and has a large belly but otherwise looks fit and healthy, a true picture of health for a man of his age, after swimming in these seas for many years and enjoying the endorphins that are stimulated after wild, outdoor swims.
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  • A rather obese woman stands in the waves at the seaside resort of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk. With hands behind her back and fingers interlocked the lady wears a turquoise bathing costume that just about fits her ample, wide body. Her bottom is large as are her legs that have cellulite on the tops of her thighs. She looks left alone, a solitary person standing with her back to the viewer - or perhaps she is standing guard, keeping watch on children as they play safely in the sea. Water splashes against her lower legs and is frozen still by a fast shutter speed. It is a fine, bright sunny afternoon on this Eastern coast of England, more noted for very changeable weather rather than the heatwave experienced here.
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  • Lying on her back with eyes closed, a young girl stretches her arms out allowing her father to support her weight in an empty swimming pool in Miami Florida. With complete trust, she lets herself go and yields to her own natural  buoyancy as she floats amid this seemingly wide ocean of chlorinated water belonging to a hotel on Ocean Drive. We see her bright red costume clearly against the  complimentary prime colour green in a vibrant display from the spectrum. It is a scene of love and confidence, of youth and health.
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  • Breathing through her mouth, a lady wearing a bikini costume lifts her head supported with her hands to start another sit-up repetition during a morning exercise session at Brockwell Lido, Brixton South London. With other bathers also lying in sun on the warm poolside pavement, some white and another Rastafarian with dreadlocks, it's a largely mixed crowd ethnically. Brockwell Lido in Herne Hill SE24 was originally built in 1937 at a time of coastal and city pool-building but went into decline when bathers preferred to holiday in warmer Spain. Its revival happened when local entrepreneurs re-opened the business and it now enjoys a reputation for some of the best urban swims in the UK.
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