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Britain Collection (page 3)

Background imageBritain Collection: Police Recruitment Sign

Police Recruitment Sign
Metropolitan Police recruitment poster for more police, offering a job or career in the police force

Background imageBritain Collection: Rainy Street, Manchester

Rainy Street, Manchester
A typical English street on a rainy shopping day: an elderly couple use the zebra crossing

Background imageBritain Collection: Grimsby No 2 Fish Dock

Grimsby No 2 Fish Dock
No 2 Fish Dock, full of fishing boats, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England

Background imageBritain Collection: Womens Land Army Poster

Womens Land Army Poster
Poster recruiting women to the National Service Womens Land Army during World War One, depicting a land girl guiding a plough across a field

Background imageBritain Collection: Police Officers London

Police Officers London
Police officers wearing old and new uniforms. On left wearing 1980 uniform, on right the old from the period 1959-1980 Metropolitan Police in London near Houses of Parliament

Background imageBritain Collection: Crossing the Forthbridge

Crossing the Forthbridge
A London and North Eastern Railway train crosses the Forth Bridge, near Edinburgh, Scotland. Date: 1930s

Background imageBritain Collection: The Brighton Belle

The Brighton Belle
The Southern Railways electric pullman express, the Brighton Belle between London and Brighton

Background imageBritain Collection: Kingston-Upon-Thames

Kingston-Upon-Thames
The Market Place, Kingston- upon-Thames, Surrey, England, on a busy market day

Background imageBritain Collection: Humber Sceptre

Humber Sceptre
The Humber Spectre is a popular model which will pass through a number of modifications : this is the original Mark One, elegantly posed outside a gracious home

Background imageBritain Collection: Queen Victoria

Queen Victoria
QUEEN VICTORIA Circa 1845

Background imageBritain Collection: Man with Ear Trumpet C18

Man with Ear Trumpet C18
Man with ear trumpet. (James Hutton, founder of the Moravian Church in Britain)

Background imageBritain Collection: Inside the Great Exhibition of 1851

Inside the Great Exhibition of 1851
The Great Exhibition of All Nations - general view of the interior of the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London

Background imageBritain Collection: Plan of ship SS Great Britain

Plan of ship SS Great Britain
Illustrations showing a side cutaway view and an overhead view of Brunel's steamship SS Great Britain, launched in 1843. Date: 1845

Background imageBritain Collection: Geological map of the British Islands

Geological map of the British Islands. 1941

Background imageBritain Collection: Brooklands motor racing track

Brooklands motor racing track. 20th century

Background imageBritain Collection: Avro 683 Lancaster B-1

Avro 683 Lancaster B-1
RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Bbmf Avro 683 Lancaster B-1 City of Lincoln and 617 Squadron Avro Vulcan B-2 flying in formation over Lincoln Cathedral, UK Date: 1980s

Background imageBritain Collection: First Remembrance Day 1919

First Remembrance Day 1919
On 11th November 1919, the first anniversary of Armistice day, the Britsh nation, in reponse to an invitation by King George V

Background imageBritain Collection: National coal strike - demands of miners 1912

National coal strike - demands of miners 1912
National coal strike, to secure a minimum wage that lasted from February to early April 1912. This table shows how the wages differ per day in Great Britain and Ireland during 1910, of boys, youths

Background imageBritain Collection: Anderton Boat Lift

Anderton Boat Lift
The Anderton Boat Lift, near Northwich, Cheshire, England, which transfers the canal narrow boats from the River Weaver to the Trent and Mersey Canal and vice-versa. Date: June 1963

Background imageBritain Collection: Queen Elizabeth I - Gingers Rule

Queen Elizabeth I - Gingers Rule
Queen Elizabeth I, Gingers Rule with ginger or red hair wearing an Elizabethan ruff and costume. Graphic design for a mug, T-Shirt, print or poster

Background imageBritain Collection: Jersey Airways Poster

Jersey Airways Poster
Jersey Airways Ltd poster, showing a passenger biplane flying from the south coast of Britain to Jersey. Listing duration and costs of flights from London and Portsmouth. 20th century

Background imageBritain Collection: New Zealand All Blacks rugby team

New Zealand All Blacks rugby team
A team photograph of the New Zealand All Blacks rugby team, the first to visit the UK for 19 years

Background imageBritain Collection: Propaganda poster: prime ministers statement

Propaganda poster: prime ministers statement
Second world war propaganda poster. Above a photograph of five brave airmen is a quotation from the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill: Never was so much owed by so many to so few

Background imageBritain Collection: Queen Victoria with King George and Queen Mary, 1893

Queen Victoria with King George and Queen Mary, 1893
Photographic portrait of Queen Victoria (1819-1901) of Great Britain and Ireland and Empress of India, with her grandson King George V and his wife Queen Mary, pictured at Osborne House, 1893

Background imageBritain Collection: Bristol 1950S

Bristol 1950S
Park Street and University Tower, Bristol, England

Background imageBritain Collection: Territorial Army Poster

Territorial Army Poster
A recruitment poster for encouraging new recruits to enlist in the British Territorial Army, stressing the camaraderie of being one of the Lads of the Village

Background imageBritain Collection: Territorial Army Poster

Territorial Army Poster
A recruiting poster for the Territorial Army, highlighting that sporting pursuits need not be sacrificed to join - in fact they are actually strongly encouraged!

Background imageBritain Collection: Police Officer & Triumph

Police Officer & Triumph
Metropolitan Police officer on a Triumph motorcycle during World War II

Background imageBritain Collection: Catford Evacuees

Catford Evacuees
A group of excited evacuee schoolchildren wait with their nurses on the platform of Catford train station in south east London. (Note the barrage balloon behind them)

Background imageBritain Collection: Berwick High Street

Berwick High Street
The High Street and Town Hall at Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England, looking very appealing, with few cars and not too busy

Background imageBritain Collection: Front Façade of the Dorchester Hotel, 1953

Front Façade of the Dorchester Hotel, 1953

Background imageBritain Collection: University College Lond

University College Lond
University College, London. The impressive classical front

Background imageBritain Collection: Ships at Tilbury Docks

Ships at Tilbury Docks
Four P&O ships at Tilbury Docks, London: (from left to right) Chitral (painted black); Strathnaver ; Strathaird ; Himalaya

Background imageBritain Collection: Cromwell at Dunbar

Cromwell at Dunbar
Cromwell prepares to fight the Scots at DUNBAR

Background imageBritain Collection: Map / England & Wales 9C

Map / England & Wales 9C
England and Wales during the Saxon era

Background imageBritain Collection: Festival of Britain 1951 - The Skylon, South Bank, London

Festival of Britain 1951 - The Skylon, South Bank, London. Designed by Hidalgo Moya, Philip Powell and Felix Samuely, and fabricated by Painter Brothers of Hereford, England Date: 1951

Background imageBritain Collection: Atlas and Vulcana music hall strongman, strongwoman

Atlas and Vulcana music hall strongman, strongwoman
(Atlas) Hedley Roberts (1864-1946) and Vulcana (Miriam Kate Roberts (nee Williams) (1874-1946) - performed shows of strength and classic poses

Background imageBritain Collection: Lifeguards on horseback, Horse Guards Parade, London

Lifeguards on horseback, Horse Guards Parade, London
Lifeguards on horseback in Horse Guards Parade, London. Date: circa 1970s

Background imageBritain Collection: J. M. W. Turner (1775-1851). British painter. Rain, Steam an

J. M. W. Turner (1775-1851). British painter. Rain, Steam an
J.M. W. Turner (1775-1851). British Romantic landscape painter. His work is regarded as a Romantic preface to Impressionism. Rain, Steam and Speed The Great Western Railway (1844)

Background imageBritain Collection: The Coronation Regalia of Britain

The Coronation Regalia of Britain
The various pieces of regalia used during the Coronation ceremonies of British Kings and Queens. 1. St. Edwards Crown, 2. The Imperial State Crown, 3. Prince of Wales coronet, 4

Background imageBritain Collection: Railway map of Britain

Railway map of Britain
Philips railway map of the British Isles, c1923 Date: c. 1923

Background imageBritain Collection: Crowns of Britain

Crowns of Britain
The numerous crowns of Britain, used through a thousand years. The Imperial State Crown is shown at the top of the page and the final, crown at bottom right, is St

Background imageBritain Collection: Roman Baths, London

Roman Baths, London
Ladies bathing in the Roman baths in the Strand, London, the remains of which exist today. circa 400

Background imageBritain Collection: GUNN

GUNN
Clan GUNN

Background imageBritain Collection: Festival of Britain

Festival of Britain
The brand new Royal Festival Hall and South Bank Exhibition with the Dome of Discovery on the right, seen from across the river Thames

Background imageBritain Collection: Smithfield Market

Smithfield Market
The vast interior of Smithfield meat market, with carcasses hanging from hooks all down the central aisle

Background imageBritain Collection: The Cornishman Express

The Cornishman Express
The Cornishman express of the Great Western Railway carries passengers from London to Cornwall (and back again if required)

Background imageBritain Collection: LONDON UNIV / KINGs 1905

LONDON UNIV / KINGs 1905
Kings College, Strand, London



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