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Background imageMiles Collection: Canadian Cemetery Beny sur Mer Normandy

Canadian Cemetery Beny sur Mer Normandy
The cemetery sits on the highest point for some miles & has two watch towers from which excellent views can be gained towards Juno Beach where the Canadians came ashore

Background imageMiles Collection: Honeymoon couple and signpost at Lands End, Cornwall

Honeymoon couple and signpost at Lands End, Cornwall
Honeymoon couple posing by the famous signpost at Lands End, Cornwall, on 10 June 1985 -- Odessa, where the bride comes from, is 1594 miles away. Date: 1985

Background imageMiles Collection: Last-minute training for men of the Irish Guards Battle Grou

Last-minute training for men of the Irish Guards Battle Group.One of 48 colour photographs taken by Sgt David John Miles, a reservist who volunteered to serve with 4 Armoured Brigade as Brigade

Background imageMiles Collection: The Host by Titus Maccius Plautus. Act I. 1518

The Host by Titus Maccius Plautus. Act I. 1518
Titus Maccius Plautus (250-184). Latin playwright. The Host (Amphitryo). Engraving. Act I. Edition of 1518. Library University of Barcelona. Spain

Background imageMiles Collection: London & North Western Railway engine, Charles Dickens

London & North Western Railway engine, Charles Dickens
London & North Western Railway passenger engine, Charles Dickens (LNWR 955), built in 1882. It covered more than two million miles over twenty years on the London-Manchester service

Background imageMiles Collection: Leaving SS Ivernia, Boston Harbour

Leaving SS Ivernia, Boston Harbour
SS Ivernia was built by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Launched in 1899 by the Cunard Line company to act as an intermediate ship catering for the vast immigration

Background imageMiles Collection: Aston Villa Football Club team 1905

Aston Villa Football Club team 1905
Montage photo, Aston Villa Football Club team 1905: George, Spencer, Miles, Pearson, Leake, Windmill, Brawn, Garratty, Hampton, Bache, Hall. Date: 1905

Background imageMiles Collection: Miles M20 -never built in quantity, the design was a st

Miles M20 -never built in quantity, the design was a stop-gap low cost fighter

Background imageMiles Collection: Miles Master IA -the RAF standard advanced fighter pilo

Miles Master IA -the RAF standard advanced fighter pilot trainer in the early war years

Background imageMiles Collection: Focke Achgelis E-19 prototype of FA 330 Used aboard U-B

Focke Achgelis E-19 prototype of FA 330 Used aboard U-Boats to extend their visual range from 5 to 25 miles, around 20 built

Background imageMiles Collection: Dusseldorf Exhibition 1902

Dusseldorf Exhibition 1902 was a major national exhibition on an area by the Rhine which covered over 130 acres and had vast numbers of exhibits to showcase German industry

Background imageMiles Collection: Lady Evelyn Graham by Madame Yevonde

Lady Evelyn Graham by Madame Yevonde. She was formerly Lady Evelyn Catherine King (1896-1974), daughter of the 3rd Earl of Lovelace. She married Major-General Miles Graham in 1918

Background imageMiles Collection: Malcolm Campbells famous Blue Bird II

Malcolm Campbells famous Blue Bird II
The Blue Bird II -the car in which Malcolm Campbell established a new world land speed record of 245.736 miles per hour. Shown here an illustration of the exterior of the car and a cross section

Background imageMiles Collection: The instrument panel of a Miles Master I

The instrument panel of a Miles Master I

Background imageMiles Collection: Miles M30 X Minor U-0233

Miles M30 X Minor U-0233
Miles M30 X Minor, U-0233

Background imageMiles Collection: Miles M69 Marathon II G-AHXU later VX231

Miles M69 Marathon II G-AHXU later VX231
Miles M69 Marathon, II, G-AHXU, later VX231, was powered by two Armstrong Siddeley Mamba turboprops

Background imageMiles Collection: Round the World Walker - George M. Schilling

Round the World Walker - George M. Schilling
Famous American athlete George M. Schilling, who walked around the world for a wager. In nine years he circumnavigated the globe, walking 55

Background imageMiles Collection: Aerial View of Tokyo, Japan, Second World War, 1945

Aerial View of Tokyo, Japan, Second World War, 1945
Aerial photograph showing some of the areas (dark patches) of Tokyo destroyed by American bombing in 1945. By the time this photograph was taken General Curtis Le May was able to boast that 51 square

Background imageMiles Collection: American Tank Destroyer at Stavelot; Second World War, 1944

American Tank Destroyer at Stavelot; Second World War, 1944
Photograph showing the crew of an American tank destroyer standing beside their vehicle in Stavelot, twenty miles from Liege, during the Battle of the Bulge in the winter of 1944-5

Background imageMiles Collection: Advertisement for a Rudge Coventry Rotary Tandem Tricycle, 1

Advertisement for a Rudge Coventry Rotary Tandem Tricycle, 1
Advertisement showing the Coventry Rotary Tandem, built by D. Rudge & Co. of Coventry, 1885. An example of this machine, it was claimed, had travelled over 230 miles on roads with 2 inches of mud

Background imageMiles Collection: Worthing Pier Fire 1933

Worthing Pier Fire 1933
Crowds watch the terrifying spectacle of Worthing Pier Pavilion ablaze. The flames and smoke could be seen for miles and the pier was completely destroyed

Background imageMiles Collection: Blackpool Illuminations

Blackpool Illuminations
The famous Blackpool Illuminations, Blackpool being Lancashires famous City of Light, when six miles of promenade are turned into a blaze of light

Background imageMiles Collection: Shackleton / Board Game

Shackleton / Board Game
Ernest Shackletons expedition reached within 100 miles of the South Pole. A popular board game To the pole with Shackleton

Background imageMiles Collection: New Jersey Service Stat

New Jersey Service Stat
Happy motoring begins at Carlsons Esso station intersection of route 130 & 40, two miles from Pennsville Ferry, Deepwater, New Jersey

Background imageMiles Collection: Book of Nonsense / Lear

Book of Nonsense / Lear
There was a Young Girl of Majorca, whose aunt was a very fast walker; She walked 70 miles, & leaped 15 stiles, Which astonished that Girl of Majorca

Background imageMiles Collection: The Flag Lieutenant by Major WP Drury and Leo Trevor

The Flag Lieutenant by Major WP Drury and Leo Trevor
Promotional material for Lyn Harding and Sidney Coopers touring production of The Flag Lieutenant to the Gaiety Theatre in Douglas, Isle of Man on 13th September 1909 showing performance times

Background imageMiles Collection: Viaduct on the The Circum-Baikal Railway

Viaduct on the The Circum-Baikal Railway
The Circum-Baikal Railway - a historical railway in the Irkutsk region of Russia. It runs along the Northern shore of the Southern extremity of the lake from the town of Slyudyanka to the Baikal

Background imageMiles Collection: Dick Whittington. Theatre Royal, Dublin

Dick Whittington. Theatre Royal, Dublin
Dick Whittington. This is a stock poster used by the Theatre Royal in Dublin, on 22nd January 1904. It is unusual for the run to start on a Tuesday

Background imageMiles Collection: Dick Whittington. Queens Theatre, Keighley

Dick Whittington. Queens Theatre, Keighley
Dick Whittington. Dick of course, as ever in late nineteenth and early twentieth century pantomimes, was played by a young woman whose legs had to look good in tights

Background imageMiles Collection: Marathon stilt walker at Lands End, Cornwall

Marathon stilt walker at Lands End, Cornwall
Marathon stilt walker, Russell Fowler, at Lands End, Cornwall, after completing his Tamar Bridge to Lands End marathon walk. Date: circa 1980s

Background imageMiles Collection: Indian troops of the 17th Division in Payagyi

Indian troops of the 17th Division in Payagyi
Photograph: Indian troops of the 17th Division in Payagyi during the last few miles of the advance on Rangoon, April 1945. One of five official photographs associated with Burma, April to June 1945

Background imageMiles Collection: British Challenger tank following a farm boy and his cow

British Challenger tank following a farm boy and his cow
A British Challenger tank following a farm boy and his cow across a bridge.One of 48 colour photographs taken by Sgt David John Miles

Background imageMiles Collection: The KFOR invasion passing Stenkovich refugee camp

The KFOR invasion passing Stenkovich refugee camp, just inside Macedonia, before crossing into Kosovo.One of 48 colour photographs taken by Sgt David John Miles

Background imageMiles Collection: A mile-long KFOR invasion column stretching from the border

A mile-long KFOR invasion column stretching from the border between Macedonia and Kosovo to the Kosovo plains.One of 48 colour photographs taken by Sgt David John Miles

Background imageMiles Collection: Cow & Gate Snap - One! - Two!! - Three!!! - Four

Cow & Gate Snap - One! - Two!! - Three!!! - Four!!!! - the Miles quadruplets, Ernest, Michael, Paul and Ann, born in November 1935. circa 1930s

Background imageMiles Collection: Cow & Gate Snap - back of card

Cow & Gate Snap - back of card - with a mention of the Miles quadruplets, Ernest, Michael, Paul and Ann, born in November 1935. circa 1930s

Background imageMiles Collection: Traffic Hotel, Drummond, Natal Province, South Africa

Traffic Hotel, Drummond, Natal Province, South Africa, with the distances to Pietermaritzburg and Durban written on the picture. Date: circa 1920

Background imageMiles Collection: The exhibition dancers Captain W. Maxwell Stuart and Barbara

The exhibition dancers Captain W. Maxwell Stuart and Barbara Miles, London, 1923 who are teaching at the Queens Hall Roof Date: 1923

Background imageMiles Collection: Bodelwddan Church

Bodelwddan Church - Large Interior - High Arches. Part of Box 145 Boswell Collection - East Coast. The Marble Church (St. Margarets Church), Bodelwyddan

Background imageMiles Collection: Berwick on Tweed

Berwick on Tweed - Many arched bridge over river. Part of Box 145 Boswell Collection - East Coast. Berwick-upon-Tweed is a town in the county of Northumberland

Background imageMiles Collection: English Cathedrals - Rochester - the West Door

English Cathedrals - Rochester - the West Door - Decorated arched Doorway. Part of Box 144 Boswell Collection - English Cathedrals Rochester is a town

Background imageMiles Collection: Trout Inn Godstow

Trout Inn Godstow - View over river to Inn. Part of Box 145 Boswell Collection - East Coast. Godstow is a hamlet on the River Thames about 2.5 miles (4 km) northwest of the centre of Oxford

Background imageMiles Collection: University Sports - Oxford and Cambridge

University Sports - Oxford and Cambridge
Page from the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News depicting various Sports at Oxford and Cambridge Universities, such as long jump, mile race, shot put, quarter mile and three miles race

Background imageMiles Collection: University Sports - The three miles: Freemantle

University Sports - The three miles: Freemantle
Page from the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, depicting Freemantle running the three miles race Date: 1897

Background imageMiles Collection: 4th Avenue, New York

4th Avenue, New York
Today 4th avenue is a thoroughfare in the New York city Borough of Brooklyn stretching for six miles. Widely known as Park avenue

Background imageMiles Collection: Birket Foster - 3

Birket Foster - 3
MILES BIRKET FOSTER Artist reputed for his scenes of English country life. Date: 1825 - 1899

Background imageMiles Collection: Birket Foster - 2

Birket Foster - 2
MILES BIRKET FOSTER Artist reputed for his scenes of English country life. with his autograph Date: 1825 - 1899

Background imageMiles Collection: Saint Denis Carries Head

Saint Denis Carries Head
St Denys had his head cut off, he did not care for that, He took it up and carried it two miles without his hat. Date: - 258AD



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