Awning Gallery

View down Montpelier Vale, Blackheath Village, London

A superb postcard view down Montpelier Vale, Blackheath Village, London - the detial is incredible, with individual shops identifiable, the pavements as busy (as they ever are!) and the impressive form of the Victorian schoolhouse on Independence Road, now a Montessori Centre and Private Hospital. Date: circa 1909

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

National Male Pilgrimage to Lourdes, France

The huge National Male Pilgrimage to Lourdes - 18th-22nd April 1899. Worshippers in the Place De La Basilique. The organisers of this great pilgrimage hoped and wished to see 30, 000 men before the Grotto at Lourdes, but the result was far beyond expectation. During these days of pilgrimage the Railway Companies collected 66, 000 tickets from men alone at the Lourdes Railway Station. Unlike the National Pilgrimage which visited Lourdes every August, (during the Octave of the Assumption) this gathering was not composed of sick people and their friends coming to look for the cure of bodily suffering and restoration to health. This was a gathering of men in their full health and vigourassembled at Lourdes to honour the Immaculate Virgin, who has "shown herself so mindful of France, and who has striven so patiently to keep the faith in that great country". Date: 1899

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

Luttik Oudorp (House with the shovels) The Netherlands

Alkmaar Luttik Oudorp (House with the shovels) commercial building with rich stepped gable. Use of natural stone in the form of water frames, blocks, strips. An arched attic hatch in rectangular frame; shuttered windows paired with sidelights also hung shutters. Ornamental Anchors. Storefronts with shutters and awning; parapet in the above decorative masonry.
circa 1910s

© The Roseries Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library