Title

Tower Gardens, London, c1945-c1965

Caption

Tower Gardens, London, c1945-c1965. Londoners seek out the shade of Tower Gardens on a summer's day. People sit on the grass, or on old cannons and watch the River Thames. A sentry box stands in the foreground, with a litter bin beyond. Tower Bridge is visible in the distance through the trees.

Date

1945

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19A78_191

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,7Mb (1,9Mb) / 18,0in x 11,6in / 5411 x 3468 (300dpi)

Keywords

leisure park building buildings London England season people summer castle shade shadow fortification war cannon location century concept Tower of London B&W 1940s MONOCHROME fifties 1950s Forties Sixties black & white black and white B W 1960s 20th century armaments Tower Hamlets English Heritage decade sentry-box TGN Tower Gardens photograph SW Rawlings Rawlings SW photograph