Gibraltar Gallery

Items of interior decoration at the seat of Sir Savile Crossley - Somerleyton Hall near

Items of interior decoration at the seat of Sir Savile Crossley - Somerleyton Hall near Lowestoft - Household Gods'. These include a marble statue of Sir Savile as a boy, a bronze figure of Atalanta, a statue of Flora in the Winter Garden, Lance's Painting of Rubens with fruit, Clarkson Stanfield's picture The Victory being towed into Gibraltar with Nelson's body on board, an old Peg-mug, a suit of old German armour, inlaid with gold and a fine Dresden jug. Date: 1905

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

Mercedes Gleitze (1900-1981) - British professional swimmer

Mercedes Gleitze (1900-1981) - British professional swimmer. She was the first person to swim the Straits of Gibraltar and the first British woman to swim the English Channel. All the funds from the sale of this specific postcard were donated to the Mercedes Gleitze Fund for Destitute Men and Women to establish a home for those in poverty. The name of Mercedes Gleitze was used to market Rolex's new waterproof case, the "Oyster". Date: circa 1930

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

Static line-up for the air display at RAF Gibraltar

line-up for the static display at RAF Gibraltar ca 1988/89 l to r Scottish Aviation Jetstream T.1, Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer S.2B of 237 OCU RAF, RAF Panavia Tornado GR.1 of the TTTE, Lockheed P-3B Orion of the Royal Dutch Navy, Hawker Siddeley Harrier T.4 of 233 OCU RAF Date: circa 1988 / 1989

© The Peter Butt Aviation Collection / Mary Evans

1988, 1989, 237, 2b, Aviation, Buccaneer, Ca, Circa, Display, Gibraltar, Gr, Hawker, Jetstream, Line Up, Ocu, Panavia, Raf, Scottish, Siddeley, Static, Tornado, Ttte