Children on a StreetA group of working class children, black and white, playing together on Crown Street, probably in Acton, London W3
Acton Fire Brigade Station
The Bright Young People at a partyA group of Bright Young Things at Captain Macheacans fancy dress party where guests were instructed to come as a living celebrity
NFS-London Region 50ft wheeled escape ladder, WW2An Ajax style wheeled escape ladder, wound out in its carriage, from Fire Force Area 34 Acton fire station (E1Z) located at 24 Gunnersbury Lane, Acton, West London
Removal Men and their vansA pair of early motorised removal lorries and their teams of removal men - the company is P. W. Caswill of Acton Lane, Chiswick, London - they also offered warehousing
Advert, W & G Du Cros Ltd, luxury motor car hireAdvert, W & G Du Cros Ltd, Luxury Motor Car Hire, Acton Vale, West London Date: 1910
Parade of White Corps in Acton Turville, Western Contingent of The Officers Training Corps. Outdoor military photograph passing through village
Joseph Alfred Sparks campaigningJoseph Alfred Sparks (19011981) - a British trade unionist and Labour Party politician. Campaigning for the parliamentary constituency of Acton in 1945 with the slogan
Horn Lane, Acton, West London, W3circa 1910s
Children at Willesden Workhouse / Central Middlesex HospitalYoung children and their nurses at the Acton Lane site of the Willesden Workhouse / Central Middlesex Hospital. Date: Date unknown
Photograph of Swan PH, Acton, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Trading Record 1933
Photograph of Leamington PH, Acton, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Right face on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Trading Record 1938
Photograph of Capel Arms, Acton (Old), London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub
Photograph of Capel Arms, Acton (New), London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Right face on view of the pub
Miss Sketch keeps a Diary - First Night of Le BonheurPage from The Sketch reporting on the first night of the Charles Boyer film, Le Bonheur at the Curzon cinema. Guests include Mr and Mrs Anthony Acton, Sir Michael and Lady Pamela Berry (nee Smith)
Personalities at the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve banquet caricatured by Fred May. Pictured are C. I. H. Concannon, Charles Hipwood, Lord Chelmsford, Air Vice Marshal Sir Philip Garrie
Railway map, Willesden, Acton Wells, Queens Park, LondonRailway map, Willesden, Acton Wells, Queens Park (West Kilburn), London, with colour coding of the various railway companies. Date: 1920
Railway map, Acton, Kew, Turnham Green, LondonRailway map, Acton, Kew, South Acton & Turnham Green, London, with colour coding of the various railway companies. Date: 1913
Daphne Strutt and Vida Cuthbert by Madame YevondeDouble portrait of the Hon. Daphne Strutt (1911-2003), later Daphne, Lady Acton, together with her step-sister, Vida Cuthbert, later Vida Schreiber (circa 1910-2003)
Ruffy-Bauman Advanced Trainer. Mr. Felix Ruffy and Mr. Edward Baumann founded a flying school at Hendon, but moved to Acton, where the Ruffy, Arnell and Baumann Aviation Co. Ltd
Matron, Gold and Bronze Medallists, Acton Hospital. Reverse reads Gold & Bronze Medallist with the Matron Acton Hospital Date: 1950-60
Nurse receiving an awardNurse Annie Singleton, pictured here, won the gold medal prize for nursing in her graduating year from Acton Hospital. She is being presented with that gold medal by a visiting senior military nurse
Wagoner, Shropshire - 3Wagoner stands with his horse and cart at Acton Scott Historic Working Farm, near Church Stretton, Shropshire Date: 1987
Wagoner, Shropshire - 2Wagoner stands with his horse and cart at Acton Scott Historic Working Farm, near Church Stretton, Shropshire Date: 1987
Two women police officers outside a police station. On the left is a sergeant, on the right WPC Daphne Acton in the new style Norman Hartnell uniform, introduced in 1968. Date: circa late 1960s
Acton Reynald Hall, Shropshire
Steam train at Acton, West London, on the Great Western Railway. Date: circa 1920s
Two women police officers entering Bow Street police stationTwo women police officers (Constable Sheila Acton and Sergeant Margaret Heald) entering Bow Street police station, London. A policeman stands at the top of the steps. Date: circa 1960s
William Aldridge (113)WILLIAM ALDRIDGE Wheelwright of Acton, Middlesex, who lived for 113 years : he was 112 when this portrait was made. Date: 1584 - 1698
Castles / Acton Burnel / C18Acton Burnel Castle in Shropshire. Date: 1780
High Street, Acton, LondonHigh Street, Acton, Ealing, near Bedford Park, County of London, England. Date: 1902
Schoolboys help in shell makingBoys of the Acton and Chiswick Polytechnic School spending a holiday making shell caps at an engineering works at Willesden during the First World War. Date: 1915
Death Plaque of Corporal Henry Leonard AmessDeath Plaque in the name of 290043 Corporal Henry Leonard Amess, 1st/10th (T.F.) Battalion, Duke of Cambridges Own (Middlesex Regiment). Born Hammersmith, London. Enlisted Shepherds Bush, Middlesex
Advertisement, Napier carAdvertisement for the Alpine-tested 30-35 horsepower, six-cylinder noiseless Napier car. Date: July 1914
A full-scale replica of Sputnik I is viewed by Isolde Dawe of Acton, London, at the UNESCO International Geophysical Year exhibition at the Royal Geographical Societys headquarters in Kensington
Firefighters at scene of railway fire, West LondonFirefighters at the scene of a railway fire, Acton Lane, West London
Firefighters using cutting equipment, West LondonFirefighters using cutting equipment at the scene of a railway fire, Acton Lane, West London
Cub. the worlds first 1000hp aircraft engine, undergoing water brake test at Acton Date: 1921
Deltic test house Acton May 1950 Date: 1950
Development engine in test house May 1950 Date: 1950
Deltic engine at Acton test house Date: 1950
Acton test house testing Deltic T9-33 engine
Development engine on test at Acton Date: 1950
Prototype Deltic engine after the failure of the crane cableActon test bed, showing the prototype Deltic engine after the failure of the crane cable Date: 1950
Original test bed at Acton for Deltic development test Date: 1950
Development engine in test house Acton May 1950 Date: 1950
L48, the first six cylinder racing car, outside the new Acton Napier Motor Works Date: 1904
Boring, shaping and planing tools at the Napier Works, Acton 1904 Date: 1904
