Photographer recording the nightlife c.1960 60.80/10 Photograph taken late January 1941

Photograph taken late January 1941

Manfred Man were so named after the keyboard player Manfred Mann

from its establishment in 1133 until it was surpressed in 1855

Organic cotton

Timber-framed houses like these dated back to the 16th and early 17th centuries and were still common in Southwark and the surrounding areas at the beginning of the 19th century

Photographer recording the nightlife c.1960 60.80/10 Photograph taken late January 1941A photographer is himself photographed whilst he sets up his long lens on an evening in the West End. However it is the two youths waiting by the lamp post which really draw the eye. Collins created a number of night time photographs playing with the bright lights of the West End to record the characters enjoying the buzz of fifties nightlife.