Images Dated 20th November 2004

Lights Out in Piccadilly Circus, London, 1951

Photograph showing the Dim Out of Piccadilly Circus, London, in January 1951. This dim out of the advertising lights was due to a national coal-crisis and made the landmark nearly as dark as it had been during the Second World War

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

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Wylds Great Globe, Leicester Square, London, 1851

Engraving showing the building built for Wyld's Great Globe in the early 1850's. This building housed a 10, 000 sq. foot painting of planet Earth. During the Crimean War, the positions of the fighting forces of Britain, France, Turkey and Russia were posted onto the painting, as the latest news arrived in London

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Sir Robert Baden-Powell leading a cavalry charge, 1899

Illustration showing Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, leading a cavalry charge in South Africa, 1899. He is shown in the uniform of the Special Corps, which he raised in British Bechuanaland. Upon his return to Britain Baden-Powell became better known as the founder of the Boy Scouts

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