A little slice of Easter 1950, courtesy of Ladybird artist Ronald Lampitt for ‘Illustrated’ magazine.
@LBFlyawayhome A dream of an England in transition. Larkin in pictures. New and old nudging each other, as one seeks traction on the future while the other holds tight to the essential virtues of a declining civic society.
@LBFlyawayhome Nappies on the line; don’t see that often these days.
@LBFlyawayhome Everyone is gardening or something.
@LBFlyawayhome Perhaps not the best idea to play cricket that close to the house, and with the batsman at the window breaking end? Great picture.
@LBFlyawayhome The Orchard by Charles-François Daubigny, 1868
@LBFlyawayhome @OxfordColin Amazing snapshot in time
@LBFlyawayhome What's going on in the house with wild garden? There's someone up a ladder, handing down a bag of something to someone on the ground.
@LBFlyawayhome Why is everyone so busy? Why are they not watching Ben Hur on tv?
@LBFlyawayhome Must have been a late Easter that year, or they were hardier souls back then.