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Maud Allan SalomeMaud Allan dancing during a performance at the Varietes, Paris
A Playful Goat, Worcestershire. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd
Juliana / Dutch / 1956JULIANA, QUEEN OF HOLLAND Queen of Holland, with her daughter Beatrix in 1956
Kitten on BooksA small tabby and white kitten lies comfotably on top of some books
Fairs / Electric Cars / 1956Monte Carlo Rally electric car ride at Dreamland, Margate
Power Plus Humber Hawk (Mk VIA) car brochure Date: 1956
Royal Air Force Percival P. 56 Provost T. 1 XF912Royal Air Force Percival P.56 Provost T.1 XF912 (msn PAC/56/421), delivered on the 27 March 1956 and scrapped during 1962 at No.71 MU RAF Bicester. Date: circa 1959
Firefighting at Eccleston Place, Victoria, London SW1Firefighting at the Scripture Gift Mission, Naval & Military Bible Society, Eccleston Place, Victoria, London, on 23 April 1956, where there had also been an explosion
Sheila Kaye-Smith - 3SHEILA KAYE-SMITH Writer, notably of novels about Sussex such as Sussex Gorse. Date: 1887 - 1956
Russians Visit OxfordCrowd control police on motorbikes during a visit of Soviet leaders to Oxford, England. Date: April 1956
De Havilland Comet 1956The Comet is the first commercial jet-liner, carrying 36 passengers at 800 km/h, half as fast again as any other airliner currently in commercial service
Printed matching shorts and shirt outfit, 1956Gaily patterned Italian shorts and shirt in a multi-coloured cotton from Finnigans. Date: 1956
Miss A. A. Windle who flew Miles Magister, G-AKUA, and Wh?Miss A.A. Windle who flew Miles Magister, G-AKUA, and Whitney Straight, G-AFGK, at the 1956 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at Wisley on 15 July
Bristol 173 / 3 XE286 hovering at Old Mixon in November 1956Bristol 173/3, XE286, hovering at Old Mixon in November 1956. Date: 1956
Anglo-Russian FestivalA Russian sailor watching part of the huge crowd waiting to get on board the Soviet ships during the Portsmouth Festival of Friendship. Date: April 1956
Poster advertising motor coach tours in Greece, arranged by the National Tourist Organization in cooperation with the travel agencies in Greece
Margery Fry and studentsMargery Fry (1874 - 1958), Principal of Somerville College, Oxford from 1926 to 1930, governor of the BBC from 1937 to 1939, and brother of the artist Roger Fry, at a reception given at County Hall
Jewellery set by DiorA " Tuileries" topaz jewellery set by Christian Dior consisting of a necklace, bracelet and head adornment. Worn with complementing make up - lipstick and nail varnish by Lancome
Open GatewayAn open gateway with a fine gas lamp hanging at the point of the arch and two large wooden doors both opened fully. The open portal reveals a view though to an attractive small stone house in
Mistinguett / LeopardMISTINGUETT (Jeanne Bourgeois) French actress and dancer with a leopard wrapped around her neck - just for decoration, you understand
Beatrix / Dutch / 1956BEATRIX, QUEEN OF HOLLAND Seen here on the right, with her sisters Irene, Mary Christina and Margaret
Sheila Kaye-SmithSHEILA KAYE-SMITH Writer; known especially for her novels set in Sussex
Piper J-3 Cub G-AFFJ with the Everell single-blade propellerPiper J-3 Cub G-AFFJ (msn 1165), seen with the Everell patented single-blade automatic variable- pitch propeller. The single propeller blade was balanced by a counterweight and was free to pivot
Goodyear GA-33 InflatoplaneGoodyear Ga-33 Inflatoplane Unusual Rubber Inflatable Light-Aircraft Design Taking-Off Flown by Pilot Dick Ulm Date: 1956
Hiller YH-32 Hornet 55-4963United States Army - Hiller YH-32-UH Hornet 55-4963 (msn 7), at an air display on a US Naval Air Station, (note the single-bladed tail-rotor and the hand-held starting engine)
Smith DSA-1 Miniplane N90P (msn FWS-1). (DSA - Darn Small Airplane) Built in 1956 and registration cancelled on 17 May 2013. Date: circa 1970
Downer Bellanca 14-13-3 Cruisair Senior HB-DUN (msn 1637), circa 1961. The model designation is based on the technical data of the machine. The number 14 means that the wing area is 14 square feet
Leduc 0. 21 01, mounted on a S. E. 161Leduc 0.21 01, mounted on its SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc mother-ship, parked next door to the second 0.21, also mounted on a Languedoc mother-ship
Miles M. 77 Sparrowjet G-ADNLMiles M.77 Sparrowjet G-ADNL at Shoreham Airport. G-ADNL had a moderately successful racing career, winning the SBAC Challenge Cup at Yeadon on 21 May 1956
Alabama Air National Guard - Republic RF-84F ThunderflashAlabama Air National Guard - Republic RF-84F-35-RE Thunderflash 53-7529, of the 160th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, with 53-7526, 53-7542, 53-7547, 53-7611 (-40) and 53-7595 (-40)
Illinois Air National Guard - Republic F-84F ThunderstreakIllinois Air National Guard - Republic F-84F-35-RE Thunderstreak 52-6520, of the 169th Fighter Squadron. 1956: USAF 3600th CCTW.1958: Indiana ANG 113th FS.1962
Foden 6-ton rigid 6-wheeler Tractor Matilda TD 3236Foden Tractor, regn. TD 3236, number: 11788, Matilda. Built in 1925 by Edwin Foden, Sons and Co of Elworth Works, Sandbach as a 6-ton Wagon, later converted to Tractor
KITTEN AND MIRRORThis small grey and white kitten sits by a large mirror ignoring his reflection. Date: 1956
Huntman UFO at Escondido, California, 1956At Escondido, California, Harold Huntman saw and was fortunately able to photograph this flying saucer which he estimated as 60 metres in diameter. Date: 10th July 1956
Fowler traction engine No 7786 Alfred, built in 1898, at the 1959 Andover Steam Rally. (Alfred had also attended at the rally in 1956) (John Fowler & Co Engineers of Leathley Road, Hunslet, Leeds)
Royal Air Force Supermarine Swift FR. 5 WK281Royal Air Force Supermarine Swift FR.5 WK281. Built by Vickers Armstrong and delivered on 5 November 1956, WK281 joined No 79 Squadron at RAF Gutersloh
Grumman - F7F-3P Tigercat G-RUMT (ex N7235C - 80425)Grumman F7F-3P Tigercat G-RUMT (msn C.167) (ex BuAer No. 80425 - US civil registration N7235C) at RAF Fairford for a Royal International Air Tattoo air show
Sir Anthony Eden on his way to lunch with the Queen - Eden has shortly prior to this issued his ultimatum to Israel and Egypt to withdraw their forces after Israel had invaded Egypt
Anti-British First Day Cover - Port Said Raid - Suez CrisisAnti-British Egyptian First Day Cover (printed in Alexandria) - critical of British military operations in the 1956 Suez Crisis - November, 1956
English Electric Canberra B-6RAF English Electric Canberra B-6S flying in formation over Fields. Wj778, Wt371= RAF 139 Squadron; Wj771, Wj780= RAF 109 Squadron. All Were Binbrook Based Date: 1956
Bristol 171 Sycamore HR. 14 XJ385Bristol 171 Sycamore HR.14 XJ385 (msn 13392), ex CFS on gate-guard duties at RAF Tern Hill in April 1976. (d/d 05/10/1956, w/o 25/10/1963 after an engine fire) Date: 1976
Napier Eland Convair Series 2 G-ANVP (msn 153, later N340EL), a 349 converted to Napier N.El.1 Eland power, flown in 1956
Lockheed YF-104A Starfighter 55-2956United States Air Force - Lockheed YF-104A Starfighter 55-2956 (MSN 183-1002), the number 2 YF-104 seen with a pilot in partial pressure suitat its unveiling at Palmdale, CA. on 17 April 1956
Supermarine Swift FR. 5 7712M - WK281Royal Air Force Supermarine Swift FR.5 7712M / WK281. Built by Vickers Armstrong and delivered on 5 November 1956, WK281 joined No 79 Squadron at RAF Gutersloh
Parrog, Newport-Dyfed, Wales Date: 1956
Transland Ag-2 N8330H and N8831HTransland Ag-2 N8830H and N8831H, 1st and 2nd prototypes. For some years after World War II the Transland Aircraft Company of Torrance, California, a division of Hi Shear Rivet Tool Co
Transland Ag-2 N8330H, the first prototype in flight. For some years after World War II the Transland Aircraft Company of Torrance, California, a division of Hi Shear Rivet Tool Co
Vickers Valiant WB215Vickers 671 Valiant WB215, the second prototype, seen at the SBAC Farnborough International Air Show from 3-9 September 1956