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Queen Mary Ocean Liner crisis stops work
Tragedy comes to Clydeside. On 10th December 1931, almost exactly a year after signing of the contract for the construction of Hull Number 534, know as Queen Mary Ocean Liner

British Gunners under fire
A British artillery battery, on its way to take up a position further forward, is stopped in its tracks by an enemy shell which lands in the road immediately ahead. Date: July 1917

Two men with Austin car
Two men with an Austin car, parked at the roadside under a signpost in Brecon, Wales

Man with his Austin car, parked at the roadside for repairs or maintenance

British transport halted on a road, Western Front, WW1
A line of British transport halted on a road on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Measures for foiling troop carriers by G. H. Davis
Meeting the threat of airborne invasion in Britain during the Second World War: suggested measures for foiling German troop carriers

Advert for the General Electric Company 1944
Tanks can t run on toasters. Many manufacturers dedicated their factories to making military tanks, aircrafts and weapons for the War effort, and stopped making household goods. Date: 1944

Advert for The General Electric Company 1943
A battalion of kettles won t stop a tank. That is a job for gun, shells, mines and bombs. So that industry can concentrate its energies on the weapons and supplies of War

People on a railway track alongside a train
People on a railway track alongside a halted train. Date: circa 1930s

Georges Farm at Grendon Underwood, formerly The Ship Inn, where Shakespeare stopped on his journeys between Stratford and London. Sadly, it was destroyed in 1848. Date: 1564 - 1616

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Georges Farm at Grendon Underwood, formerly The Ship Inn, where Shakespeare stopped on his journeys between Stratford and London. Sadly, it was destroyed in 1848. Date: 1564 - 1616

Suffragettes, Irish Nationalists and Unionists unite for WW1
WW1 - Another Triple Alliance - " We ve Stopped Hostilities - Now for the Germans!" - Suffragettes, Irish Nationalists and Ulster Unionists put aside their own social

Drunk Yokel protests his innocence to local landowner
" What! drunk again Mick?" " Well, I ve just had a toothful, yer Honour." " I think we shall have to get that tooth stopped." Date: 1892

Belgian King Albert stopped the barbarian hordes - propaganda postcard from Belgium dating from WWI. At the outbreak of war Belgium was granted neutrality under the terms of a 1839 treaty

A Stop under the Poinciana Tree, Nassau, Bahamas
A carriage stop under the Royal Poinciana Tree for a young couple, Nassau, Bahamas. Date: circa 1940

Twnate Canal - Rangoon - We stopped at the official tollhouse and our junior officer captain had chairs and tables set out for our tea under a huge Ginko tree

Dolores Mission - California - Stopped at the Dolores Mission which is practically intact and the oldest building in San Francisco. Date: 1952

Whittier Glacier - Alaska - Drove up valley as far as first bridge, but stopped as the support logs were rotting. We walked part way til station wagon came along and took us on up

C18 Wagon at Inn
A road wagon drawn by at least six horses has stopped at a country inn to pick up goods. Date: 18th century

The wheel that can t be stopped; - its human nature. Illustration shows a large red devil turning the crank of a large wheel decorated with scenes of gambling and with male

Russian troops halted on Balkan Front, WW1
Russian troops halted on the road on the Balkan Front during the First World War. They have been issued with French pattern steel helmets. Date: September 1916

Kilchoman Cross
The Cross of Kilchoman, an ancient cross on the Isle of Islay, the Hebrides, Scotland. For many years it was turned towards the sun during prayer, but this Pagan ritual stopped. Date: 1930s

Blind man with guide dog crossing the road
A blind man with his guide dog crossing the road at a zebra crossing. Date: circa 1960s

Dunderpate speaks to the squire in the coach, asking how he can make his fortune. The squire says he would give a silver crown to stand in the boys shoes for just an hour. Date: 1938

Car Chasses Carriage
At Charpennes, France, a thief hi-jacks the carriage of M. Rodarie, who gets a motorist to pursue the robber : after a long chase, involving pistol shots, the thief is stopped. Date: 1909

Ford T by Roadside
A model T Ford stopped by the roadside Date: 1913

Policeman on Traffic Duty
A London Policeman directing the traffic on a busy crossing point

Romanian Troops attacking Ghemesh Station, Austro-Hungaria
Illustration showing the surprise attack launched by Romanian troops on Ghemesh railway station in Austro-Hungaria, 1916. On the first day of hostilities between these two countries the Romanians

Three Victorian Cyclists Mending a Puncture, 1901
Illustration of three Victorian cyclists, gathered around a bicycle with a puncture. It would appear that the man has stopped to offer his assistance with the puncture

Death of the Prince Imperial
Sketch of spot where the Princes body was found. By special artist Melton Prior. Panoramic view of the plain where the Princes body was found

Road Block / Germany / 1921
During political unrest suspect cars are stopped on country roads

Native Rebels Stopped
French officer Ignace Frederic de Mirbeck confronts Jean Francois, leader of native uprising, and persuades him to accept a settlement with France. But trouble continues

Hungarian Resistance
A train, carrying to Siberia persons convicted of resistance to the Russian take-over, is stopped by a resistance group and the prisoners liberated

Raf Biplane Gliding 1920
A Royal Air Force biplane gliding with the engine stopped

Dining on Oysters
An insolent young man smoking a cigar, puts on his gloves as he makes a parting comment to an affronted older gentleman who is stopped in the act of smashing open an oyster

Earthquake / Provence / 1909
A street in the village of Salon (South East France) after the 1909 earthquake. The clock in the background stopped at the moment of the earthquake

Escaping Royals Return
Stopped at Varennes, Louis XVI and his party are brought back to Paris by the Barriere de l Etoile; in the Champs Elysees, the crowd watches in reproachful silence

Ethiopia / Cross Somalia
The Ethiopians try to cross into Somalia but are stopped by the Italians

UFO abduction in New Hampshire, USA
A UFO abduction in New Hampshire, USA. Betty and Barney Hill, driving at night, see a UFO. Later they are stopped by the aliens, Barney tries to escape

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