1951 Collection (page 16)

The Departure Lounge at Heathrow Airport c 1951
The Departure Lounge at Heathrow Airport, circa 1951. Date: 1951

A V-2 rocket on display at the Daily Express Fifty Years of Flying exhibition at Hendon. 19 July 1951

The Bristol Brabazon takes off from Heathrow Airport for its first passenger-carrying flight on 25 July 1951. Date: 1951

Hawker Hart II G-ABMR in post-war racing colours
Hawker Hart II, G-ABMR, in post-war racing colours at the 50 years of Flying display at Hendon in 1951. This aircraft is currently on display at the RAF Museum, Hendon, registered J9941. Date: 1951

First flight of the first Gloster GA5 WD804
First flight of the first Gloster GA5, WD804, on 26 November 1951. Date: 1951

The four prototype B1 Canberras at Warton in December 1951. Date: 1951

Sopwith Triplane N5912 at the 50 years of flying display
Sopwith Triplane, N5912, at the 50 years of flying display at Hendon, 1951. This aircraft is currently on display at the RAF Museum, Hendon. Date: 1951

A Fokker S14 Mach Trainer jettisons its cockpit canopy flanked by a Gloster Meteor T7. The S14 flew for the first time on 20 May 1951. Date: 1951

Bristol Fighter F2B D8096
Bristol Fighter F2B, D8096, under the nose of the Bristol Brabazon. Prestwick, August 1951. Date: 1951

Fairey Firefly 1 PP549
Fairey Firefly 1, PP549, at the Daily Express 50 years of flying display at Hendon, July 1951. Date: 1951

Avro Lincoln SX972 testbed
Avro Lincoln, SX972, testbed for the Bristol Proteus turboprop, overflying the Bristol Brabazon at the 1951 Farnborough Air Show. Date: 1951

Line of tractors ?on test? - Marshall & Sons
Line of tractors ?on test?. Marshall & Sons. at Wadi Bunder. 5 January 1951 (Watney collection) Date: 1951

Petain, Philippe (1856-1951). French military man and politician. Retrato de Philippe P tain, general al mando

PLATONOV, Andrei (1899-1951);REIXACH GARCTA, FermѮ(1946-)
PLATONOV, Andrei (1899-1951); REIXACH GARCTA, FermЮ (1946-); CHEJOV, Anton Pavlovich (1860-1904). Russian narrator and poet.;

PUIGSERVER i PLANA, Fabia (1938-1991); PASQUAL SANCHEZ, Lluis (1951); GOLDONI, Carlo (1707-1793). Scenographer and

WITTGENSTEIN, Ludwig Josef Johann (1889-1951). Cover of the first edition of The blue and rown books by Ludwig Wittgenstein

Inya Lake House site - Rangoon - Lake House. We were immediate neighbours of Daw Kin Gee (widow of Aung San), and her three children. We and they played and punted on the lake together

Jardines House on Inya Lake - Rangoon - Beautifully manicured garden down to the Lake. Traveller palm - fan shaped, each leaf stalk in joining the main stem forms a gourd-like reservoir of water for

wayside pagoda - Rangoon
Wayside pagoda - Rangoon - Tried out the lane at the north end of Golden Valley. It peters out into pasture but we climb a flight of steps up a hillside to where we see a pagoda spire against

Reclining Buddha - Rangoon - Big Boy we came to a collection of basha huts close to it, and were told it was all right to go through to it

Reclining Buddha near Kokine - Rangoon - Big Boy what at first seemed like some huge rocky hill top across the fields and little truck gardens

water well sweep - Rangoon
Water well sweep - Rangoon - well sweep for commercial vegetable gardens on Kokine Road Date: 1951

Kambawza Palace - Rangoon -.. the view from the tower is worth the climb up the steps, from parquet floor to parquet floor. Date: 1951

firewood vendor - Rangoon
Firewood vendor - Rangoon - wood vendor for kitchen cooking Date: 1951

firewood delivery - Rangoon
Firewood delivery - Rangoon - bullock cart and wood man Date: 1951

Kokine Valley Road - Rangoon

Pongyis - Rangoon - Pongyis on Kokine Road Date: 1951

Kokine village - Rangoon - Kokine Village Date: 1951

garden of Mount Pleasant - Rangoon
Garden of Mount Pleasant - Rangoon - Anne and Ellen in garden on 22 Mount Pleasant Date: 1951

children of House Staff - Rangoon
Children of House Staff - Rangoon - Anne with Zenabee and Aung Thein Date: 1951

House Staff - Rangoon - Sultan (butler) with wife Amu and daughter Zenabee Date: 1951

Mount Pleasant village - Rangoon - Bashas below 22 Mount Pleasant Date: 1951

22 Mount Pleasant - Rangoon - house and garden Date: 1951

Palaung women - Kalaw

Teak mill - elephant - Moulmein - Steele Bros. Teak Mill - Ellen up! Watched and rode elephants, not as much fun as the Egyptian camels tough body bristles! Date: 1951

Teak mill - Moulmein

Teak mill - elephant - Moulmain - Steele Bros. Teak Mill - 40 years prime age for an elephant; 25 years old not entirely reliable. Always work with the same oozies. Date: 1951

Family with Holmess - Moulmein - With Cal and Mary Holmes. Cal was Chief Officer of the Steele Companies of Burma, including teak, china, cotton, and rice milling an old Burma hand Date: 1951

Balancing rock and statues - Moulmein - Monkey statues around the Karen girls figures outside and the balancing rock above. Date: 1951

View from Kipling Pagoda - Moulmein - The site has been occupied by a pagoda since 700AD. Gold pagoda under repair. Wide terraces with dipping roofed steps leading down the steep hill

Kipling Pagoda - Moulmein - Pagoda Hill Old Kipling Pagoda but he himself never got nearer than Mergui! Date: 1951

bazaar - Moulmein
Bazaar - Moulmein - Bewildering details of stalls, strollers, vendors, items for sale na pe fish paste, pomelos, bananas, tinware, fly strewn eatables. Date: 1951

bazaar stall holders - Moulmein
Bazaar stall holders - Moulmein - Bazaar First no one, then everyone, wants their pictures taken! Date: 1951

view of town and pagodas - Moulmein
View of town and pagodas - Moulmein - We remain aboard as ferry leaves for return to Moulmein. Sails, gulls flying up to take tea basket left-overs from our hands

ferry to Namaw - Moulmein
Ferry to Namaw - Moulmein - On to Namaw, a bigger, busier landing, with cluster of tin roofed bashas and its long road across the paddy fields

ferry landing - Moulmein
Ferry landing - Moulmein - Two days ago a river ferry was heavily laden with rubber and seventy passengers. In midstream suddenly split open with rot. None survived the ebbing tide

town view - Moulmein
Town view - Moulmein - Town strung along river, backed by hills. No big ships can come up the shallow Salween River with its rip tides. Hard to see how the people support themselves. Date: 1951

Waterfront - Moulmein - walk down to pier teak logs, varied craft, busy waterfront. Date: 1951

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