Years Collection (page 10)

USN - Richmond Naval Air Station after Hurricane Nine - 1945
United States Navy - Richmond Naval Air Station (Richmond NAS), just west of Miami, showing the destroyed, huge, airship hangars which burnt down during Hurricane Nine on 15 September 1945

1886 Savage Steam Powered Fun Fair Carousel. A 38ft hree abreast 12 section steam gallopers powered by Savage No. 664 Lady Golightly steam Engine

Spartan Arrow G-ABWP at the Fifty Years of Flying Exhibition, held at RAF Hendon, with Blackburn B.2 G-AEBJ. Date: 1951

Kay Gyroplane Type 33-1 G-ACVA
Kay Gyroplane Type 33/1 G-ACVA (msn 1002) at the Fifty Years of Flying Exhibition, held at RAF Hendon. G-ACVA was first flown on 18 February 1935 and last flown at Perth on 16 August 1947

de Havilland DH. 60 Moth G-ABYA
de Havilland DH.60 Moth G-ABYA (msn 1906) at the Fifty Years of Flying Exhibition, held at RAF Hendon. First registered on 12 July 1932, BYA crashed near Biggin Hill on 21 May 1972. Date: 1951

United States Navy - Lockheed VC-121J 131623 8
United States Navy - Lockheed VC-121J 131623 (msn 1049B-4124) 8. The Blue Angels aerobatic team support aircraft. Built as a Lockheed R7V-1and re-designated C-121J in 1962

Battle of Hastings re-enactment. With cross-gartered jeans and dyed sackcloth doublets, the students of Kent and Sussex Universities re-enact the battle 900 years later. Date: 14 October 1066

The ruins of Tintern Abbey, a Cisterian abbey, founded in 1131 by Walter de Clare. The surviving ruins span 400 years of architecture. Date: founded 1131

BATTLE OF ROCROI During the Thirty Years War, Conde defeats the Spanish with heavy casualties, an event which marks the decline of Spanish military power Date: 19 May 1643

BATTLE OF ROCROI Louis II Conde - thats him on the white horse - inflicts a severe defeat on the Spanish under Don Francisco de Melo Date: 19 May 1643

Gustavus Adolphus lands at Peenemunde to fight for the Protestant cause against the Austrian empire Date: 1631

Gustavus Adolphus lands at Peenemunde and falls on his knees to thank God for bringing him safely to fight for the Protestant cause against the Austrian empire Date: 1631

The British, under Edward III, take Caen Date: 1346

Bergerac is besieged by le duc d Anjou Date: circa 1345

After a siege lasting almost a year, Calais is forced to surrender to the English under Edward III : it will be more than 200 years before the French get it back again Date: 4 August 1347

COMBAT DE TRENTE (battle of Thirty) wherein 30 Englishmen engaged 30 Frenchman in hand- to-hand combat at Ploermel, Bretagne Date: 1350

Thomas of Woodstock, fourth earl of Buckingham, is sent with an army to assist the duc de Bretagne : they cross the Channel with flags flying and trumpets blaring... Date: 1380

The PEACE OF WESTPHALIA signed at Osnaburg (or MUNSTER where further signatures were added on 24 October) brings the war to an end though France and Spain continue fighting Date: 6 August 1648

A French fleet lands on the Kent coast : although the English generally enjoy naval supremacy in the Channel, occasional French attacks prevent complacency Date: 14th century

A map showing the movement of King Edward III through France from Barfleur to Calais in the early 14th century, marking the battles at Crecy and Caen. Date: 1346

BATTLE OF TORGAU Friedrich der Grosse defeats the Austrians under Daun, brilliantly turning defeat into victory but at the cost of 13, 000 casualties Date: 3 November 1760

BATTLE OF TORGAU Friedrich der Grosse personally leads his Prussians to attack the Austrian rear; though repulsed, Ziethen later turns defeat into victory Date: 3 November 1760

NORTH AMERICAN CAMPAIGN The British bombard and take Louisbourg (Cape Breton Island) Date: 26 July 1758

British naval victory at SLUYS. Date: 1372

Magyar Prince Istvan (Stephen) is baptised a Christian, three years later is crowned king and subsequenty becomes a saint Date: 997

Happy New Year Greetings postcard
circa 1905

Camel Palanquin Date: 1950

Centenary Pageant - Stockton and Darlington Railway
Centenary of British Rail Transportation Pageant - Stockton and Darlington Railway - visit by the Duke and Duchess of York - July, 1925. Date: 1925

Prince Albert George sitting on a table in relaxed pose
Eleven year-old Prince Albert George (1895-1952) (later King George VI) sitting on an ornate carved wooden table in relaxed pose with legs crossed. Date: 1906

New Years Eve at the Savoy Hotel
Smart society celebrate the New Year of 1912 in the restaurant of the Savoy Hotel, London. Date: 1912

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

Poster, Munich Olympics, Germany, 1936
Poster advertising the Munich Olympics, Germany, 16 August to 3 September 1936. Date: 1936

Celebrating 10 Years of the Turkish Republic
The celebrations marking the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Turkish Republic at Bayazit in Istanbul. Date: 1935

Dinner in the Iguanodon model, Crystal Palace, Sydenham
Diners seated in a model of an Iguanodon at Crystal Palace, London. The Iguanodon was a creation of Mr. B. Waterhouse Hawkins who was constructing models of various dinosaurs in his studio at Crystal

Unemployed Lancashire manufacturers 1932
Group of unemployed men and women haunting gateways of mills, factories and pits looking for work. A typical street scene in a Lancashire manufacturers town during the period of trade depression

Death of General Wolfe 1759
NORTH AMERICAN CAMPAIGN James Wolfe successfully takes Quebec from the French but is fatally wounded during the battle. Date: 13th September 1759

Fasci Siciliani, 1894
Two years of unrest and protest by the Fasci Siciliani culminate in violence : government offices are ransacked by the mob. Date: January 1894

Hundred Years War, siege of town
Siege of a town. Date: circa 1380s

Hundred Years War, storming a fort
Siege of a castle, in the Hundred Years War. Date: circa 1380s

Battle of Poitiers, Edward (the Black Prince) leads an army of 6000 against the 20500-strong French army

VICTORIAN RANGE
An interesting old Victorian range, which has seen good use over the years. Date: 19th century

GRANDPARENTS 1940S
A grandmother gives her young grandson a comforting hug, during the uncertainty of the war years. Grandfather carries on reading his book, regardless. Date: 1940s (re-enactment)

Singing Auld Lang Syne
The song of many happy people and sentimental drunks upon New Years Eve, Auld Lang Syne, a traditional air with words by Robert Burns. Date: 1845

KILAUEA, (MARCUSE)
The lake of fire in 1891, three years before the spectacular eruption of 1894. Date: 1891

MAN AFTER 35 000 YEARS
MACHINE MAN OF ARDATHIA (Francis Flagg) 35, 000 years hence, man lives in a container fitted with controls for everything, including powerful rays Date: 1927

DICKENS / THE CHIMES
Trotty Veck - a poor ticket porter whose outlook is converted from despair to hope by the spirits of the chimes on New Years Eve. Date: First published: 1844

THOMAS FIDELL / JUDGE
THOMAS FIDELL - English Attorney of the Court of the Common Bench when he was 56 years old. Date: DATES NOT KNOWN

NEWTONS SUNDIAL showing signs of the Zodiac, the seasons and the months of the years. Date: late 17th century

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