Candle Gallery

Choirboy singing solo in a church, Horley, Surrey

A choirboy singing solo in front of a modern stained glass window at Salfords Church, Horley, Surrey. He is holding a book entitled 'English Praise'. There is a statue of the Virgin Mary and Child next to him.

© Mary Evans Picture Library/Tony Boxall

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Over 5000 people an hour passed through Westminster Hall to pay their tributes to the

Over 5000 people an hour passed through Westminster Hall to pay their tributes to the late King George VI during his ceremonial lying-in-state with Officers of the Life Guards of the Husehold Cavaly standing motionless at the corners of the catafalque, with Yeoman Warders on the step below. Date: 1952

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

321 Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Royal Army Ordnance Corps

One of three photographs showing 321 Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, managing the controlled explosion of a stolen Datsun 120Y, Omagh district, 1975. Second picture shows the wheelbarrow approaching the car to insert the torpex candle. The car was subsequently found not to contain explosives. One of seven copy photographs showing 321 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Coy, Royal Army Ordnance Corps at work in Omagh, 1975. Associated with Northern Ireland (1969-2007). Date: 1975

© The National Army Museum / Mary Evans Picture Library