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Background imageGrim Collection: Lancashire Cotton Barge

Lancashire Cotton Barge
Barges loaded with bales of raw cotton, destined for the cotton mills, Leeds - Liverpool Canal, Blackburn, Lancashire, England. Date: 1930s

Background imageGrim Collection: Free to Roam. Southbank, Middlesbrough 1970s

Free to Roam. Southbank, Middlesbrough 1970s 1970s

Background imageGrim Collection: Poplar Workhouse, East London

Poplar Workhouse, East London
A side view of one of the blocks of the Poplar Union workhouse, located on Poplar High Street, East London

Background imageGrim Collection: Halifax Workhouse 1901

Halifax Workhouse 1901
A birdseye view of the workhouse infirmary at Halifax, Yorkshire

Background imageGrim Collection: Prohibition Ball 1918

Prohibition Ball 1918

Background imageGrim Collection: Liberal Election Campaign Card, 1909

Liberal Election Campaign Card, 1909
A Liberal Party campaign card for the 1909 General Election. A grim image of an elderly couple heading for the workhouse is contrasted with the partys vision of sunlit fields of waving corn

Background imageGrim Collection: Cell Block Interior, Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire

Cell Block Interior, Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire
The interior of a cell block at Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire. Cells line the open galleries which have a safety net strung across to prevent inmates falling

Background imageGrim Collection: Cartoon, Triumph of De-Jenner-Action 1898

Cartoon, Triumph of De-Jenner-Action 1898
Grim reaper holding the vaccination act. A new Vaccination Act removed these penalties and introduced a new clause known as the conscientious objector clause that allowed parents who did not believe

Background imageGrim Collection: Periscope and All by Gerald C. Hudson, WW1

Periscope and All by Gerald C. Hudson, WW1
Humorous cartoon depicting the grimness of life in the trenches. THOMAS (encountering a pal on the surface of a flooded crater): Lor! Enry, ow you did make me jump. I thought you was a submarine

Background imageGrim Collection: Sultan Selim I conquering Egypt

Sultan Selim I conquering Egypt
Sultan Selim I, nicknamed Yavuz " the Stern", " the Steadfast" or " the Grim" (1465?-1520) - Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520

Background imageGrim Collection: Ferndale Colliery and Tylorstown, Glamorgan, South Wales

Ferndale Colliery and Tylorstown, Glamorgan, South Wales
View of Ferndale Colliery (also known as Blaenllechau Colliery) and Tylorstown, Rhondda Valley, Glamorgan, South Wales

Background imageGrim Collection: Llest Colliery explosion, Glamorgan, South Wales

Llest Colliery explosion, Glamorgan, South Wales
A group of men and boys waiting for news of miners trapped underground following an explosion at Llest (Lluest) Colliery, Pontyrhyl, near Bridgend, Glamorgan, South Wales

Background imageGrim Collection: Grim Reaper Death Allegories 1883 Depicted Top

Grim Reaper Death Allegories 1883 Depicted Top
grim, reaper, death, allegories, 1883, depicted, top, world, history, historical, 10025778

Background imageGrim Collection: Grim Grimsby

Grim Grimsby
A Humber storm breaking over the dock area at Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England. Note the rows of little back-to- back houses, interspersed with small industrial premises

Background imageGrim Collection: The Grim Reaper

The Grim Reaper
Death personified as The Grim Reaper

Background imageGrim Collection: The grim commander

The grim commander. Illustration shows the Grim Reaper dressed as a steamboat captain, holding a scythe and directing crowds of people on an Annual Sunday School Excursion through the entrance to

Background imageGrim Collection: Grim Smile Cover Design

Grim Smile Cover Design
The (actually, six) towns comprising Bennetts Five Towns are Tunstall, Burslem, Hanley, Stoke, Longton and Fenton - all now parts of Stoke-on- Trent

Background imageGrim Collection: The Grim Reaper, by John Everett Millais

The Grim Reaper, by John Everett Millais
The Grim Reaper by John Everett Millais Date: 1895

Background imageGrim Collection: Suffragettes Die Ghouls of Fleet Street

Suffragettes Die Ghouls of Fleet Street
The Grim Reaper with the Press Barons, who cry Let the Women Die! Date: June 12th 1914

Background imageGrim Collection: Old Man Men Life Death Grim Reaper Oval Memento

Old Man Men Life Death Grim Reaper Oval Memento
old, man, men, life, death, grim, reaper, oval, memento, mori, skeleton, carrying, scythe, reminder, mortality, 11075719

Background imageGrim Collection: Cartoon, Now you have peace, WW1

Cartoon, Now you have peace, WW1
Cartoon, a figure of death says: Your wishes are granted, now you have peace. A silhouette of Kaiser Wilhelm hangs from a gibbet, with a flock of vultures gathering around his body. Date: 1916

Background imageGrim Collection: Cartoon, The happy meeting, WW1

Cartoon, The happy meeting, WW1
Cartoon, The happy meeting, showing a French soldier in a tattered uniform finding a dead German soldier lying on the ground, and deciding he could help himself to some of his clothes. Date: 1915

Background imageGrim Collection: Ww1 Wwi World War One First 1st Great I Propaganda

Ww1 Wwi World War One First 1st Great I Propaganda
ww1, wwi, world, war, one, first, 1st, great, i, propaganda, cartoon, caricature, leonard, raven, hill, punch, render, rendering, tallow, plant, factory, grim, gruesome, savage, fake, false

Background imageGrim Collection: French war film, Verdun

French war film, Verdun
The grim realism of war captured in the French film, Verdun, telling the story of the ferocious German onslaught and the heroic French defence

Background imageGrim Collection: DEATHLY SUNDIAL

DEATHLY SUNDIAL
An unusual sundial head in a niche over the church porch at Sheepstor, Devon, England, dating from 1640. It reads (in Latin): Life is but an Hour, Death is the Gate to Life'. Date: 17th century

Background imageGrim Collection: A PIRATE'S GRAVE

A PIRATE'S GRAVE
A grim reminder of the past - Skull and Crossbones on a headstone in the churchyard at Bamburgh, Northumberland, England, a pirate's grave. Date: 1950s

Background imageGrim Collection: French satire on Otto von Bismarck with grim reaper 1892

French satire on Otto von Bismarck with grim reaper 1892
Otto Eduard Leopold Bismarck(1815-1898), Prussian statesman and first chancellor of the German Empire. Depicted here in a French satire entitled "L'Aveu"

Background imageGrim Collection: Death personified on a Tarot card

Death personified on a Tarot card
Death personified as a skeleton with a scythe on a Tarot card. Date: 1926

Background imageGrim Collection: The shadow passeth when the tree shall fall. Illustration by Florence Harrison to

The shadow passeth when the tree shall fall. Illustration by Florence Harrison to Tennysons poem, Love and Death. Date: c.1920

Background imageGrim Collection: Father Time

Father Time
Time, the Grim Reaper, sits with his scythe atop the globe

Background imageGrim Collection: Fall - Bassett Hound - 1960

Fall - Bassett Hound - 1960
GRIMS WRECKER Owned by Jagger. Date: 1960

Background imageGrim Collection: FALL / BASSETT HOUND / 1952

FALL / BASSETT HOUND / 1952
CHAMPION GRIMS USEFUL Owned by Keevil. Date: 1952

Background imageGrim Collection: FALL / BASSETT HOUND / 1949

FALL / BASSETT HOUND / 1949
CHAMPION GRIMS WARLOCK Owned by Miss Keevil. Date: 1949

Background imageGrim Collection: FALL / BASSETT HOUND / 1946

FALL / BASSETT HOUND / 1946
CHAMPION GRIMS WISHFUL Owned by Miss Keevil. Date: 1946

Background imageGrim Collection: JOHN KNOX / PULPIT / EDINBUR

JOHN KNOX / PULPIT / EDINBUR
JOHN KNOX Scottish Protestant preachers pulpit in Edinburgh Date: 1505 - 1572

Background imageGrim Collection: Sultan Selim the Grim at The Battle of Marj Dabiq

Sultan Selim the Grim at The Battle of Marj Dabiq in 1516 (or 932 of the Islamic Calendar). The battle was part of the OttomanMamluk War (151617) between the Ottoman Empire and the Mamluk Sultanate

Background imageGrim Collection: Sultan Selim I (The Grim) - leader of the Ottoman Turks

Sultan Selim I (The Grim) - leader of the Ottoman Turks
Selim I, nicknamed Yavuz, " the Stern" or " the Steadfast", but often rendered in English as " the Grim" (1465/1466/14701520)

Background imageGrim Collection: Shop to let, East End of London

Shop to let, East End of London
A boarded up and semi-derelict grocery shop carries an optimistic To Let sign. The shop premises, at 57 Charlotte Street, Whitechapel, East London, were formerly occupied by Morris Rosenblatt

Background imageGrim Collection: Workhouse dining hall, Oliver Twist film, 1948

Workhouse dining hall, Oliver Twist film, 1948
A workhouse dining hall interior, from the 1948 film of Oliver Twist, directed by David Lean. The religious mottos reminded the inmates that due gratitude was in order for the care they were receiving

Background imageGrim Collection: Jp Morgan / Sem 1906 Profi

Jp Morgan / Sem 1906 Profi
JOHN PIERPONT MORGAN American banker and financier, not looking too happy for all his wealth! Date: 1837 - 1913

Background imageGrim Collection: Wild Life on the Western Front - Rats in the Trenches

Wild Life on the Western Front - Rats in the Trenches
Rats grown to aldermanic size pictured scuttling around the trenches on the Western Front. The vermin were a perennial problem during the conflict. Date: 1917

Background imageGrim Collection: Slogan painted on a British artillery shell

Slogan painted on a British artillery shell
An instance of the grim humours of war. A message for the Germans written across the back of a British artillery shell. Date: 1916

Background imageGrim Collection: Bermondsey Union Infirmary, Lower Road, Rotherhithe, London

Bermondsey Union Infirmary, Lower Road, Rotherhithe, London
The entrance to the Bermondsey Union Infirmary, Lower Road, Rotherhithe, south east London. The infirmary, originally opened in 1876 as the St Olaves Union Infirmary, later became St Olaves Hospital

Background imageGrim Collection: Back to Back Houses

Back to Back Houses
A row of back to back terraced houses in Manchester; the chimney pots show up stark against an overcast sky

Background imageGrim Collection: Blackpool Illuminations

Blackpool Illuminations
The famous Blackpool Illuminations, Blackpool being Lancashires famous City of Light, when six miles of promenade are turned into a blaze of light

Background imageGrim Collection: Amusement Arcade

Amusement Arcade
Scene at a Blackpool amusement arcade, with a rather tawdry set of holidaymakers trying their luck on the One-Armed Bandits (slot machines) there

Background imageGrim Collection: Harold Wilson at a political rally

Harold Wilson at a political rally, sitting under an umbrella behind a speaker. Date: 1970s

Background imageGrim Collection: Ferrari and caravan on waste land

Ferrari and caravan on waste land
Ferrari and caravan parked on waste land. Date: 1970s



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