Millions Like Her, Birmingham 1951

There's no mistaking Bert Hardy, although this one looks too stagey to be true - actually, the girl at the window does look awfully like Patricia Roc in this old film about the war effort. I prefer the shot below of wartime goodbyes at Paddington station. I was thinking that Hardy's centenary exhibition at the Photographers' Gallery would make a good outing for an icy cold Bank Holiday - but noticed just in time that it doesn't open until later in the week.