LevelItem
Ref NoOBS/6/9/3/1/1/P
TitleGeneral subject negatives - P
Datec1960-c1987
Extent7 boxes***
Creator NameThe Observer Limited; Picture Desk; Observer Picture Library
DescriptionBox 1:
Pageants - Reenactment of Battle of Waterloo on its 160th anniversary: 21 June 1975 (by Tony McGrath)
Pageants - 'Charles Dickens Tour' of London. Last Christmas trip of Brighton Belle for 'Save St Paul's Cathedral' appeal: 18 December 1971 (by David Newell Smith)
Pageants - Trooping the Colour: 11 June 1966 (by Sally Soames)
Pageants - Lord Mayor's Banquet: 12 November 1966 (by Tony McGrath)
Pageants - Civil War reenactment: 24 August 1985 (by Richard Mildenhall)
Pageants - Public hanging, Newport Pagnell: 16 August 1975 (by David Newell Smith)
Pageants - Rehearsal of Trooping of the Colour: 5 June 1965 (by Tom Smith)
Pageants - Lord Mayor's show: 13 November 1971 (by David Newell Smith)
Pageants - Cornwall, Gorsedd Festival at Gulva, Nr. Penzance. C.i. Jean Piette: 11 April 1969 (by Bob Salmon)

Box 2:
Pageants - The Trooping of the Colour: 11 June 1971 (by David Newell Smith)
Pageants - Trooping the Colour: 8 June 1968 (by Bryn Campbell)
Pageants - Trooping the Colour, 21 gun salute at the Tower of London: 10 June 1967 (by Tony McGrath)
Pageants - Trooping the Colour, c.i. Concorde British 002 flying over The Mall: 14 June 1969 (by David Newell Smith)
Pageants - The Trooping of the the Colour: 3 June 1972 (by David Newell Smith)
Pageants - The Trooping of the Colour: nd
Pageants - Trooping the Colour, c.i. Queen Elizabeth II: 13 June 1970 (by David Newell Smith)
Pageants - Trooping of the Colour: 26 May 1973 (by David Newell Smith)
Pageants - Lord Mayor's show: 8 November 1969 (by David Newell Smith)
Pageants - Lord Mayor's show: 13 November 1965 (by David Newell Smith)
Pageants - Lord Mayor's show: 11 November 1967 (by John Hodder)
Pageants - Lord Mayor's show: 14 November 1964 (by Colin Jones)
Pageants - The Trooping of the Colour: 3 June 1978 (by Tony McGrath)
Pageants - Queen's birthday parade: 11 June 1977 (by Tony McGrath)
Pageants - Jousting Tournament at Syon Park: 10 April 1971 (by Tony Prime)
Pageants - Jousting Tournament at Nedigate: 3 June 1967 (by Tony McGrath)
Pageants - Reenactment of a mock battle between the Berkley's and the [Lacey's]: 27 June 1970 (by Mike Charity)
Pageantry - American War of Independence - Bicentenary - Recreation of 18th century British Army Regiment (comprised of Americans), the 10th regiment of foot: 2 October 1976 (by Tony McGrath)
Pageants - Levellers at Busford, Oxfordshire: 15 May 1976 (by Tony McGrath)
Pageants - Trooping of the Colour: 14 June 1986 (by Judah Passow)
Pageants - Election of the Lord Mayor: 28 September 1968 (by Chris Smith)
Pageants - Lord Mayor's show: 12 November 1966 (by John Hodder)
Pageants - Commemoration of execution of Charles I in St Martin-in-the-Fields: 30 January 1971 (by David Newell Smith)
Pageants - Order of the Bath, ceremony at Westminster Abbey: 29 October 1964 (by David Newell Smith)
Pageants - Trooping the Colour: 20 May 1978 (by Eamonn McCabe)
Pageants - Battle of Hastings: 15 October 1966 (by David Newell Smith)
Paint - Rustin's: nd (by John Hodder)
Palestinians: 19 November 1977 (by Tony Prime)
Parachuting - Red Devils: 18 July 1987
Parties - Phantom of the Opera: 10 October 1986 (by Richard Mildenhall)
Parties - Office party in Carter Lane: 6 December 1985 (by Richard Mildenhall)
Passengers waiting at Victoria Coach Station: nd
Patent Agents - P.W. Brock, Ellington & Figs, High Holborn: 29 December 1967 (by John Hodder)
Pavements - Westminster pavement ice damage: 14 February 1963 (by Colin Jones)
People (Types) - Beauty Queen - Miss United Kingdom: 3 September 1966 (by Chris Smith)
People (Types) - Ordnance Survey Trainees: 1 May 1981 (by Ian Bradshaw)
People (Types) - Bell ringers: 1973
People (Types) [Driving Instructor], depicts [pupil] in car with portable computer: nd

Box 3:
People - The Blind: 29th April 1972 (by Jane Bown)**
People - Buskers at Charing Cross Station: 11 July 1980 (by Ian Bradshaw)
People (Types) - Buskers: 25 August 1971 (by Ian Cook)
People - Miners Picket outside Rugeley Power Station: 11 February 1972 (by Paul Hill)
People - Battle of Hastings 1966: 14 October 1966 (by David Newell Smith)
People (Types) - Police: November 1960 (by Stuart Heydinger)
People (Types) - Scottish Pipers and Highland dancing: 17 June 1978 (by Tony Prime)
Peope (Types) - Ex-prisoners, Aid for ex-prisoners and their families given at the Circle Trust Hostel: 8 February 1968 (by David Newell Smith)
People (Types) - Prisoners of War, Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton: 4 September 1965 (by David Newell Smith)
People (Types) - Old People - Founder's day, Royal Hospital, Chelsea: 30 May 1964 (by Stuart Heydinger)
People - O.A.P's: nd
People - Elderly - pensioner's forced to behind bars because of vandals: 1 December 1983 (by John Hodder)
People - Elderly - Ladies in Hastings Home: 17 November 1984 (by Sue Adler)
People - Elderly - Homes for elderly women victims of violence: 1 March 1985 (by Jed Murray)
People - Elderly - Old Age Pensioner's Free Day Rail: 10 June 1978 (by Eamonn McCabe)
People - Elderly - in Toynbee Hall (East End of London settlement): 17 December 1965 (by David Newell Smith)
People (Types) - Poor families: 218 July 1967 (by Tony McGrath)
People (Types) - Pop Artists - 20 December 1963 (by David Newell Smith)
People (Types) - Postman, in [North] London: 1 August 1970 (by Tony McGrath)
People (Types) - Russian Jews in Hendon: 18 January 1975 (by Tony McGrath)
People (Types) - Redundant BMC Worker and family: 16 December 1966 (by David Newell Smith)
People - Queuing for the Proms: 14 September 1974 (by Tony McGrath)
People - Americans in London: 12 April 1985 (by John Russell)
People - Pageant, medieval feast - Engliscan Gesithas: 18 November 1972 (by David Newell Smith)
People - Poets and poetry reading at the Royal Albert Hall: 12 June 1965 (by Tom Smith)
People - Prisoners' wives living together while husbands away in jail: 17 August 1984 (by Tony McGrath)
People - National town criers championship, Hastings: 17 August 1963 (by Colin Jones)
Petrol - 'Exxon' petrol new brand name for Standard Oil Co.'s new petrol: 26 October 1972 (by Ian Cook)
Petrol - Petrol rationing: 11 February 1978 [by Derek Millward]
Petrol - Energy crisis and petrol rationing: 24 May 1979 (by Eamonn McCabe)
Petrol - Petrol signs: 2 July 1978 (by Nobbu Clarke)
Phonagraph - 27 July 1967 (by Tony McGrath)
Photography - 3D camera: 2 March 1983 (by David Mansell)
Photography - Exhibition - [Howard Kosta]: 28 August 1985 [by Judah Passow]
Photography - Kodak new film - disc photography: 25 June 1982 (by Sue Adler)
Photography - Sport photograph of the year: [1975;1976] (by Ray Green)
Photography - Roast beef: 12 November 1966 (by Tony McGrath)
Pilgrimage - Pilgrimage to Glastonbury: 30 June 1973 (by David Newell Smith)
Poaching - 17 July 1980 (by Ian Bradshaw)
Poisons - Poisonous beads: 27 May 1972 (by Neil Libbert)
Police / Security at warehouse in the Docklands area: 25 November 1970 (by David Newell Smith)
Police / Security, Securicor Man: 26 November 1970 (by David Newell Smith)
Police - London Policemen patrolling Soho: 4 June 1971 (by David Newell Smith)
Police - Sieges, Iran Embassy: 3 May 1980 (by Anthony Vincent)
Police - Police horses: 7 August 1982 (by Tony Prime)
Police - Black: 4 June 1981
Police - On the beat: 12 May 1960 (by Patrick Ward)
Police - Police cross Hyde Park on their way to P.L.O Demo: 12 October 1982 (by Steve Macmillan)
Police - Siege at Iranian Embassy: 3 May 1980 (by Tony McGrath)
Police - Training at Hounslow: 7 August 1985 (by David Mansell)

Box 4:
Police - Greater Manchester police in firearm training: 7 April 1983 (by Ged Murray)
Police - Drunken driving: 19 December 1986 (by Richard Mildenhall)
Police - Gun training: 8 August 1980 (by John Hodder)
Police - Firearms training, [Lippits Hill]: 25 September 1985 (by Sue Adler)
Police - Godalming police station: 10 November 1979 (by Tony Prime)
Police - 5 December 1980 (by Ian Bradshaw)
Police - Preston police 'z' cars: 7 January 1962 (by Ray Beattie)
Police - Police in Lewisham: 19 April 1980 (by Tony Prime)
Police - German police in London: 13 October 1979 [by Neil Libbert]
Police - Community Patrol: 4 July 1980 (by Ian Bradshaw)
Police - Police, Oxford Street: nd
Police - Police giving exercises to late night motorists: 19 July 1986 (by Ben Gibson)
Police - Police row [Livernove]: 7 June 1985 (by David Mansell)
Police - Cadet practice, unarmed combat, Hendon police training school: 10 May 1978 (by Neil Libbert)
Police - Merseyside police HQ: 7 September 1985 (by Ged Murray)
Police - WPC's in riot gear: 22 February 1986 (by Roger Hutchings)
Police - Siege, Bristol:14 June 1986 (by Ben Gibson)
Police - Siege, Harrow: 15 February 1984 (by Roger Hutchings)
Police - Laying wreath at cenotaph for the 3 murdered policemen: 10 September 1966 [Peter Boyce]
Police - Frogmen in Thames, Richmond - Angie Wooliscroft/Barclays Bank murder: 20 November 1976 (by Chris Smith)
Police - Frogmen in Thames, Richmond - Angie Wooliscroft/Barclays Bank murder: 20 November 1976 (by Tony Prime)
Police - Camden Lock police station: 5 May 1984 (Neil Libbert)
Police - WPC/Libyan Embassy: 11 May 1984 (by Sue Adler)
Police - Libyan Embassy siege: 17 April 1984 (by Sue Adler)
Police - Libyan Embassy siege: nd (by Sue Adler
Police - Libyan Embassy siege: 21 April 1984 (by Mike McQueen)
Police - Libyan Embassy siege: 21 April 1984
Police - Libyan Embassy siege: 21 April 1984 (by Ged Murray)
Police - Libyan Embassy siege: 21 April 1984 (by Ged Murray)
Police - Libyan Embassy siege: 19 April 1984 (by Tony Prime)
Police - Libyan Embassy siege from Economist building: 21 April 1984 (by Tony Prime)
Police - Libyan Embassy siege from Regent's Sq and Heathrow bomb blast: nd (by Richard Mildenhall)
Police - Libyan siege - Libyans in hospital: nd
Police - Transport police on tubes and buses: 13 December 1980 (by John Hodder)
Police - Training, Sompting Abbot School, Sussex: 27 April 1984 (by Tony Prime)
Police - Breath tests at Christmas: December 1979
Police - Iranian embassy siege: 3 May 1980 (by Adrian Murrell)
Police - Iranian embassy siege: 3 May 1980 (by Tony McGrath)
Police - Iranian embassy siege: 3 May 1980 (by John Hodder)
Police - Iranian embassy siege: nd (by Anthony Vincent)
Politics - Block vote at party conference, nd
Politics - British movement - Glen Bennett and John Barton: 14 November 1980 (by Sue Adler)
Politics - CND press conference, Manchester: 16 November 1985 (by Ged Murray)
Politics - Greenpeace - sinking of Rainbow Warrior - Vanderbilt Hotel: 30 August 1985 (by Judah Passow)
Politics - Greenpeace - Greenpeace girls: 9 July 1985 (by Sue Adler)
Politics - General election 1979: 4 May 1979 (by Eamonn McCabe)
Politics - Young Liberal party: 16 May 1985 (by Kerstin Rodgers)
Politics - Liberal party poster: February 1979
Politics - Suez crisis: 29 October 1981 (by John Hodder)
Politics - Indian Workers' Association elections, Southall: 24 April 1970 (by Tony McGrath)
Politics - Bermondsey by-election: 24 February 1983 (by Matthew Harris)
Politics - Britain - Scottish National Party: nd (by David Liddle)
Politics - General election: 1979
Politics - Truro by-election: 22 February 1987 (by John Wildgoose)
Politics - Truro by-election: nd (by John Wildgoose)

Box 5:
Politics - National Front (rally) 15 October 1977 (by Tony McGrath)*
Politics - National Front at Conway Hall: 16 October 1976 (by Tony McGrath)
Politics - National Front: 25 February 1978 (by Tony Prime)
Politics - Waiting outside 10 Downing Street for new cabinet: 16 October 1963 (by Colin Jones)
Politics - W.R.P house: 26 September 1975 (Tony McGrath)
Politics - GLC depot with polling booth sign: 20 May 1983 (by Tony Prime)
Politics - 1983 general election - Wallsall's unemployed Tories: 27 May 1983 (by Tony Prime)*
Politics - 1983 general election - minority groups in London: 19 May 1983 (by Tony Prime)
Politics - 1983 general election - Leicester Asian vote: 19 May 1983 (by Tony Prime)*
Politics - International Warsw Pact: nd
Politics - Militant rally in Wembley Stadium: 10 September 1983 (by Neil Libbert)
Politics - Brecon and Radnor by-election: 15 June 1985 (by Ben Gibson)
Politics - Council elections in Bradford: 3 May 1986 (by Ged Murray)
Politics - Blyth by-election: 24 December 1986 (by Richard Mildenhall)
Politics - Greenwich by-election: 5 February 1987 (by John Wildgoose)
Politics - Greenwich by-election - all 3 candidates: 14 February 1987 (by John Wildgoose)
Politics - International - NATO foreign defence minister at Gleneagles: 23 October 1986 (by David Liddle)
Political - Brecon by-election: 6 July 1985 (by Ben Gibson)
Political - 1983 General Election, Bradford, Pat Wall: 20 May 1983 (by John Hodder)
Political - Darlington [by]-election: 3 March [1983] (by Allan Glenwright)
Political - West Derbyshire by-election, Christopher Walmsley and Patrick McLoughlin: 18 April 1986 (by Ged Murray)
Political - Rydale by-election 1986, Elizabeth Shields and Neil Balfour: 20 April 1986 (by Allan Glenwright)
Political - Fulham by-election, Conservative Party: 11 January 1986 (by David Newell Smith)
Political - Penrith and boarder, Michael Young and Lindsay Williams: [July] 1983
Political Prisoners – Greek political prisoners’ letters’ sent to London: 7 December 1967 (by David Newell Smith)
Pollution - Air pollution (Boeing 747 at American airport): 27 July 1972 (by Chris Smith)
Pollution - Dolly blue factory: nd
Pollution - Asbestos dust story - asbestos in Telford: 1 July 1983 (by David Mansell)
Pollution - Kensington Gardens - mallards die in Longwater Italian Gardens: 10 August 1985 (by Sue Adler)
Pollution - Oil pollution - Folkstone harbour being cleaned up: 20 November 1975 (by Peter Powell)
Pollution - Oil polluted beaches on S.E. coast: 14 November 1975 (by Chris Smith)
Pollution - Birkenhead: 17 July 1976 (by Ray Green)
Pollution - Rivers - 25 anglers taking part in GLC experiment on conditions of fish cleaning up of the Thames: 16 November 1968 (by Bryn Campbell)
Pollution - Rivers - fishing in the Thames to judge size and quantity of the fish after GLC pollution-control campaign of 1968: 11 July 1970 (by David Newell Smith)
Pollution - Ministry of Defence radio research station at Orford Ness: 6 March 1971 (by Bryn Campbell)
Pollution - 25,000 tons of waste paper near Maidstone: 11 January 1975 (by David Newell Smith)
Pollution - BP chemical plant at Baglan Bay - Reverend Anthony [Wintte]: 10 May 1974 (by Ian Cook)
Pollution - London brick: 9 March 1979 (by John Hodder)
Pollution - Redland Purle site at Pitsea - 'Britain's biggest rubbish dump': 29 November 1974 (by Chris Smith)
Pollution - Birds: 28 October 1978 (by Ian Bradshaw)

Box 6:
Pollution - Carrington, Manchester: 7 November 1968 (by Ray Green)
Pollution - Rubbish as Dulwich: 2 May 1975 (by David Newell Smith)
Pollution - Noise Control Patrol, Hammersmith: 5 August 1983 (by Tony Prime)
Pollution - Gulf oil refinery, Milford Haven: 17 June 1972 (by Ieuan Davies)
Pollution - Oil slick, Bantry Bay: 2 November 1974 (by Chris Smith)
Pollution - 31 July 1970
Pollution - 14 November 1970 (by Bryn Campbell)
Pollution - Pollution of beaches in Brittany: 10 May 1978 (by John Hodder)
Pollution - Oil pollution on Kent beaches after 2 ships sank in channel: 16 January 1971 (by Tony McGrath)
Pollution - Pollution of Thames due to partially treated sewerage flowing in as a result of council workers strike: 9 October [1970] (By Bryn Campbell)
Pollution - Oil pollution n beaches of west coast: 29 April 1967 (by Devon News Service)
Polygraph - Lie detectors, Jeremy Barrett: 16 February 1984 (by Sue Adler)
Pools Panel - Headed by Sir Ronald Howe including George Young, Neil Franklin and Raich Carter: 15 February 1969 (by David Newell Smith)
Pornography - Sex Shop: 11 April 1980 (by Lorrie Graham)
Pornography - Porn bookshops in London: 13 August 1971 (13 August 1971)
Pornography - Pornography: 13 May 1977 (by Nobby Clark)
Pornography - Pornography: 13 May 1977 (by Tony McGrath)
Pornography - Soho porn shops: nd
Portable word processors - nd
Porters race - Annual Porters race at Spitalfields including George Rutledge – winner - with 16 baskets of fruit: 23 July 1977 (by Tony Prime)
Post - Post Office, The rest room and Paul Lashmar: 5 April 1980 (by Tony Prime)
Post - Post Office, Night mail train: 28 March 1980 (by Tony McGrath)
Post - Postcards, from collection of old postcards: nd
Post - Postal service: 30 June 1979 (by Tony Prime)
Post - Postman: nd
Post - Post Office Crane: 28 November 1981 (by John Hodder)
Post - British Telecom Trainee Engineers: nd (by Ian Bradshaw)
Post - Post Office Telecom Research Centre: 30 October 1981 (by Ian Bradshaw)
Post - Post Office, Manningtree old post boxes: nd (by Ian Bradshaw)
Post - Post Office, High Wycombe sorting office: 7 May 1974 (by David Newell Smith)
Posters - Poster about [Lorana Sulliavan]: 26 July 1985 (by Sue Adler)
Posters - Political, SDP: 23 April 1983 (by Sue Adler)
Posters - Guinness: nd
Posters - Guinness: 13 January 1983 (by Tony Prime)
Posters - Tennis shoes 3D [illegible] poster: 30 August 1974 (Neil Libbert)
Posters - World’s biggest poster: 27 June 1987 (by Roger Hutchings)
Posters - Painting for peace posters: 1st March 1986 (by John Reardon)**
Pottery - China [Nanjing] Pottery: 11 June 1986 (by David Mansell)
Pottery - China [Nanjing] Pottery: 12 June 1986 (by David Mansell)
Pottery - Lady [Diana] and [Prince] Charles mugs: 11 April 1981 (by John Hodder)
Poverty - Queuing for free food: March 1987 (by Allan Glenwright)
Poverty - Soup kitchen in Edinburgh during DHSS strike: 18 April 1987 (by Murdo Macleod)
Poverty- [Poor family]: 17 December 1983 (by Ged Murray)
Poverty - The Poor, Bethnal Green: nd
Pram - 27 January 1978 (by Tony McGrath)
Press conference - Body in boot- Gatwick Airport**
[Pravda] - Picture from [Pravda]: 18 January 1975
Prisons - Risley Remand Centre: 7 November 1975 (by Ray Green)
Prisons - Maidstone Prison: 15 May 1981
Prisons - Wakefield: 12 March 1983 (by Ged Murray)
Prisons - Wakefield high security: 29 July 1983 (by Tony Prime)
Prisons - Open day at Long [Lartin] Prison: 9 January 1971 (by David Newell Smith)
Prisons - Unlabelled 1 [Prisoners cleaning and exercising]: 11 January 1972 (by Tony McGrath)
Prisons - Wormwood Scrubs: 29 December 1966 (by David Newell Smith)
Prisons - Wormwood Scrubs, demonstration against conditions by IRA Prisoners 15 November 1975 (by Tony Prime)
Prisons - 'The Scrubs,' Manchester Reform Centre: 11 January 1972 (by Tony McGrath)
Prisons - Ashford Detention Centre: 6 July 1984 (by Tony Prime)

Box 7***:
Prisons - Holloway: 21 May 1977 (by Tony Prime)
Prisons - Portlaoise: 1 December 1979 (by Tony McGrath)
Prisons - Prison break: 19 November 1966 (by D avid Newell Smith)
Prisons - Prisoners on probation: 8 February 1968 (by David Newell Smith)
Prisons - Long term [Scottish] prisoners doing [illegible] research: 14 January 1982 (by David Liddle)
Prisons - Durham jail: 18 December 1965 (by David Newell Smith)
Prisons - Harmondsworth Detention Centre: 6 July 1984 (by Tony Prime)
Prisons - Birdman of Wormwood Scrubs: 29 November 1984 (by David Mansell)
Prisons - Prisoners helping handicapped children: 22 February 1979 (by Tony McGrath)
Prisons - [Nottingham] prison: nd (by Jane Bown)
Prisons - Jersey, Channel Islands, flogging: 31 July 1964 (by Peter [Dann])
Prisons - Parkhurst prison trial, police security: 31 July 1970 (by Tony McGrath)
Prisons - Holloway prison, putting up Christmas decorations: 23 December 1967 (by Chris Smith)
Prisons - Holloway: 21 December 1967 (by Chris Smith)
Prisons - Featherstone, during [Prison Officer] strike: nd
Prisons - Verne prison bird sanctuary: 31 March 1967 (by David Newell Smith)
Refugees and Prisons - Wormwood Scrubs: 29 December 1966 (by David Newell Smith)
[Promotions] - Ice-cream making machine: nd (Tony McGrath)
[Promotions] - Easter eggs at Harrods: 15 April 1976 (by Tony McGrath)
[Promotions] Pots - 28 February 1974 (by Ian Cook)
Property - 21 April 1976 (by Neil Libbert)
Prostitutes - Soho: 23 January 1987 (by Sue Adler)
Prostitutes - Kings Cross, English Collective of Prostitutes: 17 September 1986 (by Sue Adler)
Prostitutes - Nottingham: 15 August 1986 (by Ged Murray)
Prostitutes - 25 October 1980 (by Tony McGrath)
Prostitution - Legalised brothels in Southampton: 16 November 1979 (by John Hodder)
Prostitution - Leeds: nd (by Allan Glenwright)
Prostitution - Doorbells: 25 February 1977 (by Tony McGrath)
Public Services - Dustcart, Birmingham: 20 August 1982 (by David Mansell)
Pubs - Fleece Inn: 24 August 1977 (by Mike [Chomly])
Punk Group - Mods at Greyhound pub, Fulham:11 April 1980 (by Lorrie Graham)
Punk Mug - 3 December 1980 (by Arthur Foster)
Punters - Outside William Hill: 12 August 1978 (by Tony Prime)
Puppets - Jim Mansons's 'Dark Crystal:' 5 February 1983 (by Steve Macmillan)
Puppets - Punch and Judy rehearsal outside St Paul's Church: 26 May 1962 (by Stuart Heydinger)
Purple [rubbish] Tip - [Barnt] Green ward, Department of Education officials inspecting tip: 22 January 1972 (by Paul Hill)
Pyramid Confusion - 28 November 1981 (by Ian Bradshaw)
System Of ArrangementAlphabetical
Access StatusOpen
FormatPhotograph

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