Also not quick but I use Dropbox (a photo-sharing app) that I have on my phone and laptop. Any photo on my phone then automatically gets copied to Dropbox so I can view it on my laptop. This includes photos sent to me and any I've taken with my phone.
I downloaded the Whatsapp app onto my laptop and logged in on my laptop. Called up the conversation with the pictures in and just saved them. Google Whatsapp on laptop.
If you do what BM says, just get the App from the app store on your laptop and sign in as you are on the phone, the photos you found on the phone drive could be saved on cloud so look at your photos on laptop and see are they there
thanks all, have downloaded them to my laptop using an old USB cable i didn't remember having until now
it didn't take too long either just a few minutes.