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Image Not Available for Pub life goes on as usual, for the village is not affected at all by the proximity of the airport. Here a local gentleman enjoys a glass of beer at the pub which is in the hotel which also houses the I.F.S. airport authorities office.
Pub life goes on as usual, for the village is not affected at all by the proximity of the airport. Here a local gentleman enjoys a glass of beer at the pub which is in the hotel which also houses the I.F.S. airport authorities office.
Image Not Available for Pub life goes on as usual, for the village is not affected at all by the proximity of the airport. Here a local gentleman enjoys a glass of beer at the pub which is in the hotel which also houses the I.F.S. airport authorities office.

Pub life goes on as usual, for the village is not affected at all by the proximity of the airport. Here a local gentleman enjoys a glass of beer at the pub which is in the hotel which also houses the I.F.S. airport authorities office.

Creator Dorien Leigh
Datec. 1937
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 21.6 x 16.6 cm (8 1/2 x 6 9/16 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift, 2002
Category
Object number2002/5773
LocationNot currently on display

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Image Not Available for Industry in Foynes is not affected by the transatlantic flights; the village is a distributing centre for timber from Danzig. Here some timber workers enjoy a good glass of beer in the pub.
Industry in Foynes is not affected by the transatlantic flights; the village is a distributing centre for timber from Danzig. Here some timber workers enjoy a good glass of beer in the pub.
Dorien Leigh
c. 1937
Photograph
Image Not Available for Cows have the freedom of the road in sleepy Foynes and life there is not affected at all by the fact that it is the starting point for the transatlantic flights; very few of the inhabitants even know the way to the airport.
Cows have the freedom of the road in sleepy Foynes and life there is not affected at all by the fact that it is the starting point for the transatlantic flights; very few of the inhabitants even know the way to the airport.
Dorien Leigh
c. 1937
Photograph
Image Not Available for The offices of one of the most important develop-/ments of 20th centry transport are housed in the left wing of this village hotel, while the right wing remains a hotel.
The offices of one of the most important develop-/ments of 20th centry transport are housed in the left wing of this village hotel, while the right wing remains a hotel.
Dorien Leigh
c. 1937
Photograph
Image Not Available for Village life goes on unchanged; Michael Hanley, timber worker, and his old horse go on carrying timber as though such things as trans-atlantic flights did not exist.
Village life goes on unchanged; Michael Hanley, timber worker, and his old horse go on carrying timber as though such things as trans-atlantic flights did not exist.
Dorien Leigh
c. 1937
Photograph
Image Not Available for Village life goes on unchanged; Michael Hanley, timber worker, and his old horse go on carrying timber as though such things as transatlantic flights did not exist.
Village life goes on unchanged; Michael Hanley, timber worker, and his old horse go on carrying timber as though such things as transatlantic flights did not exist.
Dorien Leigh
c. 1937
Photograph
Image Not Available for A real Irish colleen, Maura Bourke, aged 16. Flying boats don't affect her life nor interest her much. She still goes on drawing water daily from the pump as her ancestors have for many generations.
A real Irish colleen, Maura Bourke, aged 16. Flying boats don't affect her life nor interest her much. She still goes on drawing water daily from the pump as her ancestors have for many generations.
Dorien Leigh
c. 1937
Photograph
Image Not Available for Buckingham Palace is only one of the many great buildings whose whole aspect is changed by the stands which are being erected for the coronation.
Buckingham Palace is only one of the many great buildings whose whole aspect is changed by the stands which are being erected for the coronation.
Dorien Leigh
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for Petrol is being lowered onto the launch which takes it out to the flying boat; fuelling takes a whole afternoon.
Petrol is being lowered onto the launch which takes it out to the flying boat; fuelling takes a whole afternoon.
Dorien Leigh
c. 1937
Photograph
Image Not Available for A Nepalese dwarf and his wife. They are both fully grown, and yet compare the size of the woman with that of her baby which she carries on her back.
A Nepalese dwarf and his wife. They are both fully grown, and yet compare the size of the woman with that of her baby which she carries on her back.
Dorien Leigh
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for Woman and child from Taiwan (also known as Formosa)
Woman and child from Taiwan (also known as Formosa)
Dorien Leigh
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for Maternity Block, erected out of funds noted from the natives' self-appointed local rates. It is now maintained by the government./M. B.D.196 (sic).
Maternity Block, erected out of funds noted from the natives' self-appointed local rates. It is now maintained by the government./M. B.D.196 (sic).
Dorien Leigh
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for Beer Barrels.
Beer Barrels.
Dorien Leigh
1930s
Photograph
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