Isles Collection (page 9)

R. M. S. Queen Mary, Ocean Dock, Southampton, 1936
Photograph of the R.M.S. Queen Mary arriving at the Ocean Dock, Southampton, after winning the Blue Riband of the Atlantic on 30th August that year

Cholera precautions in England
A sketch of the sailors hospital. Fires were used to prevent the infection spreading from the hospital. In September 1892, Dr R

R. M. S. Queen Mary Arriving at Southampton, 1936
Photograph of the R.M.S. Queen Mary arriving at Southampton after winning the Blue Riband of the Atlantic on 30th August that year

Diana & Charles / Scilly
DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES chatting to a line of little girls who, together with many other people, have come to see Diana and Charles at St Mary s, Isles of Scilly

Cottage Flower-Grower
A cottage flower-grower of Tresco, Isles of Scilly, sorts daffodils into bunches ready for market

Great Western Rail 1850
Great Western Railway locomotive Lord of the Isles, built on the broad gauge favoured by Brunel, so unable to run on other lines

Conversion / Tryggvesson
During his Viking wanderings Olaf Tryggvesson is converted by a hermit on the Isles of Scilly who predicts that he will become a great King

Ben Nevis, Scotland
At 1343 metres, Ben Nevis in the Grampian range is the tallest peak in the British Isles. In the foreground is the entrance to the Caledonian Canal

Picking Daffodils
Picking daffodils for the market, St Mary s, Scilly Isles

Hand Sowing in Ireland
Ploughing in the seed, after hand sowing on a farm in Ireland. By the 1930s, this method had virtually vanished in the British Isles, but was still regarded as the best way

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