A 1947 Volkswagen Beetle William Hillman South view of Baynard's Castle

South view of Baynard's Castle with boats on the River Thames

including a fruit seller

- A scene in ye Academic Grove

Saville Road

Bombardier Billy Wells poses for the Daily Mirror prior to his fight against Gunner Moir at Olympia

A 1947 Volkswagen Beetle William Hillman South view of Baynard's CastleA 1947 Volkswagen Beetle. Ferdinand Porsche produced ancestral KdF wagen prototypes in 1935. Batches of pre production versions followed, before manufacture began in 1939, adapted for military use. Adolf Hitler advised that the Volkswagen People's Car be streamlined to 'look like a beetle'. Post war civilian production was under British military control until 1949, when it reverted to German charge. During the late 1960s the Beetle became a world car.