Images Dated 14th April 2011

In the Days of Dickens by Cecil Aldin

A coach and horses laden with jovial travellers looking very much like the Pickwick Club drive into a village to stop by a handsome looking coaching inn. Numerous children excitedly run alongside it in the snow. Date: 1923

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

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Richborough Castle Ruins

Ancient and modern, a view of the remains of Richborough Castle, built by the Romans on the coast of Kent, England. Note the glimpse of a 'modern' power station behind. Date: 1st century

© Mary Evans Picture Library

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St. Aldhelm's Chapel

St. Aldhelm's Chapel, on top of the windswept promintory of St. Aldhelm's Head, near Worth Matravers, Dorset, England. Built c.1140 in memory of a bride & groom who drowned. Date: early 12th century

© Mary Evans Picture Library

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