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The British Love To Queue 1916 to 1999

Some people maintain it's not the queuing but what's on the end of the queue that counts. Not the Brits, though, who see lining up neatly, waiting patiently and apologising to queue jumpers while secr ...More




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Ireland & Independence - The Trial of Sir Roger Casement - 1916

Crowds outside Bow Street court, for the Roger...

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Casement Trial 1916

Crowds outside Bow Street court, for the Casement...

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Casement Trial 1916

Crowds outside Bow Street court, for the Casement...

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The Great Railway Strike

Bus queues at Putney during the great railway...

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British Politics - Strikes - Bus Strike - London - 1933

Crowds lining up for trams during the bus strike.

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London Scenes 1933

Children queue with their bags to receive plants...

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London Scenes 1935

Crowds queue to board Paddle steamers at Tower...

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Transport in London - Buses - 1935

Crowds waiting for buses at London Bridge.

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Post-War Britain - Rationing - London - 1945

Queues of people wait in Fleet Street during the...

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Soccer - Football League Division One - Chelsea v Bolton Wanderers

Huge crowds queueing outside Stamford Bridge to...

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UK Transport - Rail - Stations - Waterloo - 1947

Little Valerie Willerby, aged 12, waits in the...

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Holidays and Travel in 1948

Queues of people wait outside a travel agents to...

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Politics - Lynskey Tribunal - Minister Bribery Allegations - London

A big queue forms outside Church House as Sidney...

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Traffic Jam

Cars in a traffic jam on a road in Towcester.

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Crime - WRAC Margaret Williams Murder Trial - Old Bailey

A queue outside the Old Bailey for the trial.

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British Crime - The Setty Murder Case - Old Bailey - London - 1950

A queue forms outside the Old Bailey for the...

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Farthing bundles, Fern Street Settlement 1950

Children queue the length of Fern Street clutching...

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Farthing bundles, Fern Street Settlement 1950

Children queue the length of Fern Street clutching...

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Shopping - West End Shops Winter Sale

Men and women queue for fur coats at Swans and...

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Royalty - Death of King George VI - Buckingham Palace, London

People queue to sign the visitors' book following...

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Royalty - Death of King George VI - Westminster Hall, London

People who had joined the queue at five o'clock...

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British Transport - London Rail Strike

Commuters in Norbury, Surrey, queue for a bus as a...

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Theatre Royal, Drury Lane London 1958

Three men queue for tickets for the play 'My Fair...

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Motoring - Alternative Transport - Manchester

Personal transport has turned a full circle for...

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Politics - State Funeral of Sir Winston Churchill- Bladon, Oxfordshire

A queue three or four deep in places winds its way...

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Soccer - FA Cup - Final - West Bromwich Albion v Everton

Fans queue up to get into Wembley

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Fashion - Swimwear for Selfridges

Late shoppers, office workers and others catching...

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British Motoring - Traffic - Kent

Long lines of crawling traffic makes it way down...

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All nighters awake to Tutenkhamen day

Morning outside the Britsh Museum and an all night...

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Buildings and Landmarks - British Museum - London

Umbrellas up, the long queue moves through the...

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British Postal Service - Parcels Ban - London

People queue in the Trafalgar Square post office...

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Dole queue - Belfast 1974

Thousands queued for unemployment and social...

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Star Wars Queue

Star Wars opens to British Audiences for the first...

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Star Wars Queue

The queue outside the Leicester Square Theatre, in...

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Athletics - The 1981 Gillette London Marathon - Strand Palace Hotel

Slow moving queue of competitors for the first...

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Royalty - Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer Wedding - London

Crowds queuing outside St Paul's Cathedral two...

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A queue outside Fleetway House, London

When last minute applications were handed in for...

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Planet Hollywood public queue

Customers queue at the Planet Hollywood restaurant...

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Buckingham Palace Opening

Tourists queue outside the ticket offices in The...

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