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The Royal Family of Great Britain 1897 (the year of Queen Victorias Diamond Jubilee). 1897

NFS 60ft hand-operated turntable ladder, WW2
An Austin K4-Merryweather 60 foot hand-operated turntable ladder (TL). A total of 50 such appliances were built and mounted on Austin K4 chassis for the Home Office between 1942 and 1943

Victorian family group - Rodbourne House, Wiltshire
A Victorian family group and servants pose in the garden of Rodbourne House, St Paul Malmesbury Without, Wiltshire. This fine house was the home of the Hungerford Pollens who had an active interest

NFS (London Region) mobile kitchen vehicle
Donated to the London Region of the NFS by the Canadian Red Cross, the mobile kitchen unit displayed at the Regional (Brigade) Headquarters, Lambeth, SE1 is seen here with its side canopies extended

Large Italian Picnic Party
A large Genoese extended family group take the car into the hills for a summer picnic. Date: 1930s

1867 Tory Seamanship
The Abandoned! or Tory Seamanship The Constitution lies wrecked and adrift. A comment on Disraelis Reform Act, which extended the franchise. Date: 1867

Cromer Pier
A glimpse of the fine pier at Cromer, Norfolk, England. Built in 1901 and extended over the years, replacing a series of earlier piers. Date: 1960s

Kenya - Masai man with extended earlobe ornament (weighed to increase the distension of the skin). Date: circa 1910s

Khaki Chums Christmas Truce Cross, St Yvon, Belgium
At Christmas 1914, over the 24th/25th December, a truce was held here between the 1st Battalion the Warwickshire Regiment and the 7th Bavarians in which Bruce Bairnsfaher took part

Royal Air Force de Havilland Mosquito NF Mk. XV high-altitude fighter. This is an example of the rare NF Mk. XV with the extended wing-span wings, pressurised cockpit, 70 series Merlin engines

Royal Air Force Short Stirling B Mk. III
Royal Air Force Short Stirling B Mk.III. This very leaky Stirling is flying with the tail-wheels extended, probably due to the notoriously unreliable electric retraction mechanism

Extended family group enjoy some summer sunshine and a cup of tea on the beach (possible in Dorset? South Coast of England?)

RMS Titanic, table of English composer Archibald Joyce
An important piece of musical and Titanic history, a late 19th/early 20th century oak barley twist gateleg table on which the composer and ?English Waltz King? Archibald Joyce (1873)

English Electric Canberra PR. 9 WH793
English Electric Canberra PR.9 WH793 (msn EE-242), the prototype PR.9, at the SBAC Farnborough Air Show from 3-9 September 1956

Malvern College Chapel
A photograph of the chapel of Malvern College, Malvern, Worcestershire, opened in 1899 by Arthur Blomfield, then extended in 1908 by his son, the architect, Charles James Blomfield. Date: circa 1908

Heath Robinson Hill-Side Clutch
An illustration which comically depicts a motor vehicle traversing an abnormally steep slope, with an inventive contraption of extended back wheels. Date: circa 1919

Yokohama Pier, Yokohama, Japan - Customs Office
Yokohama Pier, Yokohama, Japan - The brick building housed the Yokohama Customs Office Inspection Bureau - built in 1894 and designed by Japanese architect Yorinaka Tsumaki

Douglas C-54P 50851 (msn 10428, ex 42-72323). Used for radar tests at NATC Patuxent River, MD. under designation R5D-2-2. Had two pods mounted under each outer wing

Britten-Norman BN-2A-8 Islander G-BAAE
Britten-Norman BN-2A-35 Islander G-BAAE (msn 308), on 4 September 1972, at the SBAC Farnborough Air Show, held between 4-10 September, demonstrating the extended nose

The Zulu war. The entrenched position at Rorke's Drift
The scene as reinforcements arrive at Rorke's Drift, successfully defended by the British from 3, 000 Zulus. Extended caption

United States Air Force - Republic YRF-84F Thunderstreak 49-2430 FICON parasite, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, seen with the retractable nose hook extended

Knole House, Sevenoaks, Kent, England. This great mansion, the seat of the Sackville family, was built in the 15th century by Archbishop Bouchier and was extended 1605-1607. Date: 1961

HMS Hermes, Highflyer-class protected cruiser
Royal Navy - HMS Hermes, a Highflyer-class protected cruiser, before conversion to an experimental seaplane carrier / tender

Queens Head and Artichoke
The original Queens Head pub was in what is now Regents Park. It re-located to Albany Street in 1811 and the name was extended to Queens Head & Artichoke by 1825

English Middle Class wedding party - group photograph outside an elegant detached home. Date: circa 1930s

Large extended family group - Bournemouth Beach
Spectacular large extended family group photograph taken on the beach at Bournemouth, Dorset. Date: circa 1940

Large group of extended family and friends on British beach
A superb seasdie candid photograph of a large group of extended family and friends on a British coastal resort beach. Date: circa 1920

Extended family outside stone county home
A countryside scene with parents, son and Grandmother all stood outside their lovely stone cottage. The son appears to be holding two pails of milk. Date: circa 1910s

Large group of holidaymakers on a British beach - looking up at the photographer (possibly stood on the promenade?) - the photograph was taken at 8pm on July 11, 1925

Cartoon, Mr Gladstone Sent For -- a satirical comment on the General Election success of the Liberal Party, headed by William Gladstone

Christabel Pankhurst self-exiled in Paris 1912
Christabel Pankhurst (1880 - 1958), British suffragette, photographed buying a newspaper in Paris, following the discovery of her whereabouts after she left London six months before to avoid arrest

Extended family on board the Kemusa - April 1921. 1921

London Fire Brigade extended ladder with a man standing near the top. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1930s

London Fire Brigade operating extended ladder
London Fire Brigade operating an extended ladder. Date: circa 1920s

LFB firefighters in action in a London street
LFB firefighters in action with ladders and hoses at a fire in a London street. Date: mid-20th century

LCC-MFB horse drawn escape cart and ladder
A horse-drawn 50ft wheeled escape ladder. These could be very quickly slipped by the crew and extended up to a window. Their sole purpose was rescue, and these units

ITALY ROME
Old houses are destroyed so that the Via Nazionale can be extended. Date: 1883

L-W-F Model H Owl - AS64012
L-W-F Model H Owl AS64012, in later guise with extended centre nacelle and four-wheel main undercarriage. The Owl was distinctive for its tube-like twin booms with central nacelle fuselage

Royal Aircraft Factory R. E. 5
Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.5. The 5th or 6th R.E.5 with the extended upper main-planes. Date: circa 1914

Family sroll along the Burnemouth seafront
1928

Crouching LynX Date: 1880

Tangier, Morocco - A Group of Moors. Date: circa 1905

ENGLISH DINNER PARTY
An extended family dinner in an English country home : gossip over the dessert Date: circa 1830

Census - Cruikshank
Taking the Census. The head of an oversized, extended family has difficulty remembering the names of his kin and servants let alone how many there are! Date: 1851

de Havilland Mosquito NF Mk. XV high-altitude fighter. This is an example of the rare NF Mk. XV with the extended wing-span wings, pressurised cockpit, 70 series Merlin engines, nose AI Mk

Breguet Bre. 14 A2 attack / army co-operation aircraft
Breguet Bre.14 A2 attack / army co-operation aircraft construction / manufacturers number - 16244. This aircraft seems to be fresh off the production line

Large extended family group on a British beach
A large extended family group pose for a photograph at a British seaside resort. circa 1920s

Large family group photograph from Lancashire
A large family group photograph of wmen and children from Lancashire - note the fabulous array of hats. Date: circa 1904

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