Images Dated 7th February 2012

Pantomime artist Will Evans with his children

Will Evans (1866 -1931) was an eccentric comedian who performed in pantomime from a young age, and appeared on the music halls in the 1890s. His most famous solo sketches were Papering A House and Whitewashing A Ceiling. Seen here with his two children at the piano.
circa 1911

© Mary Evans Picture Library/The Pete Frost Collection

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Needle Rock, Fishguard, Wales

The Needle Rock at Fishguard, Wales. It is a dolerite stack with a hole through its base, standing 130 feet high. Showing locals rowing a boat through the opening, an activity known as 'threading the needle'.
1911

© Mary Evans Picture Library/The Pete Frost Collection

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Small boys clamouring for free plants and shrubs

Small boys clamouring for free plants and shrubs. The London County Council made an annual gift of surplus bulbs and bedding plants to poor people living near one of the parks.
circa 1911

© Mary Evans Picture Library/The Pete Frost Collection

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