Laying Collection

Churchill bricklaying
Winston Churchill bricklaying, building a wall at Chartwell in the 1930s Date: 1930s

First Remembrance Day 1919
On 11th November 1919, the first anniversary of Armistice day, the Britsh nation, in reponse to an invitation by King George V

Brunels SS Great Eastern, Milford Haven, South Wales
Brunels iron sailing steamship, the SS Great Eastern, berthed at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, South Wales, during the 1870s. The ship is so large that it runs the length of Hamilton Terrace

GLC-LFB appliance fleet -- Emergency Tender
The GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each type of fire engine, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade

GLC-LFB appliance fleet -- Emergency Tender
The GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each type of fire engine, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade

Sikh Troops Digging
Sikh infantry in the British army digging communication trenches and laying cables to connect up advanced positions

Great Eastern
Laying the Atlantic Cable

Barbary lion in the New York Zoological Park
Postcard showing " Sultan" the barbary lion in the New York Zoological Park. Date: circa 1920

Walter Raleigh lays his cloak at Queen Elizabeth Is feet
Sir Walter Raleigh lays his cloak at Queen Elizabeth Is feet to prevent her from getting muddy feet. The fanciful, romantic tale of the cloak

Good Egg by William Heath Robinson
Straight from the Hen! The Fresh-Egger, a handsome apparatus for ensuring the new-laidness of eggs for the breakfast-table. A typically convoluted invention from the mind of William Heath Robinson

Prince of Wales laying Truro Cathedral foundation stone
During the Royal visit to Truro, the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII), lays the corner-stone of Truro Cathedral in a ceremony

HMS Monarch, British cable ship
The HMS Monarch, a British cable-laying ship. There were three cable ships of this name -- this is probably the third one, built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson in 1916. Date: 20th century

Entente Cordiale celebrations
The Entente Cordiale between Britain and France aimed to resolve colonial disputes over territories such as Egypt and Morocco

Valentia, Cable Terminal
Valentia, western Ireland, at the time of the laying of the first cable

Cable laying, Houses of Parliament, London
Laying cables in the street outside the Houses of Parliament, Central London

In No Mans Land
" In No Mans Land: The Dread Territory Which Belongs to Neither German nor Briton" Royal engineers, working in the dark of No Mans Land to construct barbed wire barriers in front of British

Engineers laying a new electric cable at Croydon Airport in March 1935. Among the aircraft in the background are Boulton & Paul P71A, G-ACOX, Boadicea, of Imperial Airways; Short L17, G-ACJJ

Royal Navy Seamen practice mine laying using weighted barrels. Date: circa 1907

Buddhas Archery Skill
SIDDHARTHA GAUTAMA, known as the BUDDHA ( Enlightened One ) He shows that he is a whizz with bow and arrow, thus laying the foundations of Zen in the Art of Archery

Jolly farmers wife with hen and eggs
A jolly grey-haired farmers wife holds a red hen and a basketful of eggs. She wears a large straw hat and a floral-patterned apron. It is summer. Staffordshire, England Date: 1990

Trades in Regency England: glass-blowing, colliery and tanning. Workers blowing molten glass into bottles and goblets in a Newcastle factory 67

Sir Walter Raleigh laying his cape over a puddle for Queen Elizabeth I at Greenwich. She wears a bonnet, huge lace ruff collar, puff sleeves and hoop dress

WW2 - Home Front - children from the Buckingham Gate Central School, evacuated to Handcross, West Sussex, lay out herbs in Drying shed (a converted boiler house) at Nyman s, Handcross

Laying tram lines in London Date: early 1900s

Laying tram tracks, London, early 1900s Date: early 1900s

Laying drainage tiles Wisconsin USA early 1900s

Laying foundation stone, Cockington Church

Laying foundation stone, Chelston Church, Torquay

Laying railway tracks in the Severn Tunnel, 1930s maybe

A railway track maintenance gang - early 1900s

Nottingham Market Square laying tram tracks in 1929

Laying a keel, Thames Iron Works, London

Burnley laying tram tracks Top of Town early 1900s

Burnley laying the first tram tracks in 1901

Laying first tram tracks in 1901, Burnley

Laying tram tracks, Top of Town, Burnley

Cockington Church laying foundation stone

Portsmouth Goldsmith Avenue early 1900s

Blackpool Tower laying the foundations in 1891

Laying tram tracks at Water, early 1900s. Date: early 1900s

Laying tram tracks in Waterfoot, early 1900s. Date: early 1900s

Laying tram tracks at Reedsholme, Rawtenstall, early 1900s. Date: early 1900s

WW2 Birthday Card, We Work Or Want!
A WW2 birthday greetings card, the illustration shows four hens laying eggs. Date: circa 1940s

Tsarevich of Russia lays first stone of the Altar at Reval
Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia (1904-1918) lays the first stone of the Altar of a new Church at Reval, Russia (now Tallinn, Estonia). Date: circa 1911

Low Beveridgewell, Dunfermline
A photograph which shows some countryside cottages by a steep bank in Low Beveridgewell, Dunfermline, used to highlight the potential for releasing the stream from Culvert

La Derniere Epreuve The Last Test
This sketch shows the scene of a photographer with his camera on a tripod, taking a picture of a man laying in his bed, smiling peacefully. Date: circa 1901

Study Of A Woman
A sanguine drawing study of a woman laying down in various positions, on her back and side. Date: circa 1921

Le Dejeuner
An oil painting of a decoratively furnished room, where a maid wearing a white apron is in the process of laying the table for lunch. Date: circa 1921

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