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Great Eastern Railways Locomotive works at Stratford
A view along the north side of the Great Eastern Railway?s Locomotive works at Stratford (East London) May 1864 with William Henry Maw, then Head of the Drawing office

Hawker Hector with Napier Dagger III engine
A detail of a Hawker Hector focussing on the Napier Dagger III H-24 air-cooled piston Engine. Developing 805hp the Dagger was the next step for D

Photograph of Hand In Hand PH, New Kent Road (New), London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

Queen launches the ship that bore her name
In September 1938 HM the Queen launched the ship that bore her name. In October 1946 the Queen returned to the Clyde. She accompanied the vessel during the speed trials off the Isle of Arran

New River Head
In 1609 a scheme to bring much needed water into London from wells in Hertfordshire was designed by a Mr Hugh Myddleton. His plan was to end his New River just below the summit of Islington Hill

Headsone of German Jewish soldier Max Seller, Belgium
The burial is in the CWGC Cemetery, Hyde Park Corner. In this same cemetery is the grave of Private Albert Edward French, a 16 years old who was the subject of a BBC Radio 4 documentary in 1983

Ypres Battlefield Markers and signs
Over the 40 years that we have been writing about these battlefields, there has been many attempts to signpost the places of interest

Memorial 147 US Engineer Combat Battalion
This is in the grounds of the Chateau d Englesqueville on the D514 behind Omaha Beach. In 1944 the grounds were filled with tents

Bristol Aeronautical Corporation XLRQ-1 11652, the 2nd prototype amphibious assault transport glider at the Naval Air Material Centre (NAMC) Philadelphia

United States Army Air Force Douglas C-47-DL Skytrain 41-18608 (MSN 4769) to USaF 25 October 1942, bailed to the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment (A&AEE), Boscombe Down

A. J. S. M1 or M2 with sidecar
A.J.S. Motorcycles M1 (de-luxe) or M2 (standard) 996cc V-twin with sidecar, from 1929 (M series), somewhere in Wales enjoying the view. In 1929 the M1 and M2 sold for sold for lb76.10s.0d

In The Rosses, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland

POE/TALES/WILL WILSON
WILLIAM WILSON "In my death, see by this image, which is thine own, how utterly thou hast murdered thyself."

Detail of the RWF Christmas Truce Plaque, Frelinghien
The plaque is on the memorial plinth unveiled by the daughter of Frank Richards in 2008. There are also plaques to the German 6th Jaeger Battalion and the 133rd Saxon Infantry Regiment

Advert postcard for Theatre Sarah Bernhardt. Paris
French advertising postcard for the Theatre Sarah Bernhardt. In 1899 the Theatre de la Ville in Paris was renamed Theatre Sarah-Bernhardt after the renowned actress Sarah Bernhardt

Vintage 19th century photograph: Garden of the Kings, Valley of Gehanna. Gehenna or Gehinnom is thought to be a small valley in Jerusalem

Faraglion, Capri, Italy
Vintage 19th century photograph: Faraglion, Capri, Italy. In Italian, faraglioni are stacks, a coastal and oceanic rock formation eroded by waves

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - But you said Fall In
The Caption is But you said - Fall In.The lad in the pool is wearing a forage cap, the Officer has a wooden sword and the girls has an oar and a walking stick for rifles

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - That ll stop your careless talk
The Caption is P raps that ll stop your careless talk!. Three little kids cover-up a younger toddlers mouth with a spotty hankerchief

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - In Convoy
The Caption is In Convoy. The convoy system for the merchant ships bringing in vital supples was introduced to counter the German U Boat attacks

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - You Know what men are
The Caption is You know what men are. In previous wars men generally had the desirable uniforms but in WW2 the ladies had uniforms too and that of the WRENS was particularly attractive

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - In Clover
The caption on the postcard is In Clover. Being In Clover meant that one is in a very happy state of mind. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: circa 1945

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Food Flash
The caption on the postcard is Food Flash. The girls are talking about the latest rationing news. In 1942 even sweets were rationed. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1944

Two photographs of Ruth St Denis and Ted Shawn, 1930
Two photographs of Ruth St Denis (In her Lamp dance) and Ted Shawn (in a scene for Orpheus Dionysus at the Munich Dance Congress), 1930 Date: 1930

Florence Hardy and Family
Florence Hardy (1867-1957), artist and daughter of Thomas Bush Hardy, marine painter and sister of artist Dudley Hardy. This family photograph shows (left to right): sisters Dorothy, Edith

Photograph of War Bil In Tun PH, Warbleton, Sussex. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Face on view of the pub

Photograph of Sun In Splendour PH, Notting Hill, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Face on view of the pub

Sketch of Sun In Splendour PH, Notting Hill, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Sketch of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details

Photograph of Ship In Distress PH, Bermondsey, London
Photograph of Ship In Distress PH, Marigold Street, Bermondsey, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Face on view of the pub

Photograph of Rose In June PH, Margate, Essex. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub

Photograph of Jack In The Green Inn, Exeter, Devon. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

Photograph of Hand In Hand PH, Brighton, Sussex. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

Photograph of Hand In Hand PH, New Kent Road (Old), London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

Marya Delvard (1874-1965) was a key figure in early cabaret. She was a co-founder of the Eleven Executioners (1901) in Munich

Beefeater
A painting of a Yeomen Warder of Her Majestys Royal Palace and Fortress the Tower of London, and Member of the Sovereigns Body Guard of the Yeoman Guard Extraordinary, popularly known as a Beefeater

Manor House Vauxhall
Edward, the Black Prince, took up residence in the manor house of Kennington and it remained a royal palace until the time of Henry VIII

Royal Coburg Theatre
The theatre was founded in 1818 by James King and Daniel Dunn (formerly managers of the Surrey Theatre in Bermondsey), and John Thomas Serres, then the marine painter to the King

Astleys Theatre was a theatre on Peter Street, Dublin, at its peak in the 1790s and 1800s. In the 1790s it was known as Astleys Dublin Amphitheatre, after Astleys Amphitheatre of London

Duke of Norfolks Almshouses, Greenwich
View across the Thames from Greenwich of the The Duke of Norfolks Almshouses, in 1796. In 1613 Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton

Greenwich Palace
The Palace of Placentia, also known as Greenwich Palace, was an English royal residence that was initially built by Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, in 1443

St James, Bermondsey
View of St James Church, a Church of England parish church in Bermondsey, south London. It was completed and consecrated in 1829 and given a separate parish in 1840

Jamaica House, Bermondsey
Views of Jamaica House from original drawings of 1826. Jamaica House stood in Cherry Gardens, a pleasure garden. In 1664 Samuel Pepys visited it

Belsize House
View of Belsize House in 1800. Belsize House was rebuilt in 1663 in the restoration style. In 1720 it opened as a pleasure garden with concerts, dancing, fishing, hunting and racing

The Vale of Health
View of the Vale of Health, Hampstead, London. Those who wished to attract visitors or new residents invented and promoted the Vale of Health name, which was first recorded in 1801

Castle Tavern
View of the Castle Tavern, Kentish Town road, London. This pub was present by 1651 and was rebuilt in 1848. In 1861 and earlier, it is listed at 23 Providence Place, Kentish Town

Holy Trinity Church, in Marylebone, Westminster, London, is a Grade I listed former Anglican church, built in 1828 by Sir John Soane

Entrance to London Zoo
View of the entrance to the zoological gardans 1840. London Zoo is the worlds oldest scientific zoo. It was opened in London on 27 April 1828

Poet and Doctor Colonel John McCrae Memorial
McCrae, who served in the Boer War, is popularly remembered as the author of what is probably the best-known poem of the First World War -In Flanders Fields

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