Event Collection (page 14)

Belfast march 1932
Outdoor Relief workers and supporters march through Belfast on 4th October 1932. A Demonstration of relief workers on strike

Queen Victorias Diamond Jubilee 1897
Thanksgiving service ceremony at St. Pauls Cathedral, London. Queen Victoria in the royal carriage at the foot of the steps. Date: 22 June 1897

The Guards Crimean War Memorial - veterans 1899
London crowds outside Waterloo Place, celebrating years later the victory, raised to commemorate the heroism of the Brigade of Guards in the Crimean War

Crowds outside Buckingham Palace, London 1902
Date: June 1902

Original date for Coronation, decorations in London 1902
Coronation decorations in City of London, unfortunately the soon to be King, Edward VII fell seriously ill with appendicitis and underwent an emergency operation two days before the ceremony

Advert for Elkington Co - Original date coins June 1902 Advert for Elkington
Advertisement for a selection of medals and coins in bronze, silver or gold, for the coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra on the 26th June 1902

Preparing the original date for Coronation 1902
Preparing for Edward VIIs coronation, unfortunately two days before the due date 26th June 1902, Edward became seriously ill with appendicitis and underwent an emergency operation

Primrose Day 1893
Primrose Day in Parliament Square, London, was an anniversary of the death of British statesman and prime minister Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, who died on the 19th April 1881

Death of General Wolfe 1759
NORTH AMERICAN CAMPAIGN James Wolfe successfully takes Quebec from the French but is fatally wounded during the battle. Date: 13th September 1759

Martyrdom of Saint Thomas Becket
Becket had been a trusted friend of Henry II, King of England, but they became entangled in a quarrel over the rights of the Church

Lady Astor, first UK woman Member of Parliament 1919
Lady Astor, the first woman Member of Parliament in the UK, as reported on the front page of The New Illustrated. Date: November 1919

Construction of Barlows Tower Tunnel under the Thames 1869
Construction of Barlows Tower Tunnel under the Thames, advance shield. Date: 1869

Secret name revealed, the Queen Mary
Queen Mary and King George V in a glass covered royal box on the lauching platform. Queen Mary over a microphone revealing the name of the long-kepted secret pronouncing the words

THAMES / ASCOT SUNDAY 1914
The Thames at Maidenhead on Ascot Sunday - a fashionable event Date: 1914

GEORGE & MARY RIDE OUT 1918 GEORGE & MARY RIDE OUT 1918
King George V and Mary ride amongst crowds of Londoners celebrating the Armistice Date: November 1918

Boats at Maidenhead
The Thames at Maidenhead is jammed with boats of all kinds on Ascot Sunday at the height of the Season - a fashionable event for all levels of society Date: 1914

Procession of the ashes of French soldier 1760
Procession of the ashes of French soldier who fell in Battle of Quebec, on 28 August 1760. Date: 1760

COACHING CLUB MEETS 1914
The Coaching Club meets in Hyde Park - a fashionable social event for the upper classes Date: 1914

SALLE DES JACOBINS
The closing of the Salle des Jacobins - an event which to some extent marked the end of the Terror Date: 27/28 July 1794

Westminster Hall by night: Waiting and departing 1910
The queue waiting in a thunderstorm to view the public lying-in-state of King Edward VII in Westminster Hall. Date: May 1910

Drake taking the Spanish Galleon Capitana 1588
Drake taking the Spanish Galleon Capitana, one of the Armada to Torbay. Date: 22 July 1588

Royal Military Academy in Woolwich fire 1873
Early morning fire on Saturday 1st February 1873, destroying the principal part of the middle building at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich

Bandstand in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris France 1856
A bandstand in the Pre Catelan, in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris, with people gathered round to hear a concert. Date: 1856

Parnall Panther N7481
Fleet Air Arm Parnall Panther N7481. The Paravane is visible in front of the mainwheels; designed to prevent nosing over in the event of ditching in water. Date: circa 1925

Crowds possibly at a school sports day or event
A rather unusual photo - possibly a school sports day or a sports event at a smart Boys Private School. The filled bags/sacks in the foreground are raher mysterious

The Silver Jubilee Aldershot Military Tattoo. An annual event dating back to 1894. In the 1920s and 1930s, the Aldershot Command Searchlight Tattoo held at the Rushmoor Arena presented displays

Young girl proudly riding her lovely pony at an outdoor country event, England. Date: circa 1920s

Tatler cover, Summer Number 1950
Front cover of The Tatler featuring the Tatler in his distinctive tricorn hat, at the front of a crowd of spectators at a race course, probably Royal Ascot

Duke of Edinburgh opens Yorkshire exhibition arts & manuf
Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, fourth child and second son of Queen Victoria, opening the Yorkshire Exhibition of Arts and Manufacture at Leeds in May 1875

Crowds watching the Henley Regatta Date: 1901

The Albermarle Club at 37 Dover Street, London
Exterior view of the Albermarle Club at Ely House, 37 Dover Street, London which opened in 1874 for BOTH men and women, a previously unheard of event

Liverpool - Jops Cymro Group - aA Sports event
Liverpool - Jops Cymro Group - aA (Amateur Athletics Association) Sports event in 1911 in Liverpool. Officials and competitors. Date: 1911

Venezia - S. Vitale, Italy - Veneto Region
Venezia - San Vitale, Italy - Veneto Region - a former church, and now an event and concert hall located at one end of the Campo Santo Stefano in the Sestiere of San Marco

General Strike 1926: Flying Scotsman derailed
Flying Scotsman was derailed and vandalised by eight miners from Cramlington, Northumberland. May 1926

Front page, Daily Mail, Diamond Jubilee, Golden Extra
Front page of the Daily Mail newspaper for 23 June 1897, to mark Queen Victorias Diamond Jubilee, called the Golden Extra as it was printed in gold ink. Date: 1897

Front page, Daily Mail, Silver Jubilee
Front page of the Daily Mail newspaper for 6 May 1935, to mark King George Vs Silver Jubilee, printed in black ink on silver paper. 1935

King Edward VII raising his hat
King Edward VII (1841-1910) - raising his top hat. Date: 1905

People wearing Cornish tartan, Cornwall
Four people wearing Cornish tartan, kilts and sporrans in a grassy area during a Cornish wrestling event, Cornwall. Date: circa 1970s

Lying-in-State of late King George V - Westminster Hall
Late Majesty, King George Lying-in-State in Westminster Hall, London, for the four days. Around the Royal coffin on its dais, isolated amid the wide spaces

Queen Victoria - Visit to Liverpool, 1886
Page from The Graphic reporting on the visit of Queen Victoria to Liverpool in May 1886 where she opened the Liverpool Exhibition. The top two pictures show a view of London Road from St

The Prussian Homage, 1882, by Jan Matejko (1838-1893)
Jan Matejko (1838-1893). Polish painter. The Prussian Homage, 1882. National Museum. Krakow. Poland

Women police officers in self-defence exercise
Two women police officers taking part in a self-defence demonstration exercise at an outdoor event. One of them is Inspector Sheila Ward. Date: circa early 1970s

Germany kicking the Entente Cordiale rock, 1911
Germany kicking the Entente Cordiale rock: " Donnerwetter! Its rock. I thought it was going to be paper." Date: 1911

Christening of Edward VIII
Queen Victoria with her son Edward VII, grandson George V and great-grandson the baby Edward VIII (later Duke of Windsor) at his christening. Date: 1894

H. M.s Caledonia formerly Majestic 1937
The former Cunard White Star Liner Majestic, changed to H.M.S Caledonia, was bought in 1937 by the Admiralty and was converted at a cost of 391

Hawker Typhoon 1b nose over the type of event to be wary of when taxying on muddy (on the ground)

Royal Coronation 1953 knitting book
Front cover of the Womans Companion Coronation Knitting Book with a dozen delightful designs for all the family. Patterns featured include a jumper for a little boy with a soldier on the front

Edward Prince of Wales with Denys Finch-Hatton
Edward Prince of Wales, later King Edward VIII, at tea in the bush camp, his Royal Highness near Kiu while on one of his hunting expeditions in East Africa with Captain Anderson

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