Distance Collection

Cushendall Bay and Lurig, Co. Antrim - a low level view over rocks to Lurig in the distance, in the middle distance are buildings. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Antrim; Cushendall)

Waves at Porthcawl
A young boy defies the waves at Porthcawl, Glamorgan, Wales. His mother and her friend look across with some concern at another boy on the railings in the distance

Cranfield Bay, Kilkeel Not As Marked on the Negative St. Johns Point, Co. Down - a view over Cranfield Bay with wooden buildings to the mountains in the distance

Ballyhalbert, Co. Down - a view looking along the shore wall of the town with sea on the right and buildings to the left, curving in the distance

Cavehill Rd. from the Waterworks - a view to the Cavehill in the distance with Cavehill road to the right and the Waterworks to the left. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Belfast)

Gracehill, Ballymena - a street scene of this Moravian settlement with a car in the distance. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Antrim; Gracehill). Date: circa early 1900s

Portglenone on the Bann, Co. Derry - a street scene with a motor car and children in the foreground and horse vehicles in the distance. There are some shop fronts and thatched buildings

Vinegar Hill, R. Slaney, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford - a view across a river and buildings on the other side to a hill in the distance. (Location: Republic of Ireland; County Wexford; Enniscorthy)

Port Muck, and Muck Island Islandmagee, Co. Antrim - a view looking down on the harbour and beached boats and thatched buildings

Donaghadee Harbour - a view of the boats pier and lighthouse, in the distance is the Copeland islands. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Donaghadee). Date: circa early 1900s

Slieve Gallion - a view across a plain with farmhouses and fields to the mountain in the distance. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Londonderry). Date: circa early 1900s

The Man who Threw a Snowball at St. Moritz
An aghast crowd of skiiers and holidaymakers looking towards a dejected snowball-thrower who is trudging away into the distance. St

Benevenagh from Limavady Rd - a view along a country road with two boys to buildings beyond and the escarpment in the distance. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Londonderry; Magilligan)

Windmill Hill, Ballyholme - a street scene with the post office on the right (with assembled people) and the windmill to the distance. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Down: Bangor)

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

The 24 hour Bicycle Race at Herne Hill, 1892
Photograph showing the Cyclists participating in the 24 hour Bicycle race at Herne Hill velodrome, on the 22nd July 1892, shortly before the start. The race was won by F.W

The Zulu war. Lord Chelmsfords retreat from Isandhlwana the
Lord Chelmsford surveying the damage after the Battle of Isandlwana. The battlefield strewn with corpses is in the foreground, Isandhlawana Hill is in the distance, as are the Zulu impi (warriors)

Rams Island from Sandy Bay, Lough Neagh - a view out to the island in the distance, in the foreground a boat with a lot of people onboard and on the shore a girl and child in arms

Gracehill, Co. Antrim - a street scene of this Moravian village, with a motor car and people in the distance. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Antrim; Gracehill). Date: circa early 1900s

John Logie Bairds experiment, showing how television transm
Sending pictures through the air. Bairds system of television transmits its wireless pictures. John Logie Baird transmitted a moving image by wireless, showing gradations of light and shade

Cambridge / Backs / St Johns
Cambridge: the Backs, with the tower of St Johns College in the distance

Benevenagh from Magilligan - a view along a country road with two boys to buildings beyond and the escarpment in the distance. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Londonderry; Magilligan)

Wellington Street. Ballymena - a street scene with people and boy and hand cart. To the distance can be seen a horse vehicle and motor car. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim)

Groomsport Bay - a view across the Bay with beached rowing boats in the foreground to buildings in the distance. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Groomsport). Date: circa early 1900s

Mileage and flight times across the world, 1961 by GH Davis
A map of the world together with various aircraft from British overseas airways and British European airways services to all six continents with mileage and flight times illustrated. Date: 1961

Futuristic long distance airship
A futuristic long distance airship held aloft by two long balloons, flying across the sea

The Park, Bangor - a view of a lot of people sitting on benches and grassy mound beside a Bandstand in Ward Park. In the foreground are bicycles and in the distance buildings

River Maine and Randalstown Bleachworks - an elevated view looking down the river with buildings on the right and the Bleachworks in the distance

Sugarloaf Mountain from Greystones - a view of the mountains in the distance taken from a beach, with a boat and buildings in the foreground

Gun transport exercise, Wentworth Woodhouse, Yorkshire
An emergency gun transport exercise taking place at Wentworth Woodhouse, Lord Fitzwilliams residence at Rotherham, Yorkshire

Main components of the Solar System
Panoramic artwork showing the relative distances of the planets from the Sun

Alfred ( Alfie ) Shrubb - Famous Long Distance Runner. He won all there was to win in long-distance running as is evident in this photograph

Pakistan Peshawar
The English church : the Khyber Pass is in the distance, leading into Afghanistan

George Wilson / Pedestrian
GEORGE WILSON The " Blackheath Pedestrian", born in Newcastle 24 June 1766. Long distance walker and walking match champion

England / London / General
The City of London, with Southwark Cathedral, London Bridge, and Old St Pauls in the distance

Porchester / Hampshire
PORCHESTER, HAMPSHIRE The castle, with the harbour in the distance

Characterful old lady with her knitting
A characterful old lady sits in a chair, holding a few rows of knitting in front of her as she looks thoughtfully into the distance

Ufos / George Adamski
He meets Orthon, a Venusian, at Desert Center, California; the encounter is allegedly witnessed from a distance by his friends

Station Road, Dunmurry - a view to the railway bridge with people, there is a factory to the distance. (Location: Northern Ireland: [County Antrim] : [County Londonderry] (could be either)

Signpost at Lands End, Cornwall, giving the distance to John o Groats, New York and other distant places. circa 1980s

Britains Brabazon I passenger aircraft by G. H. Davis
A Leviathan of the skies: Britains Brabazon I airliner, designed to carry 72 long-distance passengers. A mammoth aerial express able to cover the England-Australia route in 48 hours

Boyne Viaduct, Drogheda - a view down the Boyne quay and river to the viaduct in the distance. There are men and a sailing boat and a rowing boat

Tree on the Equator - Sign noting distance to Selfridges
A lovely oddity!! A large caravan passing a large tree on the Equator in Africa bearing a sign noting the distance to Selfridges & Co. Ltd. in London! Date: 1910

Atmospheric country scene - seated children with dog
A Boy and girl sit alongside a country lane in purple atmospheric misty light - possibly on a summers evening. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Japan / Fujiyama / Hokusai
One of Hokusais 36 views of Fujiyama : the lake is Lake Sowa, and the mountain itself is in the far distance

Mount Fuji in Springtime
A beautiful spring day. Fujiyama is in the distance and blossom is on the trees in the foreground

Lourdes / Map in 1858
The town in 1858 of Lourdes of Bernadettes vision, showing the grotto of Massabielle at some distance from the town

W Heath Robinson - At the At Home

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