Oct19 Gallery

Mail arriving by boat in Calshot Harbour, Tristan de Cunha

Tristan de Cunha - Mail arriving by boat in Calshot Harbour. Tristan da Cunha, colloquially Tristan, is a remote group of volcanic islands in the south Atlantic Ocean which includes Gough Island. On 10 October 1961, the eruption of Queen Mary's Peak forced the evacuation of the entire population of 264 individuals. Evacuees sailed to uninhabited Nightingale Island, where they were picked up by a Dutch passenger ship that took them via Cape Town to Britain. The islanders arrived in the UK to a big reception and were settled in an old Royal Air Force camp near Calshot, Hampshire - which subsequently gave its name to the harbour depicted here (following the islander's return). Date: circa late 1960s

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

The Old Post Office - Tintagel, Cornwall

The Old Post Office, viewed from the north-east. The Old Post Office is thought to date from the 14th or 15th century. Originally a manor house or steward's house, it was later a farmhouse and in the Victorian period was licensed to receive letters for the district. It is now in the care of the National Trust, and is a rare Cornish example of a surviving hall house. Date: 1946

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

William Marshal the Elder, 1st Earl of Pembroke, Tomb Effigy

Members of the W. S. C. (Windsor Swimming Club) who have borrowed the Eton College Punt 'Cuckoo' to use as the starting line for a race on the River Thames. The course ran from the Great Western Railway (GWR) Bridge to the WSC Swimming Baths (a distance of about 400 yards). Date: circa 1920s

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection