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Surfing championships at Newquay, CornwallA competitor in the surfing championships at Newquay in Cornwall
Crystal Palace Brass Band FestivalView of the Central Avenue leading to the Crystal Palace in south London at the time of the annual Brass Band Festival. Bands from all over the country took part
Alfa Romeo P3 monoposto (aka Tipo B), a Grand Prix car competing from 1932-1935, winning 18 of all the 35 Grands Prix held throughout Europe in 1934. Date: circa 1990
RAF Halton Ten Tors expedition 1977 - RAF Bedford coachRAF Halton Apprentices competing in the 1977 Ten Tors cross-country team march. - The ubiquitous RAF Bedford SB3 (43AC42) with Strachans Pacesaver bodywork, used by the 1977 Ten Tors team
Edgar & Madge Syers in Olympics Games, ice skating 1908Edgar Syers dancing with his wife Madge Syers in the Olympic Games of 1908, winning the bronze medal at the Princes Skating Club, Knightsbridge, London. Date: October 1908
RMS Titanic - poster, French version of Raise the TitanicRMS Titanic: poster for French version of the film Raise the Titanic, 61 x 45 inches. La Guerre des Abimes (The War of the Abyss). Date: 1980
Alfa Romeo Racing CarsTwo Alfa Romeo racing cars competing at the RAC TT (Tourist Trophy) Motor Race held in Ards, Northern Ireland. The race was held here between 1928 and 1936. Date: 1931
Horses Neck-and-NeckReproduction of a painting by Louis Malespina (1874-1940) showing vying racehorses. Date: circa 1920s
Polish and English OarswomenMembers of the Warsaw Women's Rowing Club compete with their counterparts in the Isleworth Club and Furnivall Club at Putney. Date: 1931
Official anti British First Boer War protest cardA conflict known also as the Transvaal Rebellion took place between the British and the Boers from 1880 to 1881 The south of Africa was overlaid with European powers competing for colonial territory
Germany and France - Conquest of the Air 1907German and France, rivalry between two air-ships. The German air-ship that stayed up the longest for three hours over Berlin, over the French rival La Patrie. Date: 1907
School swimming competitionCompetitors in school swimming competition. Date: circa 1930s
Pilot Officer T G W Appleby in a Talbot Ten Sports Tourer - photographed outside the Clement Talbot Motor Works prior to competing in the Monte Carlo Rally (he finished 64th)
Greek athletes competing in the martial art of Pankration. After the Pancrastinae statue of Pankratiasts in the Florentine Museum (now in the Uffizi). Pancraziasti del Museo Fiorentino
RAF Halton Ten Tors expedition - Charles Chuck KirkbrideRAF Halton Apprentices competing in the 1977 Ten Tors cross-country team march. - Charles Chuck Kirkbride, from the RAF Halton Pipe Band waiting for the next team to be Piped in. Date: 1977
RAF Halton Ten Tors expedition 1977 - A 126th entry teamRAF Halton Apprentices competing in the 1977 Ten Tors cross-country team march. - A 126th entry team marching in Date: 1977
RAF Halton Ten Tors expedition 1977 - Mess tentRAF Halton Apprentices competing in the 1977 Ten Tors cross-country team march. - John Boucher et al having lunch in the mess tent. Date: 1977
RAF Halton Ten Tors expedition 1977 - A 125th entry teamRAF Halton Apprentices competing in the 1977 Ten Tors cross-country team march. - A 125th entry team marching in, led by Charles Chuck Kirkbride from the RAF Halton Pipe Band Date: 1977
RAF Halton Ten Tors expedition 1977 - Okehampton camp-siteRAF Halton Apprentices competing in the 1977 Ten Tors cross-country team march. - The Camp site at MOD Okehampton Date: 1977
RAF Halton Ten Tors expedition 1977 - A 124th Entry teamRAF Halton Apprentices competing in the 1977 Ten Tors cross-country team march. - RAF Halton Apprentices competing in the 1977 Ten Tors cross-country team march
RAF Halton Ten Tors expedition 1977 - Bedford 3-tonnerRAF Halton Apprentices competing in the 1977 Ten Tors cross-country team march. - The Bedford RL 3-ton lorry used by the team, driven by our friendly neighbourhood Rockape (RAF Regiment). Date: 1977
RAF Halton Ten Tors expedition 1977 - Green wormRAF Halton Apprentices competing in the 1977 Ten Tors cross-country team march. - A tired competitor sleeping through the day. Date: 1977
RAF Halton Ten Tors expedition 1977 - LWB Land RoverRAF Halton Apprentices competing in the 1977 Ten Tors cross-country team march. - The Long Whee-Base Land Rover used by the RAF Halton team
Cartoon, Out! (Disraeli and Gladstone)Cartoon, Out! Gladstone as batsman is bowled out, and Disraeli as wicket keeper is back in the running. A cricketing analogy for the transfer of power in the wake of a General Election. Date: 1866
Edgar & Madge Syers the 1908 OlympicsHusband and wife team who were in the Olympic Games of 1908, winning the bronze medal at the Princes Skating Club, Knightsbridge, London. Madge Syers winning in her own right, first in free skating
Velocipede competition in Leipzig, Germany 1885Scenes from a velocipede competition in Leipzig, Germany. Date: 1885
International Athletics, White City Stadium, West LondonRunners taking part in an International Athletics event at White City Stadium, West London on 2 August 1937. Showing the finish of the 100 Yards, won by B Johnson (USA), with C B Holmes (GB) second
Blackburn YA. 7 WB781Blackburn YA.7 WB781 (msn 5615), on the Royal Aircraft Establishment Farnborough fire dump (struck off charge on 18 May 1955)
SPORT FOR DISABLED / 1895Sport for the disabled at Nogent-sur-Marne - men with wooden legs competing for first place Date: 1895
GREECE / PENTATHALONYoung men competing in the pentathlon. Date: ANCIENT GREECE
ANCIENT GREEK PENTATHLONYoung men competing in the pentathlon. Date: ancient
COMPETING WITH PEACOCKA peacock (Pavo cristatus) is admired by a mother and daughter who try to compete by dressing in the height of fashion. Date: 1840s
PARIS STREET SCENE 1893Animated scene at the junction of the rue du Croissant and du Faubourg Montmartre, Paris, with newspaper sellers competing for custom. Date: 1893
Beautiful Legs ContestA group of young women competing in a contest to decide which of them has the most beautiful legs, the prize being a pair of silk stockings! Date: early 1930s
International tennis players at Wimbledon, 1911Page from The Sketch magazine featuring photographs of international players competing at the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis championships in 1911. Top row from left: Miss M. Reick (Germany), Mr R
Aquitania and Vaterland compared by G. H. DavisThe Aquitania (British) and Vaterland (German) compared. Showing their relative length, displacement, engines and horsepower. Date: 1914
Former Prime Minister A J Balfour at golfThe former Prime Minister Arthur James Balfour competing in the annual summer golf meeting of the North Berwick Old Club, Scotland
Medieval singing contest, WartburgMedieval singing contest held at Wartburg Castle, Germany. In the lower picture, competing singers include Biterolf, Wolfram von Eschenbach, Heinrich von Ofterdingen and Walther von der Vogelweide
Lloyd B. Labeach sprinting, 1948 London OlympicsSprinter Lloyd B. Labeach from Panama thrusts forward to win Heat 4 in the second round of the 100 Metres competition. His time was 10.5 seconds. Date: 1948
William D B Curry and Frederick I Pitman, rowersWilliam D B Curry and Frederick (Freddie) Islay Pitman (1863-1942), rowers. They both took part in the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race of 1884
The Battle of Flowers, Italy -- a young womans beauty and some red flowers in competition for attention. 1923
Mrs Ritchie competing at the Marsa Club, MaltaMrs Ritchie, wife of Commander R. D. Ritchie, R.N. competing in the ball and bucket race, which she won, at the gymkhana held at the Marsa Club in Malta
Blessing Horses, SienaSIENA PALIO Before taking part in the annual race through the streets, competing horses are blessed in a church Date: 1893
The Duke of Edinburgh competing at CowesPrince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, competing at Cowes Regatta in 1952. Date: 1953
Army Sports Meeting at Greenwich Park, WW1A sports meeting, organised by the Y.M.C.A. with various military sporting types competing in a number of competitions in Greenwich Park, London
Map West IndiesThe European powers are competing who can grab the greater portion of these islands : the French and British are doing better than the Spanish and Dutch... Date: 1827
Canada Nova ScotiaAn old fort overlooks the sea, a relic of the days when France and Britain were competing for Canada. Date: circa 1835
The complete views of competing brothel houses. Print shows an interior view of a brothel with several courtesans, three in front of a standing screen showing scene of a large bird perched on a pine
Ladies Mounted Sports at Ranelagh - Lady Alice ScottPage from the Bystander featuring photographs of the female contenders in the Ladies Mounted Sports at Ranelagh. Top left is Miss Joan Hamilton
The General Election, 1924, Stanley Baldwin, Ramsay MacDonald and H. H. Asquith the leaders of the competing political parties appear to be playing musical chairs
Metropolitan Police officer at showjumping eventA Metropolitan Police officer and his horse tackle a jump at a showjumping event. Date: circa 1990s
Metropolitan Police officers at showjumping eventThree Metropolitan Police officers on horseback jump through rings of fire at a showjumping event. Date: circa 1990s
The Halford Hewitt CupSketches of golfers competing in the Halford-Hewitt Cup. Date: 1934
Halford-Hewitt golfing championship at DealEight photographs showing various pairs competing in the golf competiton at Deal. Date: 1935
Heavyweight boxing, 1948 London OlympicsE.J. Lambert of the USA (right) and F. Bothy of Belgium competing for heavyweight honours at the Empire Pool (hence the reflection in the lower half of the photograph)
Man and boy with junior sized motorcycleA man gives his son a bit of advice under an umbrella before the boy sets off on his junior sized motorcycle
Motorcyclist taking off into the airA motorcyclist taking off into the air, probably at a motorcycle scramble
Grahame-White and Lady Northcliffe at HendonThe aviator Claude Grahame-White (1879-1959) with Lady Northcliffe at Hendon before the Great Air Race (probably the air race sponsored by the Daily Mail in 1910)
France in a FogFrance in a fog : the Third Republic is in turmoil, and France doesn t know which of the competing factions to trust
Newspaper Sellers, ParisAnimated scene at the junction of the rue du Croissant and du Faubourg Montmartre, Paris, with newspaper sellers competing for custom
Sports Day Tyres 1970SBoys competing in a tyre race
Perseval Airship 1915Parseval military airship : its inventor, Major von Parseval, claims it can be inflated/deflated more rapidly than any competing airship
LEGAY AVIETTE 1920Competing for the Prix Peugeot at Longchamps, Paris, is the man-powered aviette of Legay, piloted by Jacques Noel who must pedal furiously to turn those twin propellers
Henley(Menpes)Punts and houseboats line the river as the competing boats race in mid-stream
Competing for PigCountry bumpkins compete for a sucking pig fixed to the top of a greasy pole
Girl FishingEve invades the ranks of the sport of patience, competing with the men and boys, doing a spot of fishing with her maggots in a Palm Toffee jar
Tribal ConferenceThe German tribes, normally competing if not fighting among themselves, meet to discuss what they should do about the Roman menace
TOURNAMENTReceiving the helmets of the competing knights
