Ran Collection

HMAS Melbourne head-on. HMAS Melbourne was laid down in 1943 as HMS Majestic. Construction was frozen at the end of WW2 but resumed in 1949 after the ship was taken over by the RAN

Her Majestys Australian Ship (HMAS) Melbourne (21) shown with its complement of Douglas A-4G Skyhawks of 805 Squadron RAN ranged for entering port

Georgie Porgie, pudding and pie - Kissed the girls and made them cry. When the boys came out to play - Georgie Porgie ran away

Coleridge - Kubla Khan
Kubla Khan A Vison in a dream.. - In Xanadu did Kubla Khan a stately pleasure-dome decree: where Alph the sacred river ran through caverns measureless to man

Suffragette House that Man Built Policeman. Policeman has a suffragette in his grip whilst another attempts to bring her umbrella down firmly on his head

Pier Head Station, Liverpool Docks, 1893
Engraving showing the Pier Head Station of the Liverpool Docks Overhead Electric Railway, 1893. This passenger railway, which ran for seven miles through Liverpools docks

London Tram 1952
The last week in service for the poor old Route 36 tram, from Abbey Wood to Embankment via the Old Kent Road and Blackfriars. Londons very last tram ran on 7 July 1952

Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle, the cow jumped over the moon, the little dog laughed to see such sport, and the dish ran away with the spoon

Wedding at Cana Date: 1562

Suffragette Emily Davison Epsom Derby. Emily Wilding Davison, the jockey, Herbert Jones and the Kings horse Anmer, immediately after Miss

Writing / a Rebus
A poor old MAN was driving a PIG TOE mARKet with a STRING tEYEd TOE its LEG wHEN by SUM accident the PIG got loose. The MAN ran after him BUTT PIGgy sCAPEd... now read on

Herzogin Cecilie nearing Falmouth, Cornwall
The Herzogin Cecilie, a German four mast barque (Windjammer), named after German Crown Princess Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1886-1954), nearing Falmouth, Cornwall

R Ran for it
From A Apple Pie the iconic picture book by Kate Greenaway Date: 1886

HMS Encounter, 2nd class protected cruiser, Challenger class
Royal Navy - HMS Encounter, a 2nd-class protected cruiser of the Challenger class, operated by the Royal Navy (RN) and Royal Australian Navy (RAN), as HMAS Encounter

HMAS Yarra - River-Class Torpedo Destroyer
Royal Australian Navy - HMAS Yarra / HMS Yarra, a River-Class Torpedo Destroyer, making way at speed, on the River Clyde during manufacturers trials in 1910. Yarra was built by William Denny & Bros

Wright (Armstrong Siddeley) J65 Sapphire turbojet engine
Wright J65 (Armstrong Siddeley) Sapphire turbojet engine. The Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire was a British turbojet engine licence- Built in the United States by Curtiss-Wright of the Wright

SNCAN Nord 1002 Pingouin II G-ATBG at Elstree, with another Pingouin II G-ASTG. The Nord 1000 family was post WWII production of the Messerschmitt Bf 108

The Globe Newspaper Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for the Newsey paper, The Globe, a British newspaper that ran from 1803 to 1921, founded by Christopher Blackett

New Toys for Sale
An original Mansard Gallery exhibition poster by the English artist, designer and author Claud Lovat Fraser. The Mansard Gallery was located on the top floor of Heal's Department Store

An exhibition of the Work of C. Lovat Fraser
A Mansard Gallery exhibition poster by the English artist, designer and author Claud Lovat Fraser. The Mansard Gallery was located on the top floor of Heal's Department Store

Walton Bridges
This oil painting depicts the double span Walton bridges that ran across the Thames between the locks at Sunbury and Shepperton in Surrey. Date: circa 1806

Noel Coward's Cavalcade was a thirty-year retrospect of England in peace and war. It ran at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane between October 1931 and September 1932 and had a cast

Piper PA-28 G-BCIE
Piper PA-28-151 G-BCIE (msn 28-7415405). (Written off on 27 May 1999 when it landed long at Perth/Scone Airfield, ran out of runway and overturned.) Date: circa 1995

Women Digging for Coal during 1912 Miners Strike
The national coal strike of 1912 was the first national strike by coal miners in the United Kingdom. Its main aim was securing a minimum wage

General Dynamics F-16D Fighting Falcon 89-2175
United States Air Force - General Dynamics F-16D Block 42H Fighting Falcon 89-2175 (msn 1C-338, base code LF'), of the 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Wing

Douglas A-4G Skyhawk N13-155061 874
Royal Australian Navy - Douglas A-4G Skyhawk N13-155061 874, of 805 Squadron RAN, at RAF Greenham Common for the 1977 International Air Tattoo. Date: 1977

24 hour endurance record, trio of 6 cylinder 65 hp Napiers
24 hour endurance record, trio of 6 cylinder stripped 65 hp Napiers. Led by Napier selling agent SF Edge on the day before the opening of the track in Jul 1907

MAGIC FLUTE LIEBIG 4
(The Magic Flute) Act 1, Scene 17 : Pamina explains to Sarastro why she ran away, and he reveals that he is not a wicked kidnapper, but acts under compulsion. Date: first performed 1791

Avia S-199 Sakeen 112. T
Avia S-199 Sakeen 112.T (msn 782358), at the Israeli Air Force Museum, Hatzerim AFB, Israel. The Avia S-199 was produced by Avia after the war

Wreck of the ship Cromdale at the Lizard
The British built iron sailing barque Cromdale ran into the Lizard rocks in thick fog on May 23 1913. She was carrying a cargo of nitrates from Chile and was a total wreck Date: 1913

Grumman XFF-1 A8878
United States Navy - Grumman XFF-1 A8878 (Grumman Model G-5), first flown on 29 December 1931, redesignated FF-1 in 1936 and crashed on 4 March 1937 when it ran out of fuel. Date: circa 1932

Road Accident
We ran across an old friend here the other day. A happy holiday postcard depicting the scene of an accident. Artist: BH Smale Date: 1905

Athina-B aground on Brighton Beach - January, 1980. 1980

Searles Boat Yard
The family boat and barge-building concern of George Searle at Lambeth ran from around 1763 to the early 1830s. Date: 1875

Species of mole crabs or sand crabs. Hippa adactyla 1, Emerita emeritus 2, Albunea symmysta 3. Remipede testuggine, Ippa emerito, Albunea sinnista

Training school ship HMS Conway, aground in the Menai Strait
Training school ship HMS Conway, which ran aground on flat rocks - the Platters on the Menai Strait - near the Menai Suspension Bridge - from where this photo was taken. Date: 1953

Ran Sion Lake, Province of Herjeadalem, Sweden
View of Ran Sion (Ransjon) Lake in the Province of Herjeadalem (Harjedalen), Sweden, as seen from the Village of Ransio (Rancio). 1819

Group on rear verandah, Quex Park
Group of patients and one nurse on the rear verandah, overlooking the gardens, Quex Park. This verandah ran along the back of the Museum buildings and was used as a sheltered outdoor space in summer

Wych Street
Old houses in Wych Street. Wych Street was a street in London, roughly where Australia House now stands on Aldwych. It ran west from the church of St Clement Danes on the Strand to a point towards

AEGIR
The Norse god of the sea : his wife, Ran, can be seen beneath the waves

Aghios Georgios II beached at Pevensey Bay, Sussex. The Lebanese registered ship ran aground, on fire, on 30 April 1963. Date: 1963

London Tram 1952
The last week in service for the poor old Route 36 tram, from Abbey Wood to Embankment via the Old Kent Road and Blackfriars. Londons very last tram ran on 7 July 1952. Date: July 1952

Cooperative Society, Enfield Highway, London, England
Cooperative Society, Enfield Highway, London, County of London, England. Perhaps they ran out of photographic paper. Date: 1900s

Herzogin Cecilie wrecked off Starhole Bay, Devon
The Herzogin Cecilie, a German four mast barque (Windjammer), named after German Crown Princess Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1886-1954), on the rocks off Starhole (Starehole) Bay

The Marchington Family outside the Post Office in Dove Holes
Photograph of the Marchington family outside the Post Office which they ran in Dove Holes, Derbyshire, 1913. Mr. Marchington (centre of doorway) was thinking of emigrating to Toronto, Canada

Game / Rebus / 19C
A poor old MAN was driving a PIG TOE mARKet with a STRING tEYEd TOE its LEG wHEN by SUM accident the PIG got loose. The MAN ran after him BUTT PIGgy sCAPEd... now read on

Runner holding an accordion - Istanbul, Turkey
A Turkish Fireman - a runner who ran ahead to warn of a fire, making an almighty wail and a racket on his accordion. Date: 1873

Buddhist Nuns - Myanmar - referred to as sila-rhan. Date: circa 1909

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