1954 - Bert Hardy - Why We Must Keep Gibraltar
Bert Hardy was born in London. He worked his way up from a lab assistant to become a staff photographer on the illustrated magazine Picture Post. His images of the Blitz are amongst the finest ever taken. The ones he took of Gibraltar for a Picture Post article - Why we must keep Gibraltar -are not bad either. The following is a representative selection.
Main Street
The fleet is in - Main Street
Sailors just off Main Street. The three ladies are probably matuteras ( see LINK )
Main Street with George's Lane on the right. The house just to the left of the one with the fancy balcony is 256 Main Street, the house I was born in. It no longer exists
Main Street opposite the Catholic Cathedral
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Catalan Bay - Manolo Bonfiglio in the boat . . . with Mr. Gabarron
Our Lady of Sorrows, the Catholic Church in Catalan Bay with Isabel Calamaro in the foreground carrying some carpets and Victoria Calamaro to her right
Catalan Bay Fisherman - Mr Gabarron
Harbour - South Mole
Harbour - Detached Mole
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Checking lottery numbers. The man to the right of the note taker is Santiago Chipolina
The lottery
Did he win?
Still checking
Checking the football results
The Trocadero Bar
Singing in the Trocadero
An ape
Feeding the 'monkeys'
The Ceremony of the Keys
Spaniards registering for work
The Spanish side of the frontier - North Front
Sailor and local girl
Spaniard having a coffee in Main Street
Side street
St Michael's Cave
The WRACs
The WRACs at Europa Flats
Local fruit seller and soldiers
Gibraltar from the air
The top of the Rock looking east
Inside a REME workshop - A Spaniard, a British instructor and a Gibraltarian - Albert Golt
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The Child Health Center