Title

Bathers on Tower Beach, London, c1945-c1965

Caption

Bathers on Tower Beach, London, c1945-c1965. Tower Beach is a sandy stretch of the bank of the River Thames in front of the Tower of London. At low tide it offered a playground for children from the East End of London.

Date

1945

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19A79_162

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

52,9Mb (1,7Mb) / 11,4in x 18,0in / 3429 x 5395 (300dpi)

Keywords

river building buildings London England River Thames Thames season people child children beach family swimming spring geography castle fortification swimsuit century stairs swimming costume Tower of London pastime B&W 1940s MONOCHROME fifties family life 1950s Forties Sixties black & white black and white B W 1960s 20th century Tower Hamlets English Heritage decade geographical feature TGN Tower Beach photograph SW Rawlings Rawlings SW photograph