Oddly Collection

Frazer-Nash Replica
A marque for the serious sports-car enthusiast, the oddly-named Frazer-Nash T.T. Replica is priced at over six hundred pounds. Date: 1937

Greyhound Bedlamite
His small head and deep chest make this oddly-named dog a champion

Motor Racing in 1926
Racing cars of 1926 : oddly, one car is carrying two people, the others only one. Evidently it was still optional

Canadian Postcard
The card is printed in blue with a 1c stamp of Queen Victoria head and shoulders. It is small. Oddly it is about the size of the original British card issued in 1870. Date: 1871

Plaxton Consort C20F Coach
A brand new Plaxton Consort C20F UUD 12, a 20-seat Coach, (oddly placarded for 8 passengers), on a Bedford J2SZ7 chassis. UUD 12 is seen ready for delivery to G.A

Fire scene in hat factory middle rooms in June 1906 where the scale of damage at Battersbys Stockport premises can be seen. Oddly it appears some hats have survived the blaze, but very little else

Anti-aircraft guns firing on British biplane, 1914
An oddly pastoral scene, with little puffs of cloud-like smoke in a clear sky in France, accompanying the bursting of German anti-aircraft shells fired on a British Farman biplane

Telescope discovery
Jacob Metzu, lensmaker of Middelburg, discovers principle of telescope when his son plays with lenses. Oddly, his fellow-townsman Lippershey does precisely the same

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