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Shrove Tuesday Football Match, Kingston-Upon-Thames, 1846

Engraving showing the traditional game of football, played on Shrove Tuesday, in the marketplace of Kingston-Upon-Thames. This match was played between the Thames-Street Club and the Townsend team, starting at 11am and finishing at 5pm. The pitch was considered to be the whole town and the river and the winning team was the team that brought the ball closest to the marketplace at 5pm. In the background of the image can be seen the Town Hall and the tower of All Saints church

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

Dassault-Breguet Mystere 20 1st prototype F-WLKB

Dassault-Breguet Mystere 20 1st prototype F-WLKB at the 1964 Paris Air Show, shown with the two 3,300 lbf Pratt & Whitney JT12A-8 turbojet engines originally fitted. Of note is the anti-spin parachute housing under the rear fuselage , which housed a parachute that could be released to assist in recovering from spins. Re-named Falcon 20, F-WLKB also changed registration to F-BLKB, indicating that it was no longer considered experimental. F-WLKB - F-BLKB was later re-engined with General Electric CF700 turbofans, ( The CF700 was an aft-fan variant of the General Electric CJ610 turbojet, where the fan is attached to the LP turbine tips and driven directly rather than through a shaft. Date: 1964

© The Peter Butt Aviation Collection / Mary Evans

The Guest Who Fished An Alexandra On The Test by H M Bateman

The Guest Who Fished An Alexandra On The Test by H M Bateman. For the benefit of those who are not fishermen, an Alexandra is a fly considered so alluring to trout, and consequently so deadly in use, that purists will not use it on first-class waters. So this illustration shows the man who has offended reeling in many fish while his fellow fishermen faint at the folly of his ways. Date: 1926

© Estate of H M Bateman/ILN/Mary Evans Picture Library