Distance Gallery

VE Day. Outside Buckingham Palace

Crowds seen cheering and waving outside the gates of Buckingham Palace on May 8th 1945 (VE Day). George V and Queen Mary with Princeses Elizabeth and Margaret can be seen at a distance acknowledging the crowds from the Buckingham Palace balcony. They were later joined by Winston Churchill

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

1945, 8th, Balcony, Buckingham, Cheering, Crowds, Distance, Elizabeth, Gates, Historical, History, Margaret, Mary, Out Side, Palace, Princeses, Queen, Ve, Waving

Alfred ('Alfie') Shrubb - Famous Long Distance Runner

Alfred ('Alfie') Shrubb - Famous Long Distance Runner. He won all there was to win in long-distance running as is evident in this photograph. In his heyday, Shrubb was virtually unbeatable at all distances between 2, 000 yards and 15 miles. He won more than 1, 000 races and suffered only a handful of defeats - the latter usually coming at one mile or in marathons, distances he wasn't best suited to "

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

Victoria Terrace. Portstewart

Victoria Terrace. Portstewart - a view of a terrace with buildings and in the distance Atlantic Circle. There is a man and two motor cars in the picture. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Londonderry; Portstewart). Date: circa early 1900s

© National Museums NI / Mary Evans

Atlantic, Buildings, Cars, Circle, County, Distance, Ireland, Location, Londonderry, Man, Motor, Northern, Picture, Portstewart, Terrace, Victoria, View