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Boys build mountain at school, Seaford, East SussexBoys build a pyramid-shaped mountain at their school in Seaford, East Sussex, in order to learn how to rock climb. Date: circa 1960s
Bradstock Lockett Hospital Home, SouthportThe Hospital Home - sometimes then referred to as the Home for Crippled Children - opened by the Waifs and Strays Society in 1902 at St Annes Road, Marshside, Southport, Lancashire Date: Circa 1921
Ravenscroft (Cleddon Hall), cave in gardenRavenscroft (now called Cleddon Hall), Trellech, Monmouthshire, Wales, birthplace of Bertrand Russell (1872-1970), British philosopher and author
Birth of a baby, Rochford General Hospital, EssexBirth of a baby at Rochford General Hospital, Essex. When Janet Gisby was admitted, the chances were high that, after two miscarriages, she would lose her baby
Railway enthusiast couple in Essex who ran a model railway set, doing some repair work in a workshop. Date: 1960s
Battle of Hastings re-enactment. With cross-gartered jeans and dyed sackcloth doublets, the students of Kent and Sussex Universities re-enact the battle 900 years later. Date: 14 October 1066
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Katharine Russell, Viscountess AmberleyKatharine (Kate) Louisa Russell, Viscountess Amberley (nee Stanley, 1844-1874), British suffragist and early advocate of birth control
Nancy Mitford on the French RivieraNancy Mitford (then Mrs Peter Rodd), novelist and eldest of the six infamous Mitford sisters, pictured posing outside the Country Club at Mougins (Cannes) on the French Riviera in 1937. Date: 1937
Duke of Connaught at the Villa Bruyeres, French RivieraArthur, Duke of Connaught, youngest son of Queen Victoria, pictured in the gardens of his home, Villa Bruyeres, at Cap Ferrat near Nice
Dewars whisky advertisement - swimming poolAdvertisement for Dewars whisky featuring a group enjoying the jubilee spirit in the swimming pool. We wouldn t recommend combining whisky with swimming but no doubt this chap is going to enjoy a wee
Peter Deane, expert fly dresser -- close-up as he begins to construct a salmon fly. He taught himself the skill from a book after being confined to a wheelchair by polio
New rolling machine for making horse shoe nails, patented by Messrs. Huggett. The manufacture of horseshoe nails by machinery, instead of forging them by hand
WELW, local radio station, Willoughby, Ohio, USAWELW (later renamed WINT), local radio station building, Willoughby, Ohio, USA. Date: 1970s
Telegraph House notice, home of Bertrand RussellTelegraph House notice -- private road, please drive slowly, children, no right of way. The house was constructed on the site of a West Sussex semaphore-station
Mark Lester, child starMark Lester (b.1958), child star, best known for his title role in the film version of Lionel Barts musical, Oliver! Seen here sitting on a tree branch. Date: late 1960s
Horder Centre, Crowborough, East SussexPeople in the cafe, several of them in wheelchairs, at the Horder Centre, founded by Mrs Cecilia Bochenek (?-1981). Despite being crippled by arthritis and confined to a wheelchair
Disabled GirlThe driver stands by the open door of his van as he waits for the female escort to help a disabled girl on crutches to step off the pavement. Date: 1930s
Thomas Turner Convalescent Home, Broadstairs, KentChildren and staff at the Thomas Turner Convalescent Home, Stone Road, Broadstairs. The home, originally known as the St Davids Home, was established in 1911 by the Waifs and Strays Society
British Riflemen. Aquatint by J C Stadler after Charles Hamilton Smith. From Charles Hamilton Smiths ?Costumes of the Army of the British Empire, according to the last regulations 1812