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It took two men several hours three times a week to wind up the Clock Tower (Elizabeth Tower), so Londoners could get an accurate time. Date: 1900

Indian troops take their Maxim machine guns into the firing line on the Western Front in France. The ammunition is carried in boxes behind Date: 1915

A house behind the remains of part of the walls of Wix Abbey, Essex, England. Date: founded circa 1125

A harvest time view of the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire, Wales, showing the stooks in the fields behind the building. Date: 1960s

A mischievous-looking girl, caught on camera knitting in an armchair in her cottage, with her little dog behind her! Date: 1940s

St John Ambulance-men on parade. Outdoor group of seven men in uniform with white webbing, standing behind table at which a women in a nurses veil and a gentleman are seated

Two nurses outside institution. Two modern reprints of two nurses outside institution, part of wheelchair visible behind. Date: circa 1890

Formal group of male nurses with probable matron and doctor_ superintendent. Photograph taken in possible boardroom, with three large paintings of probable doctors behind group Date: 1945-60

Armistice Day - Cenotaph, London - King and his sons
4th Armistice Day, 1922 - Solemn observance at the Cenotaph, Whitehall, London - King George V and his sons, Albert, Duke of York (foreground) and Edward, Prince of Wales (behind). Date: 1922

Two nurses on deck of ship
Two nurses on deck of large ship. One stands behind another sitting in a deck chair. Cables and rigging visible at left. Date: circa 1935

Unidentified nurse
Nurse in white uniform and dark shoes standing outside large brick building. She is smiling, her left arm behind her back Date: circa 1920

Santa Claus and robin
Old Christmas greeting card featuring a blue-eyed Santa Claus with traditional mistletoe behind him.Date: 1904

French Commander directing operations from tree top 1917
Birds-eye view of the battle behind the lines, showing two French Commanders with periscope and map, directing operations and sending their strategy back to the front lines. Date: 1917

Masthead of The Sketch, October 1914
Masthead showing British Marine watching a distant German Cavalry Patrol on a Belgian Road. And also four adverts for; Ronuk Sanitary Polish, Shoolbreds bedsteads, bedding, and quilts

Bay Road and Promenade, Larne - a street scene with a group of children close to the camera and buildings behind. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Larne). Date: circa early 1900s

Silhouette of a woman
Full-length silhouette of a woman standing with her hands held behind her back, the opposite number of picture 10503926 (H. L)

At the drapers shop 1887
Two women choosing some material to be made into the latest fashionable dress. Date: 1887

BRITISH BULLDOG
A British bulldog stands proudly behind a Union Jack flag on a car bonnet. Date: 1950s

TOY CRICKETING CAT
A toy cricketing cat, bat behind him, arms spread wide to catch the cricket ball! Date: 1930s

INDIAN BAZaR 1930S
Indian shopkeepers in the bazaars frequently squat on the ground behind their wares. The business of buying and selling takes time as both sides haggle for hours. Date: 1930s

DEUCALION AND PYRRHA
After the Deluge, Deucalion and Pyrrha are instructed by the Oracle of Thetis to repopulate the Earth by throwing the bones of their mother behind them

HUDIBRAS IN THE STOCKS
HUDIBRAS and Ralpho in the stocks: Both coupled in enchanted tether by further leg behind together. Date: first published 1663-78

GIRL AND DOG / BEGGING
A little girl makes her dog beg for a piece of chocolate which she is holding behind her back. Date: circa 1890

C16 GAMBLERS
Cards behind the back and daggers in belts: the stakes are high in this game. Date: 16th century

GOLF / HOLING OUT 1865
A golfer attempts to hole his final putt on the green, somewhat aided by his partner standing right behind the hole! Date: 1865

FAMILY IN SWISS ALPS
Two little girls and their parents relax amid the splendour of the Swiss Alps, with snowy mountains looming behind them. Date: 1950s

WOMAN BUYS KNITTED TOP
A shop assistant behind a counter gives a customer some advice about buying knitted tops. Date: early 1960s

GIRL READS IN ARMCHAIR
A girl sits in an armchair, with her hands behind her hair and wearing a white pinafore, reading a book. Date: 1894

Kilns
Two men cut peat to be used in the tall kilns standing behind them. Date: 1803

SPARING PERFUME 1935
Perfume should be used sparingly and sprayed on the shoulders and behind the ears to be most fragrant. This should be done before putting on a dress to avoid staining! Date: 12 September 1935

PEEP FROM BEHIND CURTAIN
A Peep behind the curtain at Drury Lane Showing a caricature associated with Sheridan. Date: 18th century

GEORGE MOORE / VFAIR 1897
GEORGE AUGUSTUS MOORE Irish novelist Date: 1852 - 1933

SERBIAN HEROINE
Sophia Ivanovich volunteers to serve in the Serbian army so long as hostilities against the Turks persist : she is engaged to marry the gentleman behind her Date: November 1912

PICNICKING AT ASCOT
Fashionable racegoers are served by their menservants with lobster and champagne as they picnic behind the grandstand at Ascot Races Date: 1872

LONDON DUSTMAN
A London dustman walks behind his cart Date: circa 1870

Game of Hot-cockles
A popular family game at Christmas, person blindfolded, knelt down with their head in someones lap, while guessing who was hitting them from behind! This was an early form of Blind Mans Buff

CHEZ ELLE / WOMAN / LAKE / 31
A woman stands on a boat with a castle on the edge of a lake behind her. Date: 1931

SOPHIA TAKES ARMS / SERBIA
19-year old Sophia Iovanovich takes up arms against the Turks, along with her fiance (standing behind her), and fights bravely Date: November 1912

SHEPHERD, DOG, FLOCK
A shepherd and his dog sit beside their flock while he repairs a wattle fence : the machine behind them is the chaff cutter for the sheeps food. Date: 19 Century

RURAL / HOGARTH / EVENING
3. Evening The original Sadlers Wells building. The horns behind the husbands head suggest that he has been cuckolded. Date: 1738

17th century Blacksmith
Two blacksmiths work with hammers at an anvil, while behind them their furnace roars. Date: 17th century

MAIDEN WITH HELMET
The maiden washing her face in a stream whilst a young man watches her from behind a tree. (Japanese story)

FOLKLORE / LUBIN
The LUBIN, entity of Berry, central France, who walks behind the farmer sowing seed (if you are nice to him) or weeds (if you arent) Date: 1855

Hogarth, Four Times of the Day, Evening
Hogarth, Four Times of the Day, 3. Evening. The original Sadlers Wells Theatre building can be seen on the left. A cow is being milked, suggesting that it is around five oclock

BAC 167 Strikemaster G-AWOS (msn 106) at the 1968 SBAC Farnborough Air Show. G-AWOS was delivered after the show to the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) as 906

A large group of friends pose for a photo at Margate
A large group of friends (possibly a sports team or club?) pose for a photo at Margate, Kent - women on the chairs in the front, the men standing behind. circa late 1920s

The Girl behind the Counter, musical comedy, Portsmouth
The Girl behind the Counter, a musical comedy, at the New Theatre Royal, Portsmouth, starring Nora Brocklebank, previously at Wyndhams Theatre, London

Comic Postcard - Hat theme - Gertie at Nottingham
Comic Postcard - satire on the penchant for women to wear large and enveloping hats during this period - Gertie at Nottingham. Date: circa 1907

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