Sand Gallery

In the Famous Plug Street Wood by Matania

A relief party marching back to the trenches through Ploegstreet Wood (known as Plug Street), south of Ypres. The scarred trees lining the soldiers route bear the scars of shelling and snipers bullets, although sand bags offer some protection

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

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Summer Holidays in Holland and Belgium

Cover illustration for Summer Holidays in Holland and Belgium, Cook's World Travel Service. A young woman in a short green dress stands on the beach waving a handkerchief. A seaside resort can be seen behind her

© Thomas Cook Archive/Mary Evans Picture Library

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Mother and four children on the beach

A delightful photograph of a Mother and her four children spending the day on the beach at Palm Bay, Cliftonville, Margate, Kent. It looks as if Ma if knittinga jumper for her youngest daughter, having already produced two for her elder female siblings! Date: circa 1920s

© Mary Evans / Pharcide

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