Railings Collection (page 16)

Renaissance Clock at Chartres Cathedral, France Date: circa 1910s

Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp by Jeffryes
Stylised 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, WW1
British 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 - Deer
Mysore, India - White Fallow Deer in the Zoological Gardens Date: circa 1910

The Column of Theodosius - Istanbul Date: circa 1930s

Athens, Greece - The Philopappos Monument
The 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, Derby
View of the Arboretum, a public park near the town centre, Derby. Date: circa 1910

Sessions Hse-Old Bailey
The Sessions House, Old Bailey. Date: circa 1800

Street scene in Montmartre, Paris, France
A street scene in Montmartre in Paris, France, showing buildings and parked cars. Date: circa 1960

Gladstone / Liverpool
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE House in Rodney Street, Liverpool, where the British MP and Prime Minister was born Date: 1809 - 1898

Union Workhouse and Staff, Weymouth, Dorset
The porter and uniformed female staff stand at the entrance to the Weymouth Union workhouse, erected in 1836 on Wyke Road, Weymouth, Dorset

Guardians Board Room, Union Workhouse, Weymouth, Dorset
Exterior view of the Board of Guardians meeting room at the Weymouth Union workhouse, Wyke Road, Weymouth, Dorset. The workhouse later became Portway Hospital but has now been converted to

Entrance to Wigmore Schools, West Midlands
The entrance and receiving block at the Walsall and West Bromwich District School on Pennyhill Lane, Wigmore. A woman in uniform and a boy stand on either side of the archway

Poor Priests Hospital, Canterbury, Kent
View of the Poor Priests Hospital on what is now Stour Street in Canterbury, Kent, dating back to the 12th century. In 1727, the building was adopted for use as the citys workhouse. It is now a museum

Man asleep in a garden, Mid Wales
A man in a straw hat and shirtsleeves, asleep in a garden, Mid Wales. He appears to have been doing some gardening, as he has left his clippers in front of the railings behind him

Large house and garden, Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales
A large house and garden in Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales. The house is built in stone, is rather overgrown with ivy, and has patterned tiling on the roof

Three storey house, Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales
A three storey house in the town of Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales. The side of the house has been covered in slate (no doubt quarried in North Wales), a form of waterproofing

More Work For The Navy - postcard by Lawson Wood
More Work For The Navy - A young boy climbs up on the rail of the pier and tries to catch the attention of a submarine captain with the words: " I, Jellicoe, if you re goin down ag in

St Davids School, St Davids, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
St Davids School (Ysgol Dewi Sant), St David s, Pembrokeshire, South Wales, which still exists today in the same building, over 100 years after this photograph was taken

Houses approaching a grand gateway
A row of cottage-style houses approaching a grand-looking gateway

Haverfordwest Castle, Haverfordwest, South Wales
View of Haverfordwest Castle from the Prendergast area of the town, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales. The Castle dates from the 12th century

Parade in High Street, Haverfordwest, South Wales
A parade, including a brass band, makes its way up the High Street in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales

Entrance, Inebriates Reformatory, Guiltcross, Norfolk
Entrance to the Eastern Counties or East Harling Inebriates Reformatory, Norfolk. Housed in the former Guiltcross Union workhouse

Aston Union Cottage Homes, Erdington, West Midlands
The entrance to Aston Unions cottage homes, opened in 1899 at Erdington, Birmingham, West Midlands. The homes housed pauper children away from the main workhouse which occupied an adjacent site

Woman and children feeding swans in a London park
A woman and two children feeding swans and ducks in a London park. The woman is wearing a fashionable cloche hat and a coat with a fur collar

Union Workhouse, Northleach, Gloucestershire
The Northleach Union workhouse, Gloucestershire. The building, designed by George Wilkinson, was erected in 1836 at the east of Northleach. It later became Northleach Hospital

St. Peters Church, Carmarthen, Wales

The Statue of Robert Burns, Dunfries
Robert Burns (1759 - 1796). The statue of Robert Burns in Church Place, at the junction of the High Street, Castle Street and Buccleuch Street in Dumfries, Dumfrieshire, Scotland

Buddhas at Yungang Caves, Datong, Shanxi, China
Two Buddha statues of varying size carved from the rock at the Yungang (Cloud Ridge) Caves or Grottoes in Datong, Shanxi Province, in the Peoples Republic of China

France - Annonay - Ardeche Department
France - Annonay - Ardeche. Annonay was the location of the Montgolfier brothers first public unmanned hot air balloon flight, on June 4, 1783

Weidendammer Bridge, Berlin, Germany
Detail showing the German Eagle with the Imperial Crown on the Weidendammer Bridge across the River Spree in Berlin, Germany, built between 1895 and 1896

Skryje - Czechoslovakia

Statue of Muhammed Ali Pacha, Alexandra, Egypt

Love Locks on display in Odessa, Ukraine
A display of Love Locks on some railings in Odessa, Ukraine. Lovers attach padlocks to the railings, throw away the key, and believe that this will make their love last for ever

France, Steenbecque - Tomb of Jose Roucou (1820 - 1889), a Brigadier Chief in the French army

Union Walk, Selby, West Yorkshire
Union Walk at Selby, West Yorkshire. The Selby Union Workhouse runs along the left of the lane

Las Palmas, Gran Canaria - Plaza de Cairasco

Archbishop of Canterbury with Bishops of London & Salisbury
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Randall Thomas Davidson, 1st Baron Davidson of Lambeth (1848-1930) walking behind the Bishop of London, Arthur Foley Winnington-Ingram (centre)

Garlants Hotel - Suffolk Street, close to Pall Mall
Garlants Hotel - at the end of Suffolk Street, tucked between Trafalgar Square and Haymarket / Pall Mall, London SW1. The building still exists, although it is no longer used as a Hotel

Filling Sandbags - WW2 Home Front (4 / 4)
World War Two - British Home Front - London. Young men, boys and women of all ages fill sandbags in the street. The sandbags were piled against buildings

Princess Elizabeth on her trike
Princess Elizabeth of York, our present Queen Elizabeth II, pictured through the railings of the Yorks London home in Piccadilly, London riding a new tricycle given to her for her fourth birthday

Pickfords Removers and Storers - Highgate
A removal van pulls up in front of a row of houses in Highgate Village, London. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Belgium - Port of Ostende
Port of Ostende, Belgium. The mailship ferry departs the harbour as young boys fish off the pier, while others just lean on the railings watching the ships disappear into the North Sea

A lady and an Austin A40 by the sea

Turkish women outside the Mosque
Turkish Women outside the Mosque, Istanbul

Arthur Balfour leaving his London house
Arthur James Balfour, Conservative MP and former Prime Minister, leaving his London house for Biarritz, possibly for a health cure

Carrie Nation, the Saloon Smasher
Carrie Nation (1846-1911), American temperance campaigner known as the Saloon Smasher because of her use of vandalism to get her views across -- she would generally enter a saloon

Terrace of houses, Highgate Hill, North London
A terrace of Georgian style houses on Highgate Hill, North London. Tramlines can be seen in the roadway

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