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Susies Castle - Portincaple, Loch Long, Argyll, ScotlandSusies Castle - the home of Hermit Susan McGlone (1847-1929) - Portincaple, Loch Long, Argyll, Scotland - the upturned half-hull of a disused fishing-smack. Date: circa 1909
David Niven and Primula RolloHollywood actor David Niven, now Captain David Niven of the Rifle Brigade, and Primula Rollo, a wartime W.A.A.F. officer, pictured in The Bystander after being recently married. 1940
Jack Frost Window Painter by Oliver Herford (1863-1935). British born American writer, artist and illustrator. Was a frequent contributor to The Mentor, Life, and Ladies Home Journal Date: 1926
The Boys Of The New Home GuardAn illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for The Boys Of the New Home Guard, printed as a contibution to the Home Guard Spitfire fund
Balmoral Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland - Painted by William Carruthers Affleck for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J
Country Home At HorshamA photograph of a charming old country home in Horsham, West Sussex, restored in the early 1900s to equip the property with an electric lighting plant, without losing it's old world appeal
WW2 poster, Britains Sea Power, Destroyers in line ahead, maintain it with your savings. Date: circa 1940
The poet and novelist Katharine Tynan (1861 - 1931), pictured at home with her husband, the writer and barrister, Henry Hinkson, her three children and dog
Poster, ARP Looks To You, Womens Voluntary Services, WW2. 1940s
Street scene at Newlyn, near Penzance, Cornwall, England, with two neighbours chatting. Date: 1922
Hereford Industrial School and Working Boys HomeThe Home for Working Boys, later Boys Industrial School, Hereford, opened in 1877 Date: circa 1910
Top Withens, Haworth, West YorkshireTop Withens - a (now ruined) farmhouse near Haworth, West Yorkshire, England which is said to have been the inspiration for the location of the Earnshaw family house Wuthering Heights in the novel of
Marchioness of Milford Haven at Lynden ManorThe Marchioness of Milford Haven, formerly Countess Nada Torby, pictured with her children at her Berkshire home, Lynden Manor
The House of Anton Lang at Oberammergau, GermanyThe House of Anton Lang at Oberammergau, Bavaria Germany. Anton Lang (18751938) was a German studio potter and an actor in the Oberammergau Passion Play
Female contortionist Diana Gaye playing recordsThe female contortionist Diana Gaye in the sitting room, putting a record on the record player, with an array of the latest LP covers on display. Date: 1971
Gyde Orphanage, Painswick, GloucestershireThe Gyde Orphanage was founded by a legacy from Edwin Francis Gyde. It was later taken over by the National Childrens Home (NCH). Date: circa 1920
Shaftesbury Homes - Farm School for Boys, Bisley, SurreyThe Bisley Farm School for Boys, established by what became the Shaftesbury Homes charity. It later became known as the School House department of Shaftesbury School. Date: 1930s
Shaftesbury Homes Fortescue House, TwickenhamShaftesbury Homes School for Boys at Fortescue House, Hampton Road Twickenham, opened in 1937. It had previously been located in premises at London Road, Twickenham. Date: circa 1937
Christiana Hartley Maternity Home, Colne, LancashireThe Christiana Hartley Maternity Home, Colne, opened in 1927 in premises of former Jubilee Cottage Hospital
St Vincents Catholic Boys Home, PaddingtonA group of boys at St Vincents Home for Roman Catholic Boys, Harrow Road, Paddington, West London. Date: early 1900s
St Josephs Catholic Boys Home, Enfield, MiddlesexBoys and nuns at St Josephs Catholic Boys Home, Enfield, Middlesex. Date: circa 1900
The Hill - home of Birket Foster, Artist - Witley, SurreyThe Hill - the house owned by Myles Birket Foster (1825-1899) - popular English illustrator, watercolour artist and engraver - in Witley, Surrey
Holger Drachmann, Villa Pax, Skagen, DenmarkHolger Henrik Herholdt Drachmann (1846-1908), Danish poet and dramatist, seen here at his home, Villa Pax, Vesterby, Skagen, Denmark, with his third wife Soffi. Date: circa 1907
Ravelrig Barnardos Home, Balerno, EdinburghA view of the Ravelrig Barnardos Home, Balerno, near Edinburgh
National Childrens Home (NCH), Alverstoke - Aerial viewNational Childrens Home (NCH), Alverstoke, Hampshire. Aerial view showing the boundary of the homes site. Date: July 1939
WW2 Poster -- Women of Britain Come Forward NowWomen of Britain -- These scientific instruments demand nimble fingers and quick brains. Come Forward Now. Recruitment poster, Auxiliary Territorial Service
WW2 Poster -- You are wanted too! Join the ATSYou Are Wanted Too! Join The ATS. Recruitment poster, Auxiliary Territorial Service. Colour photolithograph by unknown artist, published by HMSO
Blitz in London -- Winkleys Wharf, Millwall, WW2Blitz in London -- Winkleys Wharf, Millwall, 22 March 1944. Showing firefighters in action on barrels of paraffin wax. Date: 1944
Blitz in London -- warehouses, Surrey Docks, WW2Warehouses in a smoky atmosphere following heavy bombing raids on the Surrey Commercial Docks in Rotherhithe, SE London. This raid took place on 7 September 1940
Bomb damage in Sidney Street, East London, WW2. Both sides of the entire street were shattered by two bombs. Date: 1940
Yarrow Home for Convalescent Children, Broadstairs, KentStaff and children in the grounds of the Yarrow Home for Convalescent Children at Broadstairs. Date: circa 1907
Dr Barnardos Home, Barkingside - aerial viewAn aerial view of Dr Barnardos Village Home for Girls at Barkingside in Essex. The home was established on the cottage homes principle
Military regimental badge brooches advertisement, WW1An advertisement for Charles Packer & Co, goldsmiths and silversmiths, and their selectrion of regimental badge brooches available for 2 2s. each
Spithead panorama, ships on south sidePanorama of the Coronation Review: the left-hand section, showing ships on the south side. A Spithead panorama, looking west: home fleet battleships headed by the Nelson foreign warships
Residence of Oliver Hardy, Beverly Hills, California, USA. Date: 20th century
Blitz in London -- AFS personnel receiving treatment, WW2With the Blitz still at its height, Londons firefighters and fire support crews are removed to local hospitals for emergency treatment after receiving injuries fighting the fires started by enemy
Evacuation as a National Service - PosterIt Might by You! Caring for Evacuees is a National Service circa 1942
St Annes Home, Herne Bay, KentIn 1876, the former Pier Hotel in Herne Bay (centre of picture) became a convalescent home for pauper children from the South Metropolitan School District
Palace of the Emperor Tiberius, Capri, ItalyView of the Palace, the Villa Jovis, on the isle of Capri, where the Roman Emperor Tiberius spent the last years of his life (reconstruction). Date: 27-37
Christmas at the Front - Unpacking the Parcels from HomeA group of British soldiers share the contents of a hamper which has been delivered to them at the Front. A Christmas pudding is held aloft and the scene is of general jollity
Austrian medium Maria SilbertPhotograph of the Austrian medium Maria Silbert, wearing a hat and sitting in a coach outside her home in Graz, 1933. Austrian medium Maria Silbert (died 1936)
Emigrate to Canada posterPoster issued by the Canadian Pacific Company advertising to would be emigrants that they could own their own home in Canada and apply for a ready-made farm
Samuel Johnson / ThraleDR SAMUEL JOHNSON Home of the writers friend, Mr Thrale, at Streatham, London: Johnson himself is seen with Mrs Hester Thrale, chatting in the garden
The Laurels, Brickfield Terrace, Holloway, home to the Pooters
Dog and owner reunited in the trenches, FrancePrivate Brown of the North Staffordshires, in the trenches in France, is found by his pet terrier dog which has made its way, alone, from his home in Hammersmith, West London
Advertisement for Aladdin safety paraffin mantle lamp from Aladdin Industries Ltd. of Aladdin House, South Street, London. Date: c.1924
Room in Gwen Farrars Chelsea home panelled in pineA room in the Chelsea home of popular entertainer, Gwen Farrar panelled in pine. The scheme was carried out by Messrs. Ernest Williams, Ltd, of 27 Davies Street, Berkeley Square. Date: 1926
Balmoral Industrial School, BelfastA view of the Balmoral Industrial School for Protestant Boys, Belfast Date: 1899