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A Night at Covent Garden by MataniaGerman opera draws London society to Covent Garden - a scene during the performance of Strausss Elektra at the Royal Opera House
Gwennap Pit near Redruth, Cornwall, where Methodist John Wesley preached to massive congregations 18 times between 1762 and 1789
Cardiff Strike - Policemen - Tonypandy RiotsCardiff Strike - London Policeman brought in to aid management of rioting miners. The Tonypandy Riots, sometimes known as the Rhondda Riots
Homo heidelbergensis. Skull number 5. Atapuerca, SpainHomo heidelbergensis. Skull number 5. Discovered in the Pit of Bones Site of Atapuerca (Spain). European Middle Pleistocene. Atapuerca. Spain
John Wesley / PreachingJOHN WESLEY English religious leader, founder of Methodism : preaching at Gwennap Pit, Cornwall, to a huge congregation Date: 1703 - 1791
Punks at a gig, ManchesterA punk finds himself upside-down in the mosh-pit at a punk gig in Manchester. Date: circa 1982
Yellowbelly sea snake, Pelamis platura, and Asian pit viper, Trimeresurus species.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles 1816-1830
Piltdown ManAn illustration of The earliest known inhabitant of England, based upon the fragments of skull and jawbone supposedly discovered in a gravel pit at Piltdown, East Sussex, England
Japan - The Mitsui Miike Coal Mine - Elevator for minersJapan - The Mitsui Miike Coal Mine - An Elevator for the miners Date: circa 1910s
Rat Pit at The Swan Inn, Ash Ranges, Ash, SurreyThe Rat Pit at The Swan Inn, Ash Ranges, Ash, Surrey. Publican John Tupper (1817-1903) was celebrated for his breeding of sporting dogs and game cocks
PIT PONIES / 1869Horse at work in a South Staffordshire colliery [England] Date: 1869
Glyn Pits Colliery, near Pontypool, Gwent, South WalesView of the winding engine house, built in 1845, which worked the pumps at the Glyn Pits Colliery, near Pontypool, Gwent, South Wales
Surface worker, South Wales collieryA middle aged surface worker at a colliery in South Wales
Gypsy encampment near Pontypool, South WalesTwo traditional style caravans at a gypsy encampment near Pontypool, South Wales
Women chatting in a back yard, Pontypool, South WalesA group of women, probably all wives of coal miners, chatting in the back yard of 76 Hanbury Terrace, Pontypool, South Wales. The smiling woman in the spotted skirt is the mother of W E Jones
William Brace, Welsh Labour MPWilliam Brace (1865-1947), Welsh Labour MP, President of the South Wales Miners Federation from 1912 until 1915. He was an early advocate of a single union for all of Britains coal miners
Gypsy boys making pegs, near Pontypool, South WalesTwo small gypsy boys making pegs, near Pontypool, South Wales
Two middle aged miners with their lamps, South WalesTwo middle aged miners with their lamps, at a colliery in South Wales
Repairing pit props, Plas y Coed Level, South WalesA miner repairing pit props in the Plas y Coed Level, South Wales
Woman using a dolly tub in a back yard, South WalesA woman using a dolly tub to do the weekly wash, in a back yard in South Wales, with two children on the left. W E Jones recalled
Aerial view of Tirpentwys Colliery, Pontypool, South WalesAn aerial view of Tirpentwys Colliery near Pontypool in South Wales
Soldiers WWISoldiers sheltering in a grenade pit in Flanders during World War I
Zonguldak, Turkey - Railway at MineA small train in operation at the coal mines of Zonguldak (formerly Heraclea), a city and the capital of Zonguldak Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. An important coal mining centre
Zonguldak, Turkey - MinersZonguldak (formerly Heraclea), a city and the capital of Zonguldak Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. An important coal mining centre. Miners and general staff of the Goelik Coalmine
Wooden Rail in MineBlinkered pit-horses draw coal wagons along a wooden railway at an unidentified colliery : it looks extremely precarious - lets hope they can see where they are going
Pyne - TannerLEATHER DRESSING A feltmonger (a kind of tanner) at work at an ooze- pit, while his companions are frizing, removing the hair from the skin
Breakaway from coal strike 1926After more than a week on general strike, there was a strong movement that began with the coal-miners of the Midlands to break-away from the strike abd return to work
Coal strike: movements towards an offical settlement 1926Fillings in many of collieries was that the Genaral strike was coming to the end; a flow of men returning back to work steadily increased
Surrey Theatre, Great Surrey Street, LondonThe Surrey Theatre (formerly The Royal Circus), Great Surrey Street, London, with a map below. 1814
Steam locomotive above inspection pit, CambridgeSteam locomotive 61827 above an inspection pit in an engine shed at Cambridge. Date: circa 1960s
Communist China - soldiers in wartime, taking time out for political study and discussion, while others look out for enemy action, probably during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
Bern - The Bear PIt - Switzerland Date: circa 1920s
Bear Pit - Bern, Switzerland Date: circa 1950s
Crimean War, inside a French rifle pitCrimean War -- interior of a French rifle pit in the parallel before the Mamelon fort and White Tower. 1855
Tram Construction at Belfast, the Engineering Shop - a view of the large workshop with a tram over a pit in the floor and wheels to the right. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Belfast)
Gravel pit arrester being tested by RAFTesting a gravel pit arrester for stopping runaway jets, using an RAF lightning jet fighter. The idea was that an aircraft unable to stop before the end of the runway would be brought quickly
Italy. Venice. Saint Marks Basilica. Mosaic. Joseph Thrown in a Well by his Brothers. 14th centuries
Ephesus. Roman latrinaeEphesus. Latrinae, roman public toilets, 1st century AD. Turkey
Ostia Antica. Latrine at the Domus of Triclini, headquarters of the guild of builders. 2nd century AD. Near Rome
British Holiday CampThree little girls playing in the sand pit near the playground in a holiday camp. Date: early 1960s
Pit Brow GirlsPit brow women Date: circa 1905
Oaks Colliery / 1866The spoil heaps are used to fill in the cupola shaft, to cut off the air supply and thus extinguish the fire raging below at the pit in Barnsley, England. Date: December 1866
KARL MUCK German conductor in action Date: 1859 - 1940
Pit Bank Women / 1904Pit bank women, Wednesbury. Date: 1904
Coal / Horse / Le CreusotLowering a horse at the Le Creusot colliery, France Date: 1869
Robot chorus girls in New YorkWhen a New York impresario replaces his chorus girls with electrically powered robots, his ingenuity is not well received by the audience. Date: 1928
Great Fire Pit, Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii, USA. A man stands on the edge, looking down. Date: 1920