Britain Collection (page 20)

Entente Cordiale celebrations
The Entente Cordiale between Britain and France aimed to resolve colonial disputes over territories such as Egypt and Morocco

Social / Rainy Street 60S
A typical English street in Corby, Northamptonshire, on a rainy shopping day: three women stand chatting

Helston Youth Club
A group of boys wearing flared jeans, denim jackets and checked shirts play air guitar to a rock song at Helston youth club

Notting Hill Carnival crowd

England / Birkenhead
A fine overview of Hamilton Square, Birkenhead, Merseyside

Dymchurch Light Railway
The Green Goddess, a locomotive on the The Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Light Railway (a miniature railway), Kent, England, pulling out of a station

Police on Walkie Talkie
Police officers talking on a walkie talkie in the street at Notting Hill Underground Station, London Metropolitan Police

The Fishermans Prayer
THE FISHERMANs PRAYER Lord suffer me to catch a fish so large that even I in talking of it afterwards shall have no need to lie

Street / Horning / Norfolk
A street in the pretty village or Horning in Norfolk

Health Visitor / 1958
Examination by the school health visitor

First Railway 1825
A man on horseback bearing a Union Jack flag heads the very first railway journey in England aboard George Stephensons " Locomotion"

British Coats of Arms
Royal coats of arms of Britain Henry VIII 1518, 1535; Elizabeth I 1576, 1578; Charles I; William & Mary 1689 Anne 1713; George I 1725; George II 1749; George III 1785

Mother, Child, Limehouse
A mother stands with her child at the door of her home in Limehouse, east London : the boards are presumably to prevent the child straying into the street

Clan Menzies
Clan FORBES an 18th century gentleman dressed in the height of fashion

Clan Sinclair
Clan SINCLAIR a young barefoot woman wears a long tartan plaid

Govan Ironworks, Glasgow
Charging a blast furnace at Govan Iron Works in Glasgow

Glasgow Exhibition 1888
View of the Exhibition buildings and Kelvin Grove of the Glasgow International Exhibition, opened by the Prince of Wales on 8 May 1888

Children Throw Bricks
The new housing is built, but theres no provision for the young : except a waste land strewn with bricks and stones for them to chuck at one another or at passers-by

Festival Clock 1951
The colourful Guinness Clock at Battersea Pleasure Gardens, one of the famous attractions of the Festival of Britain, London, England

Weston-Super-Mare
A packed beach full of family holidaymakers, and the splendid Grand Pier, Weston- Super-Mare, Somerset, England

Brays Traction Engine
Brays traction engine impresses passers-by as it draws a heavy load through the streets

Blackpool Restaurant 38
The Renaissance restaurant in Blackpool teems with dapper gentlemen and delightful ladies

Ravenglass and Eskdale
An excursion train on the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway, Cumberland

Two Boys by Mill Pond
Two little boys watch the ducks in the old mill-pond in the charming village of Swanage, Dorset

Advertisement for Ye Olde Jacobean cafe, Derby
Advertisement for Ye Olde Jacobean, The Wardwick, Derbys Supreme Cafe, where you need not be ashamed to meet your friends, and where you can hear the famous electric gramophone

Advertisement for poultry farm, Mickleover, Derby
Advertisement for CR Salt, Chestnuts Poultry Farm, Mickleover, Derby, offering eggs for hatching, day old chicks, three month old pullets, stock birds, ducklings, ducks, poultry houses

Bacup Coconut Dancers
NUTTERS DANCE:(Lancashire) Britannia Bacup Coconut dancers, York Summer Festival. In order that their spell may be more effective they black their faces in disguise

Happy Families / Mr Tape
" Happy Families" was devised in Britain by Mr Jacques in 1861

Pupils in playground, St Lukes C of E Primary
Pupils in a school playground, St Lukes C of E Primary

Cannon Street Station, City of London
An impressive view from the direction of the Thames of the newly completed Cannon Street Station terminus of the South Eastern Railway

Britannia and Cetewayo
Retribution : Britannia seizes the Zulu chief Cetewayo round the neck, in a landscape dominated by the dead bodies of both British soldiers and Zulus

Portobello Road / Poncho
PORTOBELLO ROAD A group of young people stop and chat in Portobello Market. One couple share a knitted poncho

PRISON HULK BAHAMA
Prison hulk " Bahama" moored off Gillingham (on The Thames). Norwegian prisoners were kept there

Jullien / Cruikshank / 1852
LOUIS-ANTOINE JULLIEN Satire on the popularity of the French musician and the concerts which he conducted in Britain from 1840 to 1859

Women Get the Vote
British women over 30 years old allowed to vote for the first time

Catherine / Aragon / Divorce
The trial of the marriage between Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. It ends in divorce

Cambridge Uni Girton Lib
Cambridge: Girton College Stanley Library Date: 1913

Constable in Trouble
A constable, confronted by a mob of roughs in the East End of London, blows his whistle for reinforcements

Lifting Potatoes
Potato lifting using horses and plough, near Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire

Essex & Queen Quarrel
The Earl of Essex lays his hand on his sword having been struck by Queen Elizabeth

Reform / Authorities / 1831
Four Weighty Authorities on Reform Attitudes to the reform issue from the political spectrum. Date: 1831

6th Dragoons Enniskillen
6th (Enniskillen) Dragoons

Bridge Street / Chester
Bridge Street, Chester, showing some of the characteristic Rows which are features of Chesters unique architecture

Cetewayo / Zulu / Stereo Cdv
CETEWAYO or CETSHWAYO Zulu king (1873-79) photographed during his visit to Britain

School Milk 1960S
A rather contented looking boy drinks his free school milk straight from the bottle, using a straw

Queen Charlotte (Beechey
Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Queen of George III

Queen Charlotte (Col)
Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Queen of George III

Crystal Palace Roof
Photograph of the roof of the Crystal Palace, illustrating the scale of the structure and the skill of its architects and builders

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