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The Launch of R. M. S. Queen Mary, Clydebank, September 1934Photograph of the launch of the R.M.S. Queen Mary, viewed from the slipway she had just left, 26th September 1934. The Cunard White Star Liner then spent the next year-and-a-half in Clydebank
Salvador DaliThis photograph of Salvador Dali (1904-1989)was taken at his home at Port Lligat, at the foot of the Spanish Pyrenees, where the surrealist artist spent three months of the year
Bass Brewery Mash-tubClearing King Edwards Mash-tub of Spent Grain at Basss Brewery, Burton-on-Trent. Edward VII had visited the Brewery in February 1902
Thoreaus PondWalden Pond, where the American writer Thoreau spent two years studying nature and thinking deep thoughts. His cabin was built on land owned by Emerson near Concord
Ross / Winter Camp / FelixJohn Rosss arctic expedition: Victory makes camp at Felix Harbour, where they spent two winters
HMS Leviathan, Drake-class armoured cruiserRoyal Navy - HMS Leviathan, a Drake-class armoured cruiser. HMS Leviathan was one of four Drake-class armoured cruisers built for the Royal Navy around 1900
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, The Snob. Sybil holds a dinner party for dogs, but when a smaller dog approaches a large dish of food, Fluffikins attacks him for his presumption
Princess Alice with her childrenPrincess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse (1843-1878) with her children in 1877: (l to r) Ella, Alix, Victoria, Ernst Ludwig and Irene, with the youngest, May sitting on Alices lap
An ammunition column passing through Ypres, 1917. Captain Gilbert Holiday, Royal Field Artillery (1879-1937). Holidays Early Life Was Spent In St
Social / Chalk House 20CA country lane in Kent: Chalk House, where Charles Dickens spent his honeymoon
HMS Encounter, 2nd class protected cruiser, Challenger classRoyal Navy - HMS Encounter, a 2nd-class protected cruiser of the Challenger class, operated by the Royal Navy (RN) and Royal Australian Navy (RAN), as HMAS Encounter
HMS Glorious, aircraft carrierRoyal Navy - HMS Glorious, aircraft carrier, at anchor, steaming up. HMS Glorious was the second of the three Courageous-class battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First World War
HMS Glorious 77Royal Navy - HMS Glorius, aircraft carrier, at anchor in Grand Harbour Valetta.. HMS Glorious was the second of the three Courageous-class battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First
HMS Argus 149Royal Navy - HMS Argus 149, an aircraft carrier, seen in March 1939. Argus served from 1918 to 1944. After commissioning, the ship was involved for several years in the development of the optimum
HMS Courageous 50Royal Navy - HMS Courageous 50, an aircraft carrier, seen in July 1936, (formerly a battle-cruiser). HMS Courageous was the lead ship of her class of three battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy
HMS CourageousRoyal Navy - HMS Courageous (pennant number 50'), in August 1938. HMS Courageous was the lead ship of her class of three battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First World War
Shakespeare's Birthplace - Stratford-upon-Avon, WarwickshireShakespeare's Birthplace - a restored 16th-century half-timbered house situated in Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England
HMS Escort, E-class destroyerRoyal Navy - HMS Escort, an E-class destroyer, built for the Royal Navy in the early 1930s. Although assigned to the Home Fleet upon completion
HMS Courageous, aircraft carrierRoyal Navy - HMS Courageous, an aircraft carrier, (formerly a battle-cruiser). HMS Courageous was the lead ship of her class of three battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First World
HMS Leviathan, Drake-class armoured cruiserRoyal Navy - HMS Hornet, an Acheron-class Destroyer that served during the First World War and was sold for breaking in 1921. She was the seventh Royal Navy ship to be named Hornet
HMS Courageous - Fleet aircraft carrierRoyal Navy - HMS Courageous, a Courageous-class battlecruiser built for the Royal Navy during the First World War. Designed to support the Baltic Project championed by First Sea Lord John Fisher
HMS Boadicea - a Boadicea-Class scout cruiserRoyal Navy - HMS Boadicea, a Boadicea-Class scout cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century
Ypres, The City of Death, Cloth Hall and St Martin's ChurchYpres - The City of Death showing the shelled Cloth Hall and St. Martin's Church. Captain Gilbert Holiday, Royal Field Artillery (1879-1937). Holiday'S Early Life Was Spent In St
Comic postcard, Man sets off home from the seaside Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Man short of money at the seaside Date: 20th century
Spent, by Harry Rountree - Union Jack Club Date: 1907
HMS Hermes, Highflyer-class protected cruiserRoyal Navy - HMS Hermes, a Highflyer-class protected cruiser, before conversion to an experimental seaplane carrier / tender
Comic postcard, Man with banana at the seaside Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Man racing for the train, pursued by his creditors Date: 20th century
The Four-in-Hand ClubThe Four-In-Hand Club, a coach driving club, was founded in April 1808, by Charles Buxton, the inventor of the Buxton bit, along with some friends
Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-1677), a prolific and accomplished Bohemian graphic artist of the 17th century, who spent much of his life in England. Date: 1875
Memorial to poet and musician Ivor Gurney, BelgiumSimilar in design to those for Ledwidge and Chavasse, the memorial was unveiled on 12 September 2007, the initiative of Piet Chielens and the Friends of the In Flanders Fields Museum
Headstone of Flight-Lieutenant David Lord, VCDavid Lord is buried in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery at Oosterbeek. He had spent five years, mostly in India with 31 Squadron
The First Sabbath on Clarks IslandA man holding a bible stands by a small fire and holds a sermon to various men sat around him, to celebrate the first Sunday they have spent on land in the New World. Date: 1621
HMS CourageousRoyal Navy - HMS Courageous (pennant number 50 ) HMS Courageous was the lead ship of her class of three battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First World War
SIR JOHN NORRIS military commander who spent his life fighting Englands enemies here, there and everywhere. with his autograph Date: 1647 - 1597
French Advertising Postcard - Mineral Water Gas Soda StreamFrench Advertising Postcard - Bowing down in reverence at the shrine of a Mineral Water Gas Soda Stream / Siphon. Date: circa 1930s
The Observation Post No reply, Sir - line cut againThe Observation Post. No reply, Sir - line cut again. Captain Gilbert Holiday, Royal Field Artillery (1879-1937). Holidays Early Life Was Spent In St
Space Memorabilia - Apollo XI lapel pinSpace Memorabilia - Apollo XI (11) mission space flown lapel pin. An incredible piece of Apollo 11 flown history, Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first two humans on the moon
Comic postcard, Man has fun at the seaside Date: 20th century
Every dollar spent in Canada - Victory Loan - prosperity. Poster shows an arm reaching down from sky with bills and coins in hand; below a landscape, with prosperity written over the rising sun
Basingstoke, St Thomas HomeA view of the St Thomas Home, Basingstoke, a Magdalen Home where penitent single mothers spent time. Date: circa 1906
Guiseppe Marc Antonio BarettiGIUSEPPE MARC ANTONIO BARETTI (1719 - 1789) Prolific Italian writer and dictionary-maker, who spent much time in England, a friend of Dr Johnson and so on : as you see, he was short-sighted
Henry, Lady with PastLADY WITH A PAST (Harriet Henry) Dancing and boating are blameless in themselves, but they lead to... remorse for a mis-spent past. Date: 1920s
Josef SpaunJOSEF SPAUN One of Schuberts greatest friends, dating from time spent together at the Imperial Konvikt school in Vienna. Date: 1790 - 1856
FRENCH CARRIER BEARNThe Bearn of the French navy spent World War Two at Martinique to keep her out of German hands : by that time she was too slow for front line work, but did ferrying Date: launched 1920
Verdi Sant Agata homeGiuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901) Italian opera composers villa at Sant Agata near Busseto, where he spent the last years of his life
Saint Elisabeth, Princess of Hungary (1207-1231), wife of Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia. She spent vast sums of money improving the conditions of the poor, and died at the age of 24
