Retired Collection (page 2)

McDonnell Douglas YC-15A 72-1876 (msn CX002), the second prototype, at the 1976 SBAC Farnborough Air Show. First flown in December 1975

United States Air Force - Convair B-36D-1-CF Peacemaker
United States Air Force Convair B-36D-1-CF Peacemaker 44-92026 (msn 23), of the7th Bombardment Wing, at Detroit, Michigan. Built as a Consolidated B-36B-1-CF Peacemaker, first flown 8 July 1948

Sunday at Chelsea the Royal Hospital Chelsea. With limited number of men receiving accommodation from time to time in almshouses to which the Crown had a right of presentation

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Wade, Trevor SWimpey, tp Squadron Leader RAF Retired and a Hawker P1052

Comando de Aviacion del Ejercito Grumman OV-1C Mohawk
(Argentine Army) Comando de Aviacion del Ejercito Grumman OV-1C Mohawk AE-024 Ex-US Army 68-15941 (msn 145C) to Argentine Army Aviation as AE-024

Convair C-131B Samaritan O-53-7793 (MSN 245) assigned to NASA Langley Research Center, Langley Field, VA 1974 designated NC-131B prior to re-engining as NC-131H

Percival P. 56 Provost T. Mk. 1 7696M
Percival P.56 Provost T. Mk.1 7698M (msn PAC-56-056), formerly WV493, at RAF Halton for an open day. WV493 was delivered on 28 October 1953, assigned maintenance serial 7696M for use at RAF Halton

Old coulple, Kings Lynn
An elderly couple sitting on folding chairs behind a wooden sea defence on a beach near Kings Lynn, Norfolk. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1990

Sleeping pensioners, Norfolk beach
An elderly couple sit in the shelter of a wooden groyne on a beach near Hunstanton, Norfolk, England, and snooze soundly. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1988

Pierre Louis Manuel
PIERRE LOUIS MANUEL French writer who supported the revolution but favoured Louis XVI : retired to the country, he was brought back to Paris and guillotined. Date: 1751 - 1793

Adrian Jones with Peace sculpture
Captain Adrian Jones (1845-1938), sculptor, in his studio with the plaster cast of the allegorical figure of Peace, to be placed in the four-horse chariot (entitled Peace in her Quadriga)

Priscilla Bibesco and Herbert Henry Asquith
Priscilla Bibesco (1920-2004) with her grandfather, Herbert Henry Asquith (1852-1928), former British Prime Minister, on his 74th birthday, 12 September 1926. 1926

Curtiss SC-1 Seahawk-the last of the big warship catapult aircraft Retired from the US Navy in 1950

Fisherman with pollock, near Sennen Cove, Cornwall
Fisherman with pollock, caught near Sennen Cove, Cornwall. The man is retired coxswain of Sennen Lifeboat, using a highly skilled handline method under calm conditions to catch the fish. circa 1970s

Cyril Smith, British Liberal politician
Sir Cyril Smith (1928-2010), British Liberal Party politician, MP for Rochdale, Lancashire from 1972 until he retired in 1992. Date: 1960s

Queen Mother attending Blitz Memorial Service, St Pauls
Blitz Memorial unveiling and ceremony at St Pauls Cathedral, London, 4 May 1991, with the Queen Mother in attendance

Petr Wrangel
PETR NICOLAEVICH WRANGEL Russian military commander in WW1, after Revolution opposed the Bolsheviks with some success but quarrelled with commander, retired to Yalta. Date: 1878 - 1928

Three bedeswomen of Castle Rising, Norfolk
Three bedeswomen of Castle Rising, near Sandringham in Norfolk. When these elderly women enter the almshouses (known collectively as Trinity Hospital) they are required to wear an old Welsh costume

Rene D anjou
Rene, duc d Anjou, duc de Lorraine, titular king of Naples but driven out, retired to Provence where he maintained a court noted for its culture

In-Pensioners Long Ward - Royal Hospital, Chelsea - Panelling and cubicles of oak. Date: circa 1910s

Caricature of Arthur Roberts, music hall performer
Arthur Roberts (1852-1933), music hall and pantomime performer -- The good young man who -- retired. 1882

Caricature of William Ballantine, Serjeant-at-law
Caricature of William Ballantine (1812-1887), Serjeant-at-law, a legal position abolished in the reforms of 1873. In the early 1880s he retired from the law and published several volumes of memoirs

Walker Whitman shoe factory, Campello, Boston
The Walker Whitman shoe factory was owned in partnership by William O Walker and William Elbridge Whitman. The factory opened under its name for the purpose of producing shoes for the retail trade

Admiral Benbow Birthplac
ADMIRAL BENBOWs BIRTHPLACE In this retired spot our hero was born, at Cotonill, a small village in the environs of Shrewsbury. (Shropshire) Date: 1653

John VI Cantacuzenus
JOHN VI CANTACUZENUS Eastern Emperor (1347-54), ruled in Constantinople, but was driven out and retired to a monastery, where he wrote a history Date: 1292 - 1383

Group of retired fishermen at Brixham, Devon
Group of four retired fishermen sitting chatting at Brixham, Devon. Date: 1956

Marshals and Sherrifs, Marion, Ohio, USA
Veteran Marshals and Sherrifs at a memorial park in Marion, Ohio, USA. Date: circa 1910

Potez 541 -over 190 were produced as bombers Later relegated to transport work with Vichy French, all were lost or retired by late 1943

Cunningham, John, Group Captain RAF Retired
Cunningham, John, Grp Capt RAF Retd

IF Bairnsfather retired! by Dudley Tennant
IF Bairnsfather Retired! BERT: " What are we agoin to do nah?" OLD BILL: " Blinkin peace, I suppose! There ain t nothink else to do

Action and Reaction by H. M. Bateman
Colonel X in 1918 - - And in 1920 A retired Army commander, who once showed unflappability in battle, is not quite so confident on the golf course when a ball whizzes past his head. Date: 1920

King Peter I and the Crown Prince leaving Belgrade
On 29th July 1914 the Austrians opened a heavy cannonade on Belgrade. The Serbians made no reply, Belgrade being an open town incapable of defence

Occupying German position in the Somme area 1917
During the spring of 1917 the German forces on the Western Front vountarily retired from the positions in the Somme at Serre, which they had defended with such stubborness in 1916

Gloucester Gauntlet interceptor fighter planes, WW1
Three Gloucester (or Gloster) Gauntlet interceptor fighter planes with RAF markings. It was a single-seater biplane, first flight 1933, retired 1943. Date: 1930s

Alan O Gauld, psychologist and parapsychologist
Alan O Gauld (b. 1932), British lecturer (now retired) in psychology, author, parapsychologist and Council member of the Society for Psychical Research. Date: 20th century

Stoker / Tennis Player
H. J. Stoker, newly retired tennis player, proudly showing off the many cup and trophies he has won over the years in many tennis tournaments. Date: 12 December 1929

Claude Le Blanc
CLAUDE LE BLANC French statesman and courtier who incurred the enmity of persons at court and was committed to the Bastille, but was acquitted and retired. Date: 1669 - 1728

The Quadrangle - Royal Hospital, Chelsea, London. Date: circa 1910

The two retired bar ls

Sir Frederick Brock
SIR FREDERICK BROCK British admiral : served during World War One, first at Gibraltar, later at Orkney & Shetland. He retired after the war. Date: 1854 - ?

Retired Legionnaires
The restaurant of the home for retired Legionnaires, France. Date: 1930s

Portrait of a retired army sergeant, Mid Wales
Portrait of a retired army sergeant in full uniform, posing for his photo in a garden, probably in Mid Wales. He wears a medal

WWII recycling: Tin hat soup tureen / W H Robinson
A retired warden makes use of his old tin hat to eat his soup from. Please note: Credit must appear as (c) Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library

Paul von Hindenburg meeting veterans
President Paul von Hindenburg (1847-1934) in full uniform, meeting war veterans

George V visiting Chelsea Pensioners
King George V visiting Chelsea Pensioners at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, London. This visit may have coincided with the Royal International Horticultural Exhibition

Les Invalides, Paris
A retired soldier mends his clothing in his room at Les Invalides, a hospital and retirement home for war veterans

Shirakawa Abducted 1159
Abduction of retired Emperor Shirakawa

Morden College Blackheat
This fine building was built by Turkey merchant Sir John Morden for decayed Turkey merchants who fell on hard times. It is still in use to house elderly retired folk

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