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Sphere cover - Clearing away wreckage at Cuffley, WW1
A scene at Cuffley, Hertfordshire after the German L-21 airship had fallen to earth in a ball of flames, having been shot down by Lieut. William Leefe Robinson VC on the night of 2 September 1916

WW1 messenger dogs - training them to jump barbed wire
Messenger dogs destined for the British Army, being trained to jump and clear barbed wire entanglements during the First World War. Date: 1914-18

Air Raid Warning - Take Cover, WW1
Side view of a motor car driven by a special constable with a sign informing the public of the all clear following an air raid

Firefighters in action, Longmoore Street, SW1
AFS firefighters in action at a fire in Longmoore Street, Victoria, London SW1, on 6 May 1959. They are clearing away corrugated iron sheets in order to expose pockets of fire under the debris

Bairnsfather Ware - Bruce Bairnsfather
Bairnsfather Ware butter dish. Transfer reads - ere with a loaf of bread. Striped border, clear base. Bairnsfather Ware

Belgian troops defending Antwerp, WW1
Three scenes showing Belgian troops defending Antwerp in the early days of the First World War. Top: soldiers preparing to fire from a railway engine near Malines

Purifying river water for British troops, Western Front, WW1
Purifying river water for the consumption of British troops on the Western Front in France during World War One. Poisons are removed, the water is sterilised and is held in a canvas cistern

The boat question by G. H. Davis
The boat question: a suggested method of launching ships boats (ie lifeboats) with long davits. The longer davit would launch the boat well clear of the ships side

British night fighters by G. H. Davis
Methods of Britains night fighters during the Second World War: the element of surprise. Clear, dark nights are ideal for hunting enemy raiders

ARP Warden - False Alarm - Pimlico, London
(text taken from photo caption) False Alarm. Mrs Mary Bennet, ARP Warden in Pimlico, London (" river slum district" !)

Havelock Moralising
SIR HENRY HAVELOCK Scottish military commander, urging his comrades to steer clear of drink which is the most speedy road to the guard-room and the cells. Date: 1795 - 1857

French Fantasy Beauty in see-through drape poses dramatically in front of a mysterious landscape vista. Date: circa 1910s

The Vampire Trainer development aircraft WZ419
The Vampire Trainer development aircraft, WZ419, with the clear-view canopy, ejector seats, dorsal fairings and other modifications adopted in production from the 144th aircraft

Wulfenite comprises of (lead molybdate) and is characterized by thin, square tabulate crystal structures

Phosphophyllite comprises of (hydrated zinc iron manganese phosphate). Blue-green specimen from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London

Zeolite
A zeloite specimen (apophyllite)

Diamond with garnet
Red garnet crystal in an octagonal, step-cut diamond. Diamond comprises of compacted carbon and is the hardest natural substance known on Earth

Nymphaea alba, white water lily
Illustration by Arthur Harry Church, 1907/8. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

floating island villages - Inle Lake
Floating island villages - Inle Lake - The floating islands of the lake dwellers, clear green rectangles of the bamboo rafts growing out from the shore like algae

Woman Using Eye Bath
A woman uses an eyebath to help keep her eyes clear and bright Date: 1930s

LFB firefighters and winter snows
The early winters of WW2 were snowy with numerous falls of 1-2 feet and occasional falls (such as 1940-41) in which snow depths of up to 16 feet (drifts) were recorded

LFB firefighters and winter snows, WW2
The early winters of WW2 were snowy with numerous falls of 1-2 feet and occasional falls (such as 1940-41) in which snow depths of up to 16 feet (drifts) were recorded

NFS (London Region) Salvage Corps at work, WW2
Although financed by Insurance companies, the London Salvage Corps were amalgamated into the National Fire Service (London Region) but maintained their primary salvage role

Blitz in London -- rescue workers searching debris, WW2
Blitz in London -- rescue workers (not firefighters) search through the debris of a bombed building, seeking survivors or extricating the dead, in the Ladywell area of Lewisham, SE London

Blitz in London -- clearance and repair of bomb damage in King Street, Hammersmith, West London

Mother Grundy, Clear Creek Canon. Date between 1898 and 1905

The Old Roadmaster, Clear Creek Canon

A pretty high bar to clear. Illustration shows a group of republicans trying to push, pull, and coax the Republican elephant labeled GOP. to jump a hurdle on a race course; William B

Hanging Rock, Clear Creek Canon. Date between1898 and 1905

Clear the track!. Children sledding down a hill. Date 1854, c1878

1953 Coronation - Rubbish in the stands after crowds had lef
Page from the Daily Sketch reporting on the eyesore and scandal of the uncleared rubbish left behind in the stands along the processional route following the 1953 Coronation

All Clear by Helen McKie - ARP wardens on bicycles
Jolly illustration by Helen McKie showing a rather lecherous looking older male Air Raid Patrol warden cycling alongside a young, pretty female colleague. Date: c.1940

Mother Grundy, Clear Creek Canon Mother Grundy, Clear Creek
Mother Grundy, Clear Creek Canon. Date c1898

Hanging Rock, Clear Creek Canon Hanging Rock, Clear Creek Ca
Hanging Rock, Clear Creek Canon. Date c1898

7th Dragoon Guards - Taking the Water Jump. Date: circa 1910s

An early snowplough tram in Montreal, Canada. This is the number 8 tram... Date: circa 1910

L is the Light so clear & bright
Advertising for Arrow Candles. Alphabet series of 26 postcards featuring children using or holding the product. Date: c.1912

Liverpool Cottage Homes - snow clearing

Titanic - How Ice Blink reveals the presence of bergs
Diagram in The Sphere during the inquiry into the Titanic disaster showing how ice blink reveals the presence of bergs underneath the water

The Great International Boat Race on the River Thames
The Great International Boat Race August 27th 1869. Between Oxford and Harvard on the River Thames near London 4 miles 2 furlongs. Won by the Oxfords by a half length clear water. Time 22 min

Cornish Well
The famous Holy Well and old Cross at St. Clear, Cornwall, England. Date: 1950s

H Miller. For shes a grand lady
For shes a grand lady -- thats very clear. Children playing a game in a garden. 20th century

After Party / Asleep 1911
A waiter starts to clear things away, while all the guests seem to have fallen asleep or passed out... Date: 1911

Weighing a Dutch Witch
A witchcraft trial in Holland - the unfortunate suspect is weighed in a balance, though what that proves isn t clear... What is a witch supposed to weigh ? Date: 17th century

Electric train line indicators
Three early train line indicators, with arriows which moved from red to green, depending on whether a train was on that portion of track or whether it had left it

Removing Rock from a Tunnel
Three construction workers use pneumatic drills to remove rock from around a large pipe in an underground tunnel. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Clearing Bristol Sewers
Three workers use spades and a pneumatic drill to clear/expand the tunnel space in Bristols underground sewerage system. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

On the Air Route to the Cape by Fortunino Matania
Natives in Northern Rhodesia, under the supervision of British officers, are pictured mowing down a field of wild arum lilies to make way for a landing ground or runway. Date: 1920

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