Images Dated 2018 April

Golf Clubs and Golfers - Royal Blackheath dinner

Annual dinner of the Royal Blackheath Golf Club by Mel; the club was founded in 1608. Date: 1938

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Lady Astor wearing Cartier tiara with Sancy diamond

Lady Astor, who sat as MP for the Sutton Division of Plymouth from 1919 to 1945 pictured arriving for the opening of Parliament in 1948 wearing a Cartier tiara featuring the Sancy diamond, a historic gem reputed to have been worn by Charles the Bold at the Battle of Nancy in 1477. It had other owners including Elizabeth I, James I and Marie Antoinette. Date: 1935

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Greetings cards

Calligraphy. Greetings card with decorative lettering and surround. To wish you all joy at Christmastide and complete happiness in the coming year'. Artist anon. Date: c.1900

© Mary Evans Picture Library/Peter & Dawn Cope Collection

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