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The Bing Boys are Here, 1916Scenes from the popular revue, The Bing Boys are Here starring Alfred Lester, George Robey, Lillian Davies and Blanche Stocker. The show was one of the most popular of the Great War period. Date: 1916
Daphne du Maurier and family at their Cornish home: here, goat-keeping with her children, Tessa, Flavia and Christian. Date: 1944
St Oswalds Home, Cullercoats, NorthumberlandSt Oswalds Home for Girls, Mast Lane, Cullercoats, Whitley Bay, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. The home was opened by the Waifs and Strays Society in 1896. Date: 1920s
Two By Two by Muriel Dawson -- a little child plays with a Noahs Ark. Date: 1930
Moveable bus stop arrives in London, WWIIA moveable bus stop sign on Tottenham Court Road in central London, giving a clear indication of where people should queue during busy rush hours. Date: 1939
Virginia, USA - Mount Vernon - George Washingtons Mansion Date: 1920
William Clive Bridgeman, 1st Viscount Bridgeman (18641935) - British Conservative politician and peer. The Grandfather of Robin John Orlando Bridgeman, 3rd Viscount Bridgeman (1930-)
Thurstons Billiards House, Leicester Square - Bombed - 1940The bombed out remains of Thurstons Billiard House on Leicester Square during the Blitz on London, WWII. The corner building was hit by a parachute mine at 3:30am on 16th October 1940
West Derby Union, Liverpool - Alder Hey Nurses HomeNurses home at Alder Hey Hospital. The hospital was opened in 1915 by the West Derby Union, Liverpool. Originally used for chronic and bed-ridden case, it later became a childrens hospital
NFS - Home Office hose tests at Wimbledon, WW2London Region NFS/AFS firefighters assisting in Home Office trials to improve water delivery systems to emergency dams and onto fires after the fire service was nationalised in August 1941
Blitz in London, ship at Surrey Commercial Docks, WW2A badly damaged cargo ship at the Surrey Commercial Docks complex after being engulfed by the fires caused by heavy bombing raids during the Second World War
Blitz in London -- damage to tanks, Thames Haven, WW2Blitz in London -- damage to tanks, Thames Haven, near Thurrock, Essex, 7 September 1940. Firefighters trying to push a fire appliance (open topped pump)
Advertisement for Sanderson Fabrics -- sun-resisting and washproof. Also mentioning the Sanderson range of wallpapers. Showing two fabric designs arranged in the shape of a large flower
Dodie Smith at home in EssexDorothy Gladys (Dodie) Smith (1896 - 1990), English novelist and playwright whose works include the play Autumn Crocus and the childrens novel
Ideal Home Exhibition - Heath Robinson HomeWilliam Heath Robinsons Ideal Home - " The Gadgets". Displayed at the Daily Mail Ideal Home Exhibition at London Olympia. Date: 1934
Lady Annabel Vane-Tempest-Stewart, the younger daughter of the Marquess of Londonderry. Shown here a couple of months before her coming-out dance on 8th July at Londonderry House
Oldmill Military Hospital, Aberdeen, ScotlandThe entrance to Oldmill Poorhouse on Skene Road, Aberdeen, Scotland, during its First World War redeployment as a Military Hospital
Ready made Farms in Western Canada Poster offering a new home in Canada with Canadian Pacific
AMUNDSEN / THE FRAMRoald Amundsen, the first to reach the South Pole, did so on 14 December 1911 and returned home safely. The Fram
Paris Slum SceneA Paris slum : general aspect of the rue Delambre, with home industries, laundry and other occupations in progress
Return of Don Quixote and Sancho PanzaThe return of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza -- Sancho kneels and raises his arms, no doubt relieved to be back home
Gentleman Gardener seated proudly in small home greenhouseA smart Gentleman Gardener seated proudly in his small home greenhouse. Date: circa 1910s
Lavender Cottage, BramberA photograph showing Lavender Cottage, at Bramber, Horsham, a picturesque little home of age, with early 1900s improvements having been made. Date: circa 1929
Mrs Sarah Gamp, character in Martin ChuzzlewitMrs Sarah Gamp, character in the novel Martin Chuzzlewit (1843-1844) by Charles Dickens Date: 19th century
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Hatfield House, Hertfordshire, around the time of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth I (1559). As Princess Elizabeth she lived there in a form of semi-confinement, during the reign of Queen Mary
Advert for Maple & Co furniture 1896Selection of household furnishings. Date: 1896
Advert for Maple & Co furniture 1895Selection of household furnishings. Date: 1895
NORWEGIAN SECTARIANSNorwegian followers of Hans Nielsen Hauge (1771-1824) meet for a prayer meeting in a peasant home Date: 1852
WILLIAM III / POSTCARDKING WILLIAM III Propaganda against home rule in Ireland, celebrating William of Orange as of glorious, pious and immortal memory and victory at the Battle of the Boyne. Date: 1650 - 1702
Edinburgh Industrial School, Liberton, GardeningInmates gardening at Dr Guthries Original Industrial School for Boys, Liberton, Edinburgh. Date: circa 1899
Wheatsheaf Inn - National Childrens Home, EdgworthChildren stand outside the former Wheatsheaf Inn at Edgworth, Lancashire. In 1872, the building was converted to form the nucleus of a branch of the National Childrens Home. Date: early 1900s
Waifs and Strays Society Home, Sunny Side, Frome, SomersetBoys and staff outside the Home for Boys, at Sunny Side (or Sunnyside), Frome, opened by the Waifs and Strays Society in 1887. Date: circa 1893
Balmoral Industrial School, BelfastA view of the Balmoral Industrial School for Protestant Boys, Belfast Date: 1899
Ashwicke Hall, Marshfield, Gloucesterhire. From 1948, the premises served as St Josephs Approved School for Roman Catholic Girls
Southwark Cavalry. Aquatint by and after Thomas Rowlandson, 1799 (c). From a volume of 86 aquatints entitled ?Loyal Volunteers of London and Environs
Westminster Cavalry. Aquatint by and after Thomas Rowlandson, 1799 (c). From a volume of 86 aquatints entitled ?Loyal Volunteers of London and Environs
Birmingham Middlemore Homes Emigration PartyA party of boys from Birminghams Middlemore Homes begin their journey to a new life in Canada. Each carries a large bag stencilled with their name in which their clothes
Waifs and Strays Society Leeds St Chads Price ListPrice list for socks and stockings produced at the Waifs and Strays Societys St Chads Home, Leeds. Date: 1898
Hereford Industrial School Superintendent Edwin Horth Date: early 1900s
Hereford Industrial School WashroomBoys washing at the Hereford Industrial School. Date: early 1900s
WW2 - With the W. A. A. F. - ArmourersWW2 - With the W.A.A.F. - Armourers Date: circa 1942
Oakamoor Boys Home Garden, Coed Pella Road, Colwyn BayStaff pose in the garden of the Oakamoor Boys Home, Coed Pella Road, Colwyn Bay, North Wales Date: early 1900s
St Nicholas Home for Crippled Children, West Byfleet, SurreA group of children in the garden at the St Nicholas Home for Crippled Children, West Byfleet. Several hold dolls, one carries a pair of crutches. The home was run by the Waifs and Strays Society
Portsmouth (exact location unknown). The Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters (also known as the Volunteer Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters and simply as CCCF)
Samuel Johnson / TempleDR SAMUEL JOHNSON " Dr Johnsons Staircase" at the writers old home in Inner Temple Lane, London Date: 1709 - 1784
Shaftesbury Home, Bisley - Farm WorkShaftesbury Home, Bisley - boys load hay from wagons onto haystacks. Date: 1890s
Princess Louise Home, Kingston upon Thames, SurreyThe Princess Louise Home at Kingston Hill was run by the National Society for the Protection of Young Girls. Date: circa 1905