Images Dated 6th February 2012 (page 2)

Saving a baby from flooded building, South Wales
A baby is handed to safety after houses were swept away when heavy rains hit the Aberdare area of South Wales. circa 1911

Suffragettes at Downing Street, London
The scene at Downing Street, London, in 1911 when the Prime Minister, Herbert Henry Asquith, consented to receive a deputation of women to discuss womens suffrage. 1911

Six women in Chicken Stealing Competition
Six women competitors in the Chicken Stealing Competition held at the Essex Motor Club Annual Gymkhana at High Beach, Epping Forest, Essex. circa 1911

Home of Sir Joshua Reynolds - Leicester Square, London
The Home of Sir Joshua Reynolds at 47 Leicester Square, London. He lived at this address between 1761 and 1792. In 1937 the house and backbuildings were demolished for the extension of Fanum House

Two aspiring musical comedy artistes, London
Minter and Osborn of Manchester, contestants in the 13th Encore Competition staged in Collins Music Hall, Islington, London

Richard Boss Crokers horses, Dublin, Ireland
Horses belonging to Richard Boss Croker, an Irishman who emigrated to America as his family fled the potato famine, and worked successively as barman

Musical Terms Up To Date - Pianissimo - Very Soft Two feeble characters at the seaside, not quite sure what to do when their attention is caught by a pretty passing lady... Date: circa 1903

Rain causes house to collapse, Cwmbula, Wales
Rain caused the side of a house to collapse at Cwmbula near Swansea, Wales. People in bed found themselves hanging out over a 25 foot drop and had to be helped down with ladders

Thames Ironworks demonstration, London
Employees of Thames Ironworks staged a mass demonstration in Trafalgar Square, London, in a bid to secure a contract for a warship

Scene from banned play, La Vierge Folle

Llanelli railway strike riots, Wales
One of the coal-carrying trucks in Llanelli, Wales, which rioters wrecked during the railway strike. 1911

Horace Harral - Engraver (active 1844-1891). Date: 1878

The Servants Insurance Act - Are we downhearted? No! Three housemaids show delight at the terms of the Domestic Servants Insurance Act

Cockatoo undergoing surgery
A Japanese cockatoo in the hands of a surgeon at the Animals Hospital, Pimlico, London. The bird suffered from the inconvenience of an abnormally long beak. (NB: this is not a dead parrot) circa 1911

London policeman and Lord Nelson lookalike
A London policeman and a participant in the Lord Mayors Show, City of London, dressed as Lord Nelson. circa 1911

Henry Wilson (1864-1934) - British Architect and designer
Henry Wilson (1864-1934) - British Architect, jeweller and designer and President of the Arts & Crafts Exhibition Society. 1901

Obstructive crowd of men during dock strike, London
An obstructive crowd of dockers at the Tower of London during the dock strike, preventing a loaded horse-drawn cart from passing in any direction. 1911

Entrant in Ramsgate Battle of Flowers, Kent

Fiddler in Thomas Hardy Drama Festival, Dorchester
At the Thomas Hardy Drama Festival in Dorchester, Dorset, Henry Bailey, the old fiddler, played the College Hornpipe in the play The Three Wayfarers

Fire at Carlton Hotel, London
Street scene showing The Carlton Hotel in London, which suffered severe damage by fire. The fire brigade have arrived and erected their ladders. circa 1911

Business Notes Illustrated - Receiving an Unexpected Rise A Gentleman is accidently lifted aloft by a warehouse crane outside a warehouse. Date: circa 1909

George Frederic Watts RA - Sculptor
George Frederic Watts RA (1817-1904) - the Victorian Painter and sculptor at work, putting the finish touches to his statue of Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Date: 1903

The Prince of Wales Hospital Carnival, North London
A decorated racing bicycle depicting a drunken man holding onto a lamp post, taking part in the procession at the annual Prince of Wales Hospital Carnival in the Tottenham area of North London

Suffragettes at Downing Street, London
The scene at Downing Street, London, in 1911 when the Prime Minister, Herbert Henry Asquith, consented to receive a deputation of women to discuss womens suffrage. 1911

Leicester Great Fire, church destroyed
The most disastrous fire ever known in Leicester broke out on a Thursday evening in Queen Street, and a series of warehouses and large factories were destroyed

George Henry Lewes - English Philosopher and Critic
George Henry Lewes (1817-1878) - an English philosopher and critic of literature and theatre. Lewes was the husband of the novelist George Eliot. Date: circa 1875

George Frederic Watts RA - Sculptor
George Frederic Watts RA (1817-1904) - English Victorian painter and sculptor. Date: circa 1903

Lord Mayors Show with Wellington and Roundheads
A participant in the Lord Mayors Show, City of London, dressed as the Duke of Wellington, with three Roundheads from the Civil War period, enjoying lunch together. circa 1911

British Legation in Peking
Front of the British Legation at Pekin after the Boxer rising but previous to World War One. circa 1911

Ice Facial Massage
This glamorous platinum blonde model demonstrates how to do a facial massage with a block of ice wrapped in a flannel. Date: early 1930s

Canadian Mountie
A Canadian mounted policeman with his dog. Date: early 1930s

Kingsway Creche
A group of toddlers at Kingsway creche, London. Date: early 1930s

Tennis at Bishopsgate
A tennis match involving women players at Bishopsgate, London, England, attracts a large crowd. Date: early 1930s

Kingsway Creche
A group of toddlers at Kingsway creche, London. Date: early 1930s

Legal Eagle
An eagle sits on its perch like a judge. Date: early 1930s

London Restaurant
Well-to-do customers dining on the street outside Antoines Restaurant, 40 Charlotte Street, Soho, London. Date: early 1930s

Silhouette portrait of William Makepeace Thackeray
Silhouette portrait believed to be William Makepeace Thackeray (1811 - 1863), English novelist, pictured full-length with a book in hand. c.1845

Street music: organ grinder claimant, 1873
The " nobleman" organ grinder: a claimant to a title whilst on tour through the Irish provinces. Though he refused to name himself

Royal Wedding 1947 - procession down the Mall
Aerial view looking down the Mall, London and showing the procession of coaches at the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten on 20 November 1947. 1947

Royal Wedding 1947
Group photograph following the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh showing the newlyweds with their best man, bridesmaids and page boys. 1947

George Cox, Mayor of Holborn
Portrait of George Cox, Mayor of Holborn pictured in his mayoral robes and chain of office. 1947

Clement Attlee and wife
Prime Minister, Clement Attlee and his wife Violet attending the memorial service for the Czecho-Slovak Foreign Minister, Jan Mazaryk. 1948

Royal Wedding 1947 - appearance on balcony
Crowds waiting outside Buckingham Palace on 20 November 1947 are rewarded by an appearance by the newlyweds and other members of the royal family on the balcony. 1947

Wedding of Queen Elizabeth II
Close up portrait of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh on their wedding day, 20 November 1947. 1947

Royal Wedding 1947 - Glass Coach comes down the Mall
The procession for the royal wedding of 1947 between Princess Elizabeth and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten showing the Glass Coach carrying the Princess and her father travelling along the Mall. 1947

Royal Wedding 1947 - group photograph
Group photograph following the wedding of Princess Elizabeth to Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten on 20 November 1947. 1947

Royal Wedding 1947 - Glass Coach turns into Mall
Birds eye view of the procession returning from Westminster Abbey following the marriage of Princess Elizabeth to Lieutenant Mountbatten on 20 November 1947

Royal Wedding 1947 - procession arrives back at Palace
Scene outside Buckingham Palace by the Victoria Memorial showing coaches returning back from Westminster Abbey following the wedding of Princess Elizabeth

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