Area Collection (page 10)

RMS Mauretania, First Class walnut panel for staircase area
RMS MAURETANIA: Walnut panel section believed from the First-Class staircase area. 84ins. x 78ins

Vintage 19th century photograph: Beddgelert is a village and community in the Snowdonia area of Gwynedd, Wales

Memorial to the Belgian Piron Brigade, Ranville Church
There is another Piron Plaque just outside the entrance to the British War Cemetery in Ranville. The Brigade landed on Gold Beach on 5 August and 17th August

Airstrip B3 Memorial, Free French Sqns, Ste Croix
The first Free French planes landed here on Liberated soil on 13 June 1944 as part of 2nd Tactical Airforce RAF. Present at the unveiling of the Memorial Area was Wing Cdr Johnnie Johnson

6th Airborne Division Stained Glass Windows, Ranville
There are two windows. One is to 6th Airborne and the other to St George. The first was unveiled in 1969 and the second in 1960. They are in a side-chapel in Ranville church

146 Typhoon Wing RAF Memorial ALG B3
The Memorial plaque is on the wall of the small commemorative area in Ste Croix-sur-Mer. Both RAF and RCAF Squadrons operated from here. It is thought that 126 Wing RCAF flew into here on 13 June

Nottingham. Esmel May Woma - right of picture and friend - Sherwood Rooms. Standing by staircase in the reception area. Date: 1960s

Glossary on a trench map of NW France, WW1
Glossary on the back of a trench map of NW France, for the Peronne area, including Bouchavesnes, sheet 62c NW, dated 20 November 1916

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Drvar - Timber industry
Bosnia and Herzegovina - Drvar - already well known in the Austrian-Hungarian era due to the high-quality wood coming from that area

Woman in Cornish traditional costume with Corn Dollies
Woman (Jan Fennell) in Cornish traditional costume, with a display of Corn Dollies. Date: circa 1970s

Kirdi Village, Mokolo, Cameroon, Africa. The Kirdi (or Kapsiki) people are cattle keepers in the Mandara Hills along the Nigerian border in the area of Margui-Wandala between Mokolo and Bourrah

Portolan atlas by Joan Martines (1556-1590). Western
Portolan atlas of the world by Joan Martines (1556-1590). Messina, 1587. Western Mediterranean. National Library. Madrid. Spain

Soho, London - Hanway Street W1, with the smaller Hanway Place to the left, off Oxford Street, near Tottenham Court Road tube station. 1974

Soho, London - Wardour Street and Old Compton Street W1
Soho, London - corner of Wardour Street and Old Compton Street W1, with traffic. 1973

Soho, London - Dean Street and Old Compton Street W1
Soho, London - corner of Dean Street and Old Compton Street W1, with a man posting a letter in the pillar box. The Post Office Tower is visible in the far distance. 1973

Soho, London - Walkers Court W1, looking towards Rupert Street. 1973

Soho, London - 48 Old Compton Street W1 - Librairie Parisienne newsagents. 1973

Soho, London - Green Court W1, viewed from Brewer Street, with the Victoria Junior Commercial Technical College straight ahead

Soho, London - Old Compton Street and Dean Street W1
Soho, London - Old Compton Street W1, corner of Dean Street, with busker outside La Colombina D Oro restaurant (61 Dean Street). 1973

Soho, London - Peter Street W1, corner of Berwick Street and Market, showing a Wimpy Bar and Fratelli Camisa delicatessen. 1973

Soho, London - 39-86 Brewer Street W1, entrance to St Jamess Residences. 1973

Soho, London - 61 Old Compton Street W1 - Camisa and Son Italian Delicatessen. 1973

Soho, London - Craven Hall, Fouberts Place W1
Soho, London - Craven Hall, a nonconformist mission hall in Fouberts Place W1. 1973

Uranium Steamship Company hotel, probably intended for crew rather than passengers, in a dock area, possibly in Rotterdam, Netherlands, from where the company operated. Date: circa 1910s

Sweetshop and tobacconist in Peckham, London
Taken in the late 1960 s, this sweetshop and tobacconist was run by Mr and Mrs Price. It was on the corner of Sumner Road and Garnies Street in Peckham, London

Free Industrial School, Gem Street, Birmingham
The Free Industrial School at Gem Street, Birmingham, was opened in 1850 to provide education, training and meals for poor children in the area. Date: Date unknown

Soho, London - 68 Dean Street W1 - George Benford & O Shea, watchmakers and clockmakers (closed 1983). 1973

Soho, London - Berwick Street and Broadwick Street W1
Soho, London - junction of Berwick Street and Broadwick Street W1, with Gilberts luggage shop on the corner. 1973

Soho, London - Keith Prowse ticket agency, offering tickets for Neil Young, Elton John, David Cassidy, Sweet, Roxy Music, and many more. 1973

Soho, London - 25 Peter Street W1 - H Brahame shoe repairs (later demolished). 1973

Soho, London - 12 Denman Street W1 - Il Cucciolo Ristorante, with a Rolls Royce car parked outside. 1973

Soho, London - Wardour Street W1 - Las Vegas amusement arcade. 1973

Soho, London - 88 Dean Street, Rippon Newsagents. 1973

Queen Mary amongst the Colliers
Queen Mary on a carriage visiting a Coalmine whilst on a tour of the Collieries with King George V, assessing the conditions of labour of the " brave workers of the mines" - June 1912

Poster, San Marino, Italy. circa 1950s

Concorde under construction, Toulouse, France
Concorde 001 under construction in the main assembly area at the St. Martin plant of Sud-Aviation, Toulouse, France. Date: 1967

Syria. Aleppo. Overview of ancient souks area. Late afternoon. Near East. Photo before Syrian civil war

Abbey of Port-Royal des Champs. Anonymous, 18th century. Aft
Abbey of Port-Royal des Champs. Female Cistercian Monastery diffuser of Jansenism. Gouache on parchment glued wood. Anonymous, 18th century. After an engraving of Magdeleine Horthemels (1686-1767)

Old Port area, Bizerte (Bizerta), Tunisia, North Africa
Scene in the Old Port area, Bizerte (Bizerta), Tunisia, North Africa, with boats on the water. Date: circa 1930

View of Aston Abbots, in the Whaddon Chase Hunt area, Buckinghamshire. Date: 1936

View from Blunsdon, VWH (Cricklade) Hunt area, Wiltshire
View from Blunsdon, in the Vale of the White Horse (Cricklade) Hunt area, Wiltshire. Date: 1936

Weedon Bushes, Grafton Hunt area, Northants
View of the landscape around Weedon Bushes, a covert in the Grafton Hunt area of Northamptonshire. Date: 1936

Manton Gorse, Cottesmore Hunt area, near Oakham
View of Manton Gorse, a covert in the Cottesmore Hunt area, near Oakham, Leicestershire. Date: 1936

Fine Timbered House, Audenshaw - Droylsden Area, Lancashire
Fine Timbered House, Thought to be in the Audenshaw/Droylsden Area, Manchester, Lancashire, England. Sign reads GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY - THREE MINUTES WALK TO FAIRFIELD STATION Date: 1900s

Dusseldorf Exhibition 1902 was a major national exhibition on an area by the Rhine which covered over 130 acres and had vast numbers of exhibits to showcase German industry

Group of children on waste ground, Balham, SW London
A group of children on waste ground in Balham, SW London. The girl standing up seems to be giving a speech or singing a song. Date: circa 1961

HERRERA, Antonio de (1559-1625). General History of the Deeds of the Castilians on the Islands and Mainland of the Ocean Sea Known As the West Indies. 1601 - 1615

Somerset Levels, Somerset
The Somerset Levels, a sparsely populated coastal plain and wetland area of central Somerset, running south from the Mendip Hills to the Blackdown Hills

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