15 Vintage Photos Of Christmas Displays Around The UK

    Christmas design has changed a lot over the years. We take a look through old photos from Getty Images and the Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums (TWAM).


    1. The Bear Band in the window of Callers, Newcastle upon Tyne, in 1966.

    2. A young girl chooses a doll for Christmas in 1960.

    3. Customers window-shop at Holdrons in Peckham, south London, in 1939.

    4. Gifts for men at Binns department store, Newcastle upon Tyne, in 1966.

    5. Christmas gifts on display at the John Lewis store on Oxford Street, London, in 1936.

    6. A Bainbridge department store window display from 1966, located in Newcastle upon Tyne.

    7. Sandbags protect a shop window at Selfridges in London, during the first Christmas of World War II, 16 December 1939.

    8. This display at Callers department store shows Santa having a jolly old time with with all of his circus friends in 1964.

    9. In 1955 strings of bulbs form a festive Christmas display on the front of Simpson's, a department store in London's Piccadilly.

    10. A festive tea party in the window of Callers department store in Newcastle upon Tyne, in 1964.

    11. Women window-shop on a busy street in London in 1905.

    12. Christmastime at Binns in Newcastle upon Tyne, photographed in 1963.

    13. A woman window-shops at Woods, located in South Shields, in 1962.

    14. A woman looks at the window display at Waring and Gallow in Newcastle upon Tyne, in 1963.

    15. Men glance at the Christmas display at Selfridges, Oxford Street, in 1937.