Channel Collection (page 2)

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MATTHEW WEBB Swimmer of the Channel in 1875, seen here wearing two medals

Bleriot crosses the Channel
First air crossing of the English Channel by Louis Bleriot : over the open sea

Ramphastos vitillenus, channel-billed toucan

Map - Jersey
Map by M. F. Peck - Jersey

Poster, The Continent via Dover-Ostend, Belgian State Railways and Mail Packets. Date: circa 1930s

Julius Caesar invading Britain
Caesar at the coast of Britain surveying his new opponents who have already assembled upon a cliff on horseback awaiting Roman attack. Date: 51 B.C

Kenneth Kendall with teddy bears
Kenneth Kendall (1924-2012), British broadcaster. He worked for many years as a newsreader for the BBC and other channels, and also hosted the game show Treasure Hunt for Channel 4 (1982-1989)

Kenneth Kendall (b 1924), retired British broadcaster. He worked for many years as a newsreader for the BBC and other channels, and also hosted the game show Treasure Hunt for Channel 4 (1982-1989)

The Harbour, Rozel Bay, Jersey, Channel Islands. Date: 1960s

German WW2 gun - Noirmont Point, Jersey, Channel Islands. Date: circa 1980s

Herm - Channel Islands - Belvoir Bay
Belvoir Bay at Herm (Haerme) - one of the Channel Islands and part of the Parish of St Peter Port in the Bailiwick of Guernsey. Date: circa 1930s

The Channel Islands - Guernsey Harbour - Hill top view of square - walled harbour. Part of Box 234 Boswell Collection - The Channel Islands Date: circa 1900

Falaise cross-channel ferry leaving Newhaven, East Sussex, for Dieppe, France. Date: 1964

Austria. Vienna. Plan, 1720
Austria. Vienna. Plan of the walled city with Prater and the Danube River. Engraving, 1720

Visit to Madeira - The Levada Tunnel
Black and white lantern slide of men being carried in hammocks out of the entrance of a tunnel built for a levada - an irrigation channel or aqueduct - Visit to Madeira. Part of Box 125 - Madeira

Hezekiahs Tunnel, Jerusalem
Hezekiahs Tunnel (Siloam Tunnel), Jerusalem, a subterranean channel cut through the rock, 533 metres long. It was designed as an aqueduct linking the Gihon Spring to the Pool of Siloam. Date: 1920s

The Brighton ferry running between Dieppe and Newhaven
The Brighton cross-channel steamer ferry running between Dieppe and Newhaven. Leaving the French port. Date: 1910

Gathering Seaweed at Le Hocq, Jersey, Channel Islands - the principle growing agent for the famed Jersey Royal Potatoes, although used less these days. Date: circa 1910s

Training Ship Formidable, Portishead, Bristol
The Training Ship Formidable, moored in the Bristol Channel at Portishead, was established in 1869 as an Industrial Training establishment

St Helier Harbour, Jersey, Channel Islands - Painted by artist Charles Howard for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

St Brelade's Bay, Jersey, Channel Islands - Painted by artist Charles Howard for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

The Leas, Folkestone, Kent, viewed from the Harbour - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Guernsey Harbour and Fermain Point by Henry John Sylvester Stannard

Vickers Viscount 812 G-AVIW (msn 358) of Channel Airways at Southend Airport. Date: 1969

Elizabeth Castle, Jersey, Channel Islands
Elizabeth Castle, Saint Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands - names after Queen Elizabeth I. Date: circa 1910s

Blanchard and Jeffries crossing English Channel
Jean-Pierre Blanchard and Dr John Jeffries crossing the English Channel by balloon. They left Dover, crossed the sea, and landed near Blanay, between Calais and Boulogne

Brochure design, Cobham Air Routes, serving London, Southampton, Portsmouth, Bournemouth, the Isle of Wight, and Guernsey. circa 1935

Guernsey, Fermain Bay, Channel Islands, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Travellers at Jersey Airport, Channel Islands
A group of travellers make their way towards a small aeroplane on the tarmac at the States of Jersey Airport, Channel Islands. Date: circa 1970s

HMS Empress aircraft carrier, WW1
HMS Empress, British Royal Navy aircraft carrier during the First World War. Launched 1907 as a cross-channel steamer, converted as aircraft carrier 1914, based at Harwich, then Queenstown

Railway Poster - Coastal Belgium
The Belgian Coast - Railway Poster with a map showing connecting routes along the English Channel Coast

Channel Islands / Jersey
St Helier (then known as St Hillary)

Battle of Hastings
At Hastings, Harolds army - exhausted after fighting the Norsemen at Stamford Bridge - encounter the Normans, after their Channel crossing : victory goes to the invaders

Poster advertising Guernsey, Channel Islands - Go By British Railways. Date: circa 1960

Alderney - Quesnard Point Lighthouse and Fort Corblets
Alderney, Channel Islands - Quesnard Point Lighthouse and Fort Corblets. Date: circa 1960s

Vickers Viscount 812 - G-AVHE
Vickers Viscount 812 G-AVHE (msn 363), of Channel Airways at Southend Airport. Date: 1970

The Cherbourg Fetes, the Pera leaving Southampton
The " Pera" with members of the House of Commons on board, leaving Southampton to take part in the Cherbourg Fetes

Herm - Channel Islands - The North West Beaches
The North West Beaches at Herm (Haerme) - one of the Channel Islands and part of the Parish of St Peter Port in the Bailiwick of Guernsey. Date: circa 1930s

Bonne Nuit Bay, Jersey, Channel Islands, British Isles. Date: 1920s

A new dance - the Truda-Trott, 1927
Photographs demonstrating a new dance trend in 1927, the Truda-Trott devised in Austria as a compliment to the female Channel swimmer, Gertrude Ederle

To England! German dreams of an invasion by sea and air
To England! German dreams of an invasion by sea (warships) and air (a fleet of Zeppelins). Postcard sold to raise money for the German air war effort. Date: circa 1916

Jersey, arrival of boats, St. Heliers, Channel Islands, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

The Harbour, Creux Harbour, Channel Islands
The Harbour, Creux Harbour, Sark, near Guernsey, Channel Islands, England. Date: 1930s

William Low, surveyor and civil engineer. Low formed the Channel Tunnel Company and was the first to make realistic plans for the construction of a tunnel

Balloon descending into Bristol Channel
A balloon descending into the water of the Bristol Channel, near Watermouth. The passengers were Sadler and Clayfield, who ascended from Bristol. 24 September 1810

Jersey, Elizabeth Castle, St. Heliers, Channel Islands, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Jersey, coast from the Devils Hole, Channel Islands, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Jersey, Portelet Bay, I, Channel Islands, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

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