North Collection

Kiss of the Oceans - Atlantic meets Pacific - Panama Canal
The Kiss of the Oceans - The Atlantic meets the Pacific due to the construction of The Panama Canal - A lovely allegorical card relating to this phenomenal engineering project

Arsenal Football Club team and officials 1954
Arsenal Football Club team and officials, 1954 (names below the photo). The trophies on display are: Combination Cup, Mid-Week League Cup, Football League Cup, FA Charity Shield. Date: 1954

Cumbernauld New Town, Scotland - Carbrain
Cumbernauld New Town, North Lanarkshire, Scotland - Carbrain. Cumbernauld is the clearest example of a modernist new town vision in the UK. Date: circa 1969

LFDCA-LFB Lambeth HQ and Lambeth river station
A modernised Lambeth river fire station and the new fireboat London Phoenix, seen here from the north bank of the River Thames

Programme cover, Buxton Opera House, The Buxton Gardens Co Ltd, North Derbyshire. 1918

The Railway Station Interior (South Platform), Rugby, Englan
The Railway Station Interior (South Platform), Rugby, Warwickshire, England. London & North Western Railway. Date: 1915

Barton Bridge and chimneys of Barton Power Station, Eccles
Barton Bridge, with the twin chimneys of the long-demolished Barton Power Station in Eccles, Manchester. Date: 1970s

El Minzah Hotel, Tangier, Morocco
El Minzah Hotel, Tangier (Tangiers), Morocco. Date: circa 1930s

The Flying Scotsman
The London and North Eastern Railways Flying Scotsman express, hauled by the 4-6-2 Pacific Papyrus locomotive

Fishermen in North Yorkshire, possibly Staithes or Whitby - Victorian period

Porthmadog, Snowdonia, Gwynedd, North Wales - Painted by artist Frank E Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Woman outside Golders Green underground station, London. The bus, destination Hendon, carries an advertisement: You Can t Beat Harrods. 1921

Cub Scouts taking part in Operation Shoeshine
Two Cub Scouts taking part in Operation Shoeshine, a seven-day campaign during Scout Job Week. Their first customer was an actress, Caroline Munro

Erebus and Terror, Franklins last trip
The Erebus and Terror leave England on the Franklin polar expedition, never to return

Metro-Land House
A middle class home on the cover of a guide to the residential area north-west of London

Flying Scotsman C1927
The London and North Eastern Railways Flying Scotsman is hauled by Gresley Pacific 4475 Flying Fox locomotive

The Flying Scotsman No. 4472, LNER
The Flying Scotsman, 4-6-2 locomotive No. 4472, built for the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923

The Forth Rail Bridge - viewed from North Queensferry. The Bridge became a UNESCO World Heritage site in July 2015. Date: circa 1910s

Moorish Belly Dancer - Algeria
Arabian Belly Dancer - Algeria

Manchesters last tram on its farewell journey, heading for the Depot. A group of people wave from the pavement. Date: 1949

Scrabster Harbour and Dunnet Head, Thurso
Thurso, Scotland - Scrabster Harbour and Dunnet Head Date: circa 1910s

Scipio Africanus meeting Hannibal at Battle of Zama
SECOND PUNIC WAR : the Roman general and statesman Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus meets the Carthaginian leader Hannibal before defeating him at the Battle of Zama, near Carthage in North Africa

Tate & Lyle Refinery
A coastal barge sailing by the famous Tate and Lyle sugar refinery works, Plaistow Wharf, off Silvertown, North Woolwich, east London

Upper Street, Islington, London
The top end of Upper Street, next to the Highbury and Islington roundabout. The Cock Tavern (still there) is on the right and a horse tram is heading south toward the Angel

Balloon event, Charles Green, Stockport
Charles Green ballooning poster advertising his 75th ascent, from Stockport, under the patronage of Henry Hodgkinson, the Mayor, with a second ascent from Castle Yard, a band of music in attendance

Cleethorpes / Pier 1912
Cleethorpes, Humberside (formerly north-east Lincolnshire): the pier

Wells-Next-The-Sea
Boats in the picturesque harbour of Wells-next-the-Sea, on the north Norfolk coast, East Anglia, England

High Row, Darlington, County Durham
A view of High Row in Darlington, County Durham, showing a clock tower, traffic and shops

Whitby Abbey, Whitby, North Yorkshire
View of the ruins of Whitby Abbey (Benedictine), in Whitby, North Yorkshire. Date: 1882

North American P-51D Mustang -the adoption of the Rolls-Royce Merlin transformed the P-51 into the best US fighter of World War 2

H. M. Prison, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire
A view of Peterhead Prison and the North Sea beyond, Aberdeenshire. The prison opened in 1888 and was Scotlands only convict prison

No. 73 Routemaster Bus
Passengers hop on the no.73 Routemaster bus to Kings Cross on the north side of Oxford Street

Arsenal Football Club team and officials 1950-1951
Arsenal Football Club team (FA Cup holders) and officials, season of 1950-1951 (names below the photo). Date: 1950-1951

Map of Ancient Egypt. Date: 1814

Routemaster Bus
A No.76 Routemaster bus drives past the Houses of Parliament, Westminster, on its way to Stoke Newington, north London

Robin Hoods Bay
A boy runs ahead of his grandparents to the beach at Robin Hoods Bay, North Yorkshire, a charming old town from whence, legend has it, Robin Hood escaped by sea

Old Hartlepool Lighthouse, north east England
View of the old Hartlepool Lighthouse, north east England (County Durham), completed in 1847. A man with a telescope scans the horizon

A Spot of Bother Ayresome Park Middlesbrough. March 1973 1973

Maps / New Zealand
A map of New Zealand Date: 1908

Holidaymakers on the sands at Filey, North Yorkshire -- the beach is full of people, either walking or paddling. Date: 1940s

Street scene in Appledore, North Devon
People leaning against a wall in a narrow street in Appledore, North Devon

The Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales ) (or simply " Staffords" for short) was an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Prince of Wales Division

England / Appledore
Appledore, a quaint fishing village and seaport in North Devon, situated on the estuary of the River Torridge and Taw

Crossing the Forthbridge
A London and North Eastern Railway train crosses the Forth Bridge, near Edinburgh, Scotland. Date: 1930s

Scotland Forever. Photolithograph, coloured, by Lady Elizabeth Southerden Butler (as Mrs William Butler), 1881, published by Leeds City Art Galleries, 1980 (c)

HMS Jervis Bay attacking the Admiral Scheer, Second Worl
Illustration showing the Royal Navy armed merchant cruiser Jervis Bay (centre) steaming towards the German pocket-battleship Admiral Scheer, North Atlantic, November 1940

England / Blenheim Palace
Distant view from the north, seen from across the lake

West Brom Football Team
WEST BROMWICH ALBION The team that beat Preston North End in the FA Cup Final at Kennington Oval, March 24th 1888, by 2-1

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