Boy watching a pigeon in Boreham Wood c.1965 black history month This image shows a couple

This image shows a couple lying together on Brighton Beach

By the late 1950s

as ships grew larger and numerous seamen's strikes and the advent of containerisation decimated the docks

piled stacks of timber and jetty for rubbish disposal are also shown in the painting

View of alleyway with houses of Parliament in the background

Boy watching a pigeon in Boreham Wood c.1965 black history month This image shows a coupleHenry Grant started to work for a news agency on Fleet Street in the 1940s and pursued a career as a photojournalist. Grant photographed endlessly, both for the stories he was sent to illustrate and whilst travelling about in between these assignments. He was skilled at spotting and capturing spontaneous moments such as this young boy sitting in a laundrette and watching a pigeon through the window. A typical childs pram of the 1960s can be seen in