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Robbery in Paris HomeAn audacious robbery: gold and jewellery worth 110, 000 francs are stolen from a Paris home. The robbers get in through a hole in the ceiling!
Shes Baked a PieShe has baked a pie in her Servall grate - 63, 000 sold since 1920 !
Hyde Pk Military ReviewGreat review of 80, 000 Volunteers by Queen Victoria in Hyde Park
Cannae Battlefield19th century view of the battlefield of Cannae, where Hannibal routed the Romans : they lost 50, 000, he lost only 5700 though greatly outnumbered
The Pilgrimage of Grace (October 1536-October 1537) - a massive protest against Henry VIIIs break with the Roman Catholic Church, the Dissolution of the Monasteries
English Electric Canberra PR. 7 - PR. 9 prototype WH793English Electric Canberra PR.7 (PR.9 prototype) WH793, at the 1955 SBAC Farnborough Air-show. A brand new PR.7 taken from the production line and converted by D. Napier and Sons Ltd
Royal Air Force Short Stirling B Mk. IIIRoyal Air Force Short Stirling B Mk.III. This very leaky Stirling is flying with the tail-wheels extended, probably due to the notoriously unreliable electric retraction mechanism
Black Buck bomb craterOne of the Operation Black Buck1 1, 000 lber bomb craters, in the bondu surrounding Stanley Airport in the Falkland Islands. Date: 1984
WW2 - Hall Barn, near Beaconsfield, which was re-purposed during wartime to the production of hospital supplies under its chatelaine the Honourable Mrs E F Lawson
Thomas Lawrences Master Lambton ( The Red Boy - 1825) put up for auction at Lambton Castle, Durham - but withdrawn from sale, despite a bid of 95, 000. Date: 1932
Junkers G24 (G23?), S-aA?. Unloading bullion to the ap?Junkers G24 (G23?), S-aA?. Unloading bullion to the approximate value of $48, 000, 000 which was transported from Germany to Croydon as payment from Germany to Britain under the Dawes Plan, July 1925
1922 British Mount Everest Expedition - The Camp at 23, 000 feet on the North Col of the mountain. Date: 1922
The Hindenburg line taken from 8, 000 feet - WW1The Hindenburg line taken from 8, 000 feet during the First World War
Guinness Brewery, Dubllin - Massive storage vatsStorage Vats at St. James's Gate - the Guinness Brewery in Dublin, Ireland. There are 179 vats like this in which the stout beer is stored before being drawn off into casks for distribution to
Bede BD-2 N937BD. at Rockford, Illinois in 1967. Powered by a 225hp modified Continental IO-360C, this heavily rebuilt Schweizer 2-32 sailplane was intended for a globe-circling
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress. A Fuel Maintenance specialist carrying out maintenance on a 3, 000 US Gallon (2498 Imp.Gallon, 11356 litre) under-wing tank. Date: circa 1960
Selfridge and Co AdvertisementAn advertisement illustration for Selfridge & Co, Ltd, aptly titled, The Romance of Commerce. 1, 000 years B.C. the Phoenicians traded with the Ancient Britons
McDonnell Douglas F-15A-6-MC Eagle 72-0119 Streak Eagle (MSN 0019/A017)on display at the National Museum of the USAF, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Fairchild C-119F-FA Flying Boxcar O-18037 (msn 10915, 51-8037), at Wright Field, Wright-Patterson AFB, for display at the Air Force Museum, with Boeing KB-50J 49-0389
Commemoration Postcard Penny Postage JubileeThe Jubilee celebrations were held at the Guildhall. This card was probably bought there as it carries a special cancellation. It is printed in carmine on buff board. Only 10, 000 were printed
The Houses of Parliament from across the River ThamesThe history of the building goes back almost 1, 000 years. There are two Houses - the House of Commons and the House of Lords. Just at the left hand side of the picture Westminster Abbey can be seen
German soldier with pickelhelm, rifle and bayonetWhen the Germans over-ran Belgium, refugees began to escape to Holland so the Germans built a 100 miles long 2, 000 volt electric fence to stop them
Air Charter Bristol 28 Tourer replica VH-UDC (msn 6119, ex G-AUDK'). Non-flying replica, (built by Air Charter. Ltd. at Archerfield, Brisbane)
Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR. 1 XV744 at St, PancrasHawker Siddeley Harrier GR.1 XV744 (712007), of the Harrier Operational Conversion Unit, at St, Pancras Station coal-yard, for the 1969 Daily Mail Trans-Atlantic Air Race. Flown by Sqn. Ldr
Seismograph reading taken from the Omori Horizontal pendulum at Birmingham, showing the severity of the tremors during the San Francisco earthquake of 1906
The war in America: General Pope's division at the Levee, CaGeneral Pope's division on its way from New Madrid to reinforce General Halleck, near Corinth. Reinforcements are seen arriving by train for the Battle of Shiloh, April 6-7th 1862
The Zulu war. The entrenched position at Rorke's DriftThe scene as reinforcements arrive at Rorke's Drift, successfully defended by the British from 3, 000 Zulus. Extended caption
Sennacherib Plague Religion Bible Events Oldsennacherib, plague, religion, bible, events, old, testament, circa, 701, bc, assyrian, king, invades, israel, like, wolf, fold, angel, lord, destroys, army, bubonic, 185, 000, die, saved, history
Rokossovsky Kursk Events World War Two Easternrokossovsky, kursk, events, world, war, two, eastern, front, 13, july, 1943, marshal, decisive, battle, germans, deployed, 3000, tanks, 2900, destroyed, advance, checked, losing, 70, 000, dead
CRO-MAGNON MAN SKULLSThe skull of Cro-Magnon man (Homo Sapiens) Date: circa 30, 000 BC
Piasecki H-21B 02-4756 (msn B-148, ex 53-4398, ex 8 000 108'), on display at the Hamamatsu AB Museum. Date: circa 2000
Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star MM51-9145 - 3-145Lockheed T-33A-1-LO Shooting Star MM51-9145 - 3-145 (msn 580-6929, ex 51-9145), in storage at Beja (B.A. 11) (LPBJ), Portugal, in a special 38 year - 65
Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star 1930Lockheed T-33A-1-LO Shooting Star 1930 (msn 580-9093, ex 53-5754), in storage at Beja (B.A. 11) (LPBJ), Portugal, in a special 38 year - 65, 000 hours (of T-33 service) anniversary scheme
Fairchild C-119F-FA Flying Boxcar O-18037(ex United States Air Force) - Fairchild C-119F-FA Flying Boxcar O-18037 (msn 10915, 51-8037), at Wright Field, Wright-Patterson AFB, for display at the Air Force Museum, with Boeing KB-50J 49-0389
Bede BD-2 N837BDBede BD-2 N937BD. at Rockford, Illinois in 1967. Powered by a 225hp modified Continental IO-360C, this heavily rebuilt Schweizer 2-32 sailplane was intended for a globe-circling
Water Storage Tank at Vauxhall Motors Plant, DunstableA Horton Ellipsoidal Steel water storage tank (which can hold 500, 000 gallons), built by Motherwell Bridge and Engineering Company Limited of Motherwell
Monument Church Company fire, Santiago de ChileVintage 19th century photograph: monument to the victims of the the Church of the Company fire, Santiago de Chile. The Church of the Company Fire (8 December 1863)
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Are you evacuating the townThe Caption is Gosh Mister! Are you evacuating the whole town? It is estimated that over 200, 000 were evacuated from the towns to the countryside between 1939 and the end of 1941
Sir Hans Sloane, 1st Baronet (1660-1753), a British physician, naturalist and collector noted for bequeathing his collection of 71, 000 items to the British nation
Memorial to the 49th - West Riding - Division, Essex FarmThe 49th, a territorial division, came out early in 1915. It had the dubious distinction of being, together with the 6th Division, one of the first to face a phosgene attack
Memorial to New Zealander Leslie Andrew, VC, WarnetonLance Corporal Andrew, who won his VC at La Bassee when he was 20 years old, went on to serve in WW2 and died, a Brigadier, in January 1969
The Indian Memorial, Menin Gate Ramparts, YpresThis white stone memorial was unveiled on 10 November 2002 as part of the Flanders India 2002 Partnership Year by Major-General A.J. Bajwa, who had come all the way from India for the ceremony
Australian Road to Passchendaele Marker StoneThe Third Battle of Ypres, generally referred to as Passchendaele began on 31 July 1917 and staggered on in dreadful weather conditions until it floundered in mud and resulted in some 300
The Memorial Chapel, Talbot House, Poperinghe, BelgiumTalbot House, a rest house for soldiers and officers, was started by Padre Philip Byard (Tubby) Clayton and was officially opened on 11 December 1915
British CWGC Cemetery Tyne Cot, Passchendaele, BelgiumThis is the largest British War Cemetery in the world and was designed by Sir Hebert Baker (who designed the tomb of Cecil Rhodes in Delhi)
German cemetery Langemarck mass graveThe majority of the over 44, 000 bodies buried here are from the fighting during the First Battle of Ypres that began on 18 October 1914
British 3rd Infantry Division Plaque Sannerville NormandyThe wall commemorates the Divisions part in Operation Goodwood, 18-21 July 1944. Nicknamed Montys Ironsides, between D-Day and the end of the war, the Division had over 11, 000 casualties
Entrance to site of German POW Camp FoucarvilleEventually the camp held 40, 000 prisoners including 218 Generals and 6 Admirals. It was effectively a full blown town with a 1, 000 bed hospital, a cinema, electric lights, a ballroom and shops