Britain Collection (page 9)

Boulton Paul Defiant fighter; Second World War, 1940

Harvesting Barley
Harvesting barley with a Ransome Combine Harvester on a farm in Suffolk, England

L. N. E. R. Locomotive
The Gresley W1 1000 Hush- Hush L.N.E.R. steam locomotive engine, so named because of the secrecy of the project, and its revolutionary water-lube boiler

Brixham Harbour
Three men stand around having a chat at Brixham harbour, Devon, England

Police Car Chase 1991
Police officers driving a police car during a car chase, on the radio and wearing seatbelts. Metropolitan Police on an emergency call

Police Inspection
Police Officers line up for inspection with their truncheons and notebooks Metropolitan Police

Police on Duty
Police officers talking to an Asian man in the street. Metropolitan Police

Lion & Unicorn Pavilion
The Lion and Unicorn Pavilion at the South Bank Exhibition, containing exhibits on the use of the English language, growth of British parliamentary government, etc

Aberdeen Fish Market
Two market traders walk through Aberdeen Fish Market, Scotland, where thousands of fresh fish are set out in crates and wicker baskets

Whitby Fishermen
A fishing fleet of Scottish Drifters in Whitby harbour, Yorkshire, England

Aberdeen Fish Market
Market traders chatting amongst the wooden crates of fresh fish at Aberdeen Fish Market, Scotland

Royal Festival Hall 1951
The newly built Royal Festival Hall at the South Bank in London

Clan Fraser
Clan FRASER resting his hand on his drawn sabre

Clan Farquharson
clan FARQUHARSON holding a pike

Review at Coxheath Camp
A Perspective View of COXHEATH CAMP [near Maidstone, Kent] representing a Grand Review of the Army. (Britain was currently at war with its awkward American colonists)

Midland Loco 117
Midland Railway locomotive no 117 in the red livery which will be retained when the line is merged into the London Midland and Scottish

Hogarth / Election / B / W / (2)
2. THE ELECTION Canvassing for votes

Military / Sentry Relieved
A sentry being relieved (Coldstream Guards)

Prince Rupert at Oxford
Prince Rupert and his troops march confidently through Oxford

1888 Matchgirls / Besant
Annie Besant and the committee of the Matchgirls union, formed during the successful strike action against Bryant & May, in response to poor pay and working conditions

Richard Tauber / Schubert
RICHARD TAUBER Austrian opera singer based in Britain, in the role of the composer Franz Schubert in Blossom Time

Rebecca Riots / 1843
REBECCA RIOTS during which toll gates were attacked in South Wales. Many of the male rioters dressed as women & called themselves Rebecca & her daughters

George V / The Queen 1935
GEORGE V King of Britain (1910-36)

Chess (Cruikshank)
A GAME OF CHESS - two wigged gentlemen play, two friends watch them with mixed emotions : each of the four displays a different facial expression

Market Day, Nuneaton
GEORGE ELIOT Market Day at Milby, the setting for Janets Repentance in Scenes of Clerical Life

Ballroom Dance / Britain
A happy couple swirl around the dance floor: Lifes only hope just to live it again - some night, some waltz, some girl

Roman Stations Map
A map depicting the network of Roman settlements in Britain

Open / Stockton-Darlington
The opening of the Stockton - Darlington railway

The First Rolls Royce
The first Rolls-Royce is already a distinguished looking vehicle with claims to be the best car in the world

Theatregoing / Globe / C16Th
The Wooden O : Shakespeares summer theatre. Outside the first of the Globe theatres; the audience arriving at the playhouse

Aldwych Tube Station
The exterior of ALDWYCH STATION, on the Piccadilly Line, faced with the distinctive red ceramic tiles employed at the time

Flying Scotsman
The London and North Eastern Railways Flying Scotsman is hauled by the famous Silver Link locomotive

Skelwith Force Waterfall
Skelwith Force waterfall near Ambleside, Westmoreland in the Lake District

Stonyhurst School 1921
Stonyhurst School

Dorset / Moreton / Talbothay
A typical village lane at Moreton, Dorset, model for the village near Talbothays in Thomas Hardys novel Tess of the d Urbervilles

Pentonville Prison 1842
An exterior view of the prison. It was considered to be a model for all new prisons at the time

Fest / Britain / Guide Cover
The cover of an official guide. Following the war, the festival aimed to raise the nations spirits whilst promoting the best in British art, design and industry. Date: 1951

Social / Royal Opera Gala
A gala performance at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, with the King and Queen in the Royal Box

Wallsend Brochure
Brochure for the Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Company, Northumberland

Evacuees on a Train
Its goodbye to the little tots who are bound for new homes with new parents in the safe country districts of Britain - evacuees looking out of the window of a train

Manchester Ship Canal
Construction scene : the works at Latchford, near Warrington

Fairfax and Council
Fairfax and the military council

Richard Dies at Bosworth
Richard III is killed at the Battle of Bosworth, and the crown passes to his enemy, Henry, Duke of Richmond (Henry VII)

Globe Theatre
The Globe Theatre (on the right) and the Bear Garden (left) are located on the South Bank, in a somewhat unprestigeous quarter of the city

French View / English Bdog
The French view of the Englishman and his bulldog

Houses of Commons / Lords
Lord Palmerston addressing the House of Commons (top) A debate on the Home Rule Bill in the House of Lords (bottom)

Saltaire / Exterior View
SALTAIRE WORKS - exterior view

Porteous Riots 1736
The Porteous riots, Edinburgh

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