Guests Gallery

Flying for the Summer Week-end by C.E. Turner

Illustration from 1928 by C.E. Turner reflecting the growing rise of civilian flying in the 1920s. The caption reads,'...only last month there was a house-party at which the ten guests (all owners of planes) arrived from London and Canterbury in five Moths and a Widgeon. The landings were made in the host's grounds, and the little flying-machines were housed in the ordinary car garages. On the Sunday, the host adn hostess, accompanying their guests, the whole party flew from Cirencester to Lambourne Down, in Berkshire, for a picnic. Our drawing does not illustrate a particular event, at which Mr and Mrs. Fitzgerald, or Marsden Manor, Cirencester, were the hosts but it is typical

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Cecile of Greece wedding, Prince Philip in foreground

Royal guests leaving the Schlosskirche in Darmstadt after the wedding of Princess Cecilie of Greece and Hereditary Grand Duke Georg Donatus of Hesse-Darmstadt on 2 February 1931: (l to r) the Marchioness of Milford Haven (formerly Princess Victoria of Hesse), her granddaughter Margarita and Prince Gottfried of Hohenlohe (partly obscured), Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig behind his great-nephew, Prince Philip of Greece (now Duke of Edinburgh), Sophie, Princess Christoph of Hesse-Cassel, Prince Ernst of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (Gottfried's father). Date: 1931

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Trinity College group, Cambridge marketplace 1910

A group of men and women pose for a photograph in the marketplace in Cambridge. In the back row, fourth from left is Cuthbert Gaseman, from whose album this picture is taken. He attended Trinity College, Cambridge and although there is no specific information, the presence of women, and the white tie evening attire of the men suggest this photograph was taken to commemorate a ball or dinner. Date: 1910

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