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Friends Meeting House, ColchesterMeeting House of the Society of Friends (Quakers), Colchester. Built in 1872 & extended in 1892. It was located on St Isaacs Walk. It was sold in 1938 to Lexden & Winstree District Council. Date: 1904
Whittington Stone - Highgate Hill, London - where Dick Whittington heard the Bow Bells Date: circa 1940
Algeria - Decorated fountain at a mosque Date: circa 1909
France - St Malo - The Emerald Coast - Tomb of Chateaubriand. FrancO© s-Renevicomte de Chateaubriand (17681848) was a French writer, politician, diplomat and historian
Orleans, France - La Place du Martrol - Joan of Arc statue. Date: circa 1920s
London Street Boys and their soapbox racerFive London Street Boys (can you spot them all?!) and their homemade soapbox racer go-cart, fitted with perambulator wheels. Date: circa 1908
A pavement artist - outside the National Portrait GalleryLondon LIfe - a pavement artist outside the National Portrait Gallery. Date: circa 1940
Entrance to the Reservoir, Singapore. Note the superb examples of the Travellers palm trees (Ravenala madagascariensis) behind the railings and wall. Date: circa 1907
Queens Tomb in the Marengo Garden - Algiers, Algeria Date: circa 1960s
Sainte-Adresse, France - Le Pain de SucreSainte-Adresse, a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region, France - Le Pain de Sucre (The Sugar-loaf Memorial)
Making bombs out of wrought iron gates 1943Production for victory. This advert is for The motor Industry who helped to make wrought iron gates into weapons for the Second World War effort. 1943
Firefighters respond to a fire at Hatton Road, London
Blitz in London -- house gutted by fire, WW2Blitz in London -- firefighters at the aftermath of a house gutted by fire following a incendiary bombing raid
Return of a balloon, ParisThe ceremonial return of a balloon to Paris, with various people of distinction. Charles and Robert made the ascent from the Tuileries Gardens the previous day. 2 December 1783
Suenos Stones - ForresSuenos Stone - A Scottish Pictish Standing Stone at Forres, Scotland. The largest surving standing stone of its type in Scotland
Five polar bears on holiday at London ZooVisitors to London Zoo in 1911 were attracted to the bear pits where five young performing bears, the property of Doris del Monte of Copenhagen, were spending a weeks holiday
Perugia, Umbria, Italy - Fonte del Pisano (Pisa Fountain) Date: circa 1910s
Florence, Italy - The Boboli Gardens (I Giardini di Boboli). Date: circa 1910s
Australia - College Street, Sydney Date: 1906
Metropolitan Police officer speaking to a little boyA Metropolitan Police officer (WPC) speaking kindly to a little boy who looks as if he might have lost his way -- or perhaps someone has forgotten to pick him up from school. Date: circa 1950s
London taxi in basement crashA London taxi which has crashed through some iron railings into the basement area at the front of a house. Date: early 20th century
Silhouette of a street scene
Perugia, Italy - Communal PalacePerugia, Umbria, Italy - The fine Baroque Communal Palace and the Maggiore Fountain Date: circa 1909
Church of Saints Andrew and Bernard, PerugiaChurch of Saints Andrew and Bernard (Chiesa dei Santi Andrea e Bernardino), Perugia, Umbria, Italy Date: circa 1910s
Galati, Romania - Public Park (although the public appear to be locked out!!). Date: 1910
Nuremberg, Germany - Gansemannchen FountainNuremberg, Germany - The unusual Gansemannchen (The Goose Man) Fountain, featuring a little bronze statueby Giovanni Bologna of a rustic type holding two geese. Date: circa 1910s
Place de Theatre Antique - Orange, France Date: circa 1910s
Buckingham Palace from Green ParkView toward Buckingham Palace, London from Green Park, before the front of the Palace was extensively re-modelled Date: circa 1910
Dickens House - BroadstairsCharles Dickens House - Broadstairs Date: circa 1920s
Regency VerandahA fine example of Regency ironwork, on a verandah at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. Date: early 19th century
Eton QuadrangleA bronze statue of Henry VI, erected the early 18th century by the then provost, Dr. Godolphin, in the Quadrangle of Eton College, Berkshire, England. Date: 1972
Monaco - Statue of Albert I with the Palace (in the background) Date: 1926
Llandudno Pier, viewed from Happy Valley, Caernarvonshire, Wales. Date: opened 1878
Railings ShadowsIron gates and railings cast sinister shadows across a young woman walking alone at night... Date: 1950s
Rope Mat & RailingsDesign picture : a study of a rope mat and wrought iron railings. Date: 1960s
The River TeignA glimpse across the River Teign, from Shaldon, Devon, England. Date: 1950s
Three sports outfits by Jean Patou and BernardThree young ladies wearing sports outfits. On the left, a striped short sleeved dress and parasol, by Jean Patou. In the middle, a three-piece white suit with high collar and ribbon bow
Canvas and aluminium screen, Festival of Britain, LondonView of a brightly coloured canvas and tubular aluminium screen which faced the Country Pavilion at the Festival of Britain exhibition on the South Bank, London. early 1951
Young Oxford Student, College Master and BulldogsA young Oxford student greets the Master of his College with all due deference (making sure to hide his smoking pipe behind his back)
Renaissance Clock at Chartres Cathedral, France Date: circa 1910s
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp by JeffryesStylised illustration by Jeffryes showing a man in evening attire rather bemused by a huge, bending street lamp. Date: 1930
British Army recruits receiving their pay, London, WW1British Army recruits receiving their pay in St Martins Churchyard, Trafalgar Square, London at the beginning of the First World War. Date: August 1914
Mysore, India - Zoological Gardens - DeerMysore, India - White Fallow Deer in the Zoological Gardens Date: circa 1910
The Column of Theodosius - Istanbul Date: circa 1930s
Athens, Greece - The Philopappos MonumentThe Philopappos Monument, at the Mouseion Hill (southwest of the Acropolis). It is the tomb of Caius Julius Antiochos Philopappos, a member of the royal family of Commagene
View of the Arboretum, DerbyView of the Arboretum, a public park near the town centre, Derby. Date: circa 1910
Sessions Hse-Old BaileyThe Sessions House, Old Bailey. Date: circa 1800
Street scene in Montmartre, Paris, FranceA street scene in Montmartre in Paris, France, showing buildings and parked cars. Date: circa 1960