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Brighton / Chain Pier 1835The Chain Pier, Brighton, Sussex
Market at the Bull RingA street market at the Bull Ring, Birmingham
Hoxton Street Market, North London
Basildon Park / E DayesBasildon Park, Berkshire: the seat of Sir Francis Sykes
Arundel Castle / 1906Arundel Castle, Sussex
Spinning Harris TweedProduction of Harris Tweed. A typical scene in an island home as the crofter spins her yarn
Drying Harris TweedProduction of Harris Tweed. After the wool has been dyed, it is put out on a fence to dry
Spinning Harris TweedProduction of Harris Tweed. The wool is carded and spun; carding loosens the wool and ensure it is fine enough to spin
Monk Wine Cellar 14 CentA conscientious monk tastes the monastery wine to make sure it is ageing well and keeping in good condition, a duty which must be performed from time to time
Wimbledon Tea IntervalThe tea interval : the spectators turn their attention to strawberries and cream
Police Box in UseA police constable using the telephone at a police box
Village Post OfficeThe Crantock Stores, near Newquay, Cornwall; selling Walls ice cream, newspapers, postcards and incorporating the village post office
Even the Moon BeamsAn advertisement for Ford cars: " All the world loves a Ford - even the moon beams"
Advert / Manders InksManders Inks for Artistic Posters
Advert / Fisk Tyres 1926Fisk Tyres - time to re-tire
Le SillonPoster for Le Sillon, Belgium
Advert / Faulders ChocsFather Christmas delivers a carload of Faulders chocolates
Wellington at SalamancaNAPOLEONIC WAR Sortie from Bayonne, at 3 in the morning
Fashionable 1960S HatA girl with heavy black eye make-up wearing a black, shaggy fur hat - real or fake?
Potters Bar Zep DownedA Super-Zeppelin is brought down in flames over Potters Bar
Carroll / Cheshire CatALICE & THE CHESHIRE CAT The Cheshire Cat fades away
Two Women on Kings RoadTwo women walk down the Kings Road, Chelsea, London as traffic passes by
Verdi / Rigoletto / LiebigThe celebrated quartet from the last act
Turandot Liebig 2Ping, Pang and Pong, three courtiers
Faust and MephistophelesThe ageing Faust uses his knowledge of magic to summon up Mephistopheles, who agrees to restore his lost youth in exchange for his soul : its a bargain
Electricity / Voltaic PileVOLTAIC PILE The first workable device for generating a consistent flow of electricity, invented in 1799 by Alessandro Volta
Massenet / Thais / FirstSybil Sanderson and Charles Delmas in the first production of this opera which tells of an Egyptian courtesan who converts to religion and dies as a desert hermit
Cockney Blacksmith / 1932Mr Charles Mitchell, the village smithy of Pyecombe, Sussex, claims to be a real cockney. Pyecombe forge have been making their famous crooks for centuries
Pompeii / Arch of AugustusPompeii Yesterday and Today. The Triumphal Arch of Augustus
M. I. T. Calculator 1930SThe Differential Analyser calculating machine designed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Play / Racine / PhedreSarah Bernhardt wears a full dress with sleeves to the floor as they plays Phedre by Jean Racine
Play / Capek / R. u. RProgramme for the first English production of the play, also known as R.U.R. and written by Karel Capek, when it was performed at St. Martins Theatre in London
Les Sylphides SceneLES SYLPHIDES The view from the wings
Victoria / Louisp / GosportQueen Victoria entertains Louis Philippe at Osborne: scene at Gosport station
Le Touquet / Beach 1938On a sandy French plage, a mother drags her reluctant son away from his pleasures
Gads Hill HouseThe fine red brick house at Gads Hill, near Rochester, Kent. It was here that Charles Dickens died on 9 June 1870, while writing his novel " Edwin Drood"
Cologny / Villa Diodati 6 /Cologny, near Geneva: the Villa Diodati which Byron rented in the summer of 1816; he wrote the third canto of Childe Harold here
Hereford Chained LibraryChained books in the library of Hereford Cathedral
Prague / General View 1870Prague: general view
Ericsson Table Phone - 3A table instrument by the Ericsson Company of Stockholm. There is no handle to alert the exchange, perhaps this is done with that knob : the bell is very noticeable
Telegraph Office 1900Around a hundred telegraph clerks are employed in this one room alone at the Central Telegraph Office, London
Four Courts / Dublin 1840Dublin: the Four (Law) Courts, seen from the river
Penny-Ice Man / CraneThe ice cream man sells penny licks to the children gathered around his cart
Colwyn Bay / Prom & PierColwyn Bay: promenade and pier
Barmouth / Wales / Cig CardBarmouth, Cardigan
Windsor Castle / C1887Windsor Castle, seen across the river
Tower Bridge Design 1883original architects design
Upper Norwood / Anerley HlUpper Norwood: Anerley Hill