Manchester United Football Club team and directors
1 of 7 portraits of John Aston Sr
Manchester United Football Club team and directors
by Lafayette
half-plate film negative, 4 November 1948
Given by Pinewood Studios via Victoria and Albert Museum, 1989
Photographs Collection
NPG x49040
Artistback to top
- Lafayette (Lafayette Ltd) (active 1880-1962), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 6908 portraits.
Sittersback to top
- John Anderson (1921-2006), Footballer. Sitter in 7 portraits. Identify
- John Aston Sr (1921-2003), Footballer. Sitter in 7 portraits. Identify
- Sir Matthew ('Matt') Busby (1909-1994), Manager, Manchester United Football Club. Sitter in 9 portraits. Identify
- Johnny Carey (1919-1995), Footballer. Sitter in 7 portraits. Identify
- Allenby C. Chilton (1918-1996), Footballer and football manager. Sitter in 7 portraits. Identify
- Henry Cockburn (1921-2004), Footballer and Coach. Sitter in 7 portraits. Identify
- Walter Crickmer (1900-1958), Club Secretary and Manager of Manchester United Football Club. Sitter in 5 portraits. Identify
- Jack Crompton (1921-2013), Footballer. Sitter in 7 portraits. Identify
- James ('Jimmy') Delaney (1914-1989), Footballer. Sitter in 7 portraits. Identify
- James William Gibson (1877-1951), Director of Manchester United Football Club. Sitter in 5 portraits. Identify
- Harold Payne Hardman (1882-1965), Chairman of Manchester United Football Club. Sitter in 5 portraits. Identify
- Dr William MacLean. Sitter in 5 portraits. Identify
- Charles ('Charlie') Mitten (1921-2002), Footballer. Sitter in 7 portraits. Identify
- John ('Johnny') Morris (1923-2011), Footballer. Sitter in 7 portraits. Identify
- Stan Pearson (1919-1997), Footballer. Sitter in 7 portraits. Identify
- G. Petherbridge. Sitter in 5 portraits. Identify
- Jack Rowley (1920-1998), Footballer. Sitter in 7 portraits. Identify
- John ('Jack') Warner (1911-1980), Footballer. Sitter in 7 portraits. Identify
- George Whittaker (died 1958), Director of Manchester United Football Club and businessman. Sitter in 5 portraits. Identify
Events of 1948back to top
Current affairs
Prince Charles is born in Buckingham Palace; he is the first son of Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of EdinburghThe Secretary of State for Health, Aneurin Bevan, introduces the National Health Service. Health services in Britain were now funded from central taxation and free at the point of use for every resident of the country.
Art and science
The First Morris Minor car designed by Alec Issigonis and his team (also responsible for the Mini) takes to the road, becoming a popular and classic English design.F.R. Leavis publishes his influential study of the English novel, The Great Tradition. The book set out Leavis's ideas on the proper relationship between literary form and moral concern.
International
The policy of Apartheid is adopted in South Africa. Apartheid was a set of laws allowing racial segregation and discrimination against the black majority by the white ruling class.As part of the dispute between Western and Soviet controlled Berlin, the Soviet Union blockades West Berlin, cutting off supplies. Anxious to avoid a conflict, America, Britain and France responded by flying in food and other provisions.
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