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Garlants Hotel - Suffolk Street, close to Pall MallGarlants 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 trikePrincess 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 - HighgateA removal van pulls up in front of a row of houses in Highgate Village, London. Photograph by Heinz Zinram
Belgium - Port of OstendePort 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 MosqueTurkish Women outside the Mosque, Istanbul
Arthur Balfour leaving his London houseArthur James Balfour, Conservative MP and former Prime Minister, leaving his London house for Biarritz, possibly for a health cure
Carrie Nation, the Saloon SmasherCarrie 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 LondonA terrace of Georgian style houses on Highgate Hill, North London. Tramlines can be seen in the roadway
Holborn Schools, Mitcham, SurreyHolborn Schools, High Street, Mitcham, Surrey - originally established in 1856 in the grounds of Eagle House. The Schools provided accommodation
Air Raid damage off Piccadilly during the BlitzAir Raid damage off Piccadilly, London on 19th September 1940. A lampost and parked car have been heavily damaged by falling masonry from bombed buildings
Naples, Italy - Street Hot Chestnut Seller, surrounded by a variety of young urchins! He wears a tall top hat at a very rakish angle!!
Izmir, Turkey - RestaurantA remarkably ornate restaurant building in Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey, called (inc.1905) The Garden of Eden
Buckingham Palace, London - prior to remodelling
Lowndes Square, Pimlico, London
HullThe Market Place, Hull, Humberside, with an equestrian statue
English Cemetery - Uskudar (Scutari)The English Cemetery at Scutari (Uskudar)
Tophane Cesmesi Fountain, Constantinople, TurkeyThe Tophane Cesmesi Fountain - one of the most famous of the baroque street fountains in the city. Built in 1732 by Mahmut I. Has marble walls, covered by floral designs and arabesques
St Georges Square, Pimlico, London - GardensSt Georges Square, Pimlico, London - the Gardens
Chester Square, Pimlico, London
Feeding the seagulls - Lake Geneva, SwitzerlandA family feeding the Black headed gulls - Lake Geneva, Switzerland
Wilton Crescent, LondonA fine photographic postcard view of Wilton Crescent in London. Number 2, Wilton Crescent SW, belonged to the Chetwode Family
Feeding the Swans / 1901Eager children crowd behind the railings at Hampton Court Palace, to feed swans and ducks in a pond
Night scene outside the gates of Buckingham Palace. Crowds wNight scene outside the gates of Buckingham Palace during the illness of King George V, showing a queue of people waiting to read the latest bulletin
Blonde Girl / RailingsA little girl with blond hair walks along the pavement holding on to the railings
Queueing in PlaygroundA group of young children queue to climb the ladder in the playground
Llanfair Gate Toll HouseThe six-sided Toll House at Llanfair Gate, Isle of Anglesey, Wales
Chesterfield Terrace, Regents Park, London, showing the symmetrical Neo-Classical architecture, including Corinthian capitals above fluted columns
John Nash HousesCumberland Terrace, Regents Park, London, with some of the fine houses built by the architect John Nash in 1827
England / AlburyA glimpse of Albury, a Surrey hamlet with a delightful valley. Note the fine, intricate details on the various chimney stacks
Young Girl and GreyhoundA young girl and her greyhound Date: circa 1930
English Coronation StoneThe English Coronation Stone, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, dating back to 901. Alfred the Greats son Edward the Elder was the first of seven Saxon kings to be crowned on it
Costume / Red ShortsCarefree fifties blonde, wearing a cap sleeve blouse & red shorts with side fastening, patch pockets & white over-stitching, leans against some railings
Moth-Eaten Fur 1960SAn elderly lady in a straw toque hat, pearls & a moth- eaten fox fur stole shelters beneath an umbrella
Cover: dog of FlandersA young woman sits with her dog, reading a book
Autumn ShadowsAutumn shadows from railings across a lonely walled walkway
Dutch girl with cat and dogA little Dutch girl with her cat and dog
Maximilian I TombMAXIMILIAN I Although he was buried in Wiener Neustadt, his ornate funeral monument (1584) is in the Hofkirche in Innsbruck
Stevenson / BirthplaceROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Scottish writers birthplace, 8 Howard Place, Edinburgh
Samuel Johnson / Gough SqDR SAMUEL JOHNSON English writers home at 17 Gough Square, Fleet Street, where he lived while compiling his Dictionary
Mistletoe GalopMISTLETOE GALOP Christmas revellers dancing under the mistletoe while fiddlers play and a small group blow horns on the snowy street outside
Private Horse CarriageA private carriage waits for passengers outside a smart- looking house
Tunbridge Wells TheatreTheatre at Tunbridge Wells
Pavement Artist LondonA pavement artist at St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, paints a womans portrait; other canvases stand against the railings
Thomas Carlyle / Cheyne RwTHOMAS CARLYLE Scottish writers home in Cheyne Row, Chelsea
Molyneux Dresses 1930Two dress designs by Molyneux both with gored flaring skirts, belts & matching sac jackets. One has chevron panels or inserts which add interest to the skirt
London PolicemenA line of policemen walk past the railings, while four ladies look up (literally) to them. Date: 1883