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Canal Boat Tour of Gothenburg, Sweden. Date: circa 1940s
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk - Elderly Couple at the seaside posing for a candid seasdie snap driving a toy model carriage, with obligatory fags
Couple strolling along the front on holiday in Weymouth, Dorset. Date: 1930s
The Winter Family on a Summers Day! Posing for a family group portrait on the back step of their home. Three generations pictured. Date: 1920s
Smart and Handsome Italian Gentleman posing for a Studio Photographic Portrait with his cane. Date: 1920s
Mother and her two boys in the gardenMother (with fag in her mouth) and her two (rather glum-faced) boys, pose for a photograph in their neat garden. Date: 1938
Elderly Indian Snake Charmer - enticing a cobra to dance Date: circa 1900s
Hastings, East Sussex - 3 brave lady swimmers on a cold dayHastings, East Sussex - Three brave lady swimmers on a cold day! Date: circa 1920s
Steam Pleasure Cruise on the Monarch out of Bournemouth - a host of enthusiastic holidaymakers smiling dutifully before departure - 25th August 1925. Date: 1925
Holiday Beach Scene - Heacham, Norfolk - all the constituent features of the British beach holiday are here - multiple layers of clothing, a striped windbreak
A Housekeeper - West Central London Frontage of a large Terraced house, possibly on a Grand Square, Row or Street. Date: circa 1904
British Holiday Scene, Young toddler riding in pony carriage. Date: circa 1910s
Baby in a fine perambulator, parked on a the pavement Date: circa 1920s
Boys of the Ipswich Ragged School Date: circa 1860
Five Spinsters having a Picnic on the Beach - Hastings, East Sussex - June, 1907. No thermos flask for this elegant group - they have come armed with their own china teapot....!! Date: 1907
Teenage Ballet Dancer. Date: 1929
Boat Trip ExcursionCoastal Boat Trip Excursion (or perhaps a River trip up/down the Thames?). Date: circa 1930
A Jolly Wedding Party from the late 1940s. Love, rapture and excitement is etched on all the faces of the participants... Date: circa 1948
County Cricket Match in 1939 - a wicket for Gover of SurreyCounty Cricket Match at the Oval in 1939 - a wicket has just fallen, caught behind. The bowler appears to be the Surrey player Alf Gover. Date: 1939
Threshold Photograph - family outside their terraced homeThreshold Photograph - Edwardian family (on the way up - they have just re-pointed the brickwrk and put in some new lace curtains!) outside their terraced home Date: circa 1911
Summer Fun on a British Beach - lots of people in two seated rows forming a fun composition for this candid seaside snapper. Date: 1920s
Cairo, Egypt - British Father and daughter - Street snapCairo, Egypt - British Father and daughter - candid street snap. Note the use of classic western brand names for the local boutiques
Venice, Italy - Ponte dell Ferrouia sulla Laguna - The Railway bridge over the lagoon. Three tourists appear to have got a little lost on their row out from the city. Date: circ 1920s
The Colonnacce, Forum of Nerva, Rome, Italy. Date: circa 1900s
Sindbads Blue Lagoon near Malindi, Kenya, East AfricaHotel Sindbads Blue Lagoon near Malindi, Kenya, East Africa. The Hotel is now in ruins. Date: circa late 1940s
Eyam Hall and the Stocks - DerbyshireEyam Hall and the 18th century Stocks - Derbyshire - a Jacobean-style manor house. Date: circa 1910s
Germany - Graf Zeppelin AirshipGermany - LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin Airship. Date: circa 1930
New York Worlds Fair - Trylon and PerisphereNew York Worlds Fair - View of the Trylon and the Perisphere. Date: 1939
Aerial View of Blackpool including famous beach and TowerAerial View of Blackpool, Lancashire including famous beach and Tower. Date: 1936
Comment on Womens Fashion for wearing trousers / culottesGerman Comment on Womens Fashion for wearing trouser suits / culottes - " You are in here if you are wearing trousers
Men of the Redoubtable try to board HMS Victory at TrafalgarMen of the French vessel The Redoubtable try to board the HMS Victory during the Battle of Trafalgar during the Napoleonic War - 21st October 1805. Date: 1805
East Sussex - Herstmonceux - The Observatory Science CentreEast Sussex - Herstmonceux - (now) The Observatory Science Centre. After years of deteriorating conditions at Greenwich, the Royal Observatory moved to Herstmonceux Castle in Sussex
Temple of Neptune - Ostia - The Port of Rome - at the mouth of the River Tiber. The City Ruins remain and it is the site of extensive archaeological research to the present day. Date: circa 1930s
Children wearing native costume - near Lagos, Nigeria. Date: 1955
Zambia (Northern Rhodesia) - Storyteller keeping two young boys entranced with his tales. Date: circa 1930s
Southern Africa - Zulu Chieftain with his many wives. The practice of having several wives indicates a mans social standing, wealth and virility
Casablanca, Morocco - Tour de l Horloge (Clock tower). Date: circa 1928
Tiznit, Morocco - Aerial View (by aeroplane). Date: circa 1928
Marrakech, Morocco - Bab Agnaou Gateway. Date: circa 1928
Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef Ben Hassan - FesSultan of Morocco - Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef Ben Hassan (1909-1961) going to the Idriss Mosque, Fes, Morocco. There were no Kings in Morocco at this time
Algeria - Interior of a Moorish Home - First Floor interior balcony with remarkable peacock sculpture (and real peacock feathers) Date: 1905
Kaiser William II of Germany - Tangier, MoroccoKaiser William II of Germany during his visit in Tangier, Morocco, 31st March, 1905. In the foreground, the triumphal arch built by the Spanish colony
Kabyle Village Interior - Northern AlgeriaKabyle Village - Northern Algeria - The Kabyle people are Berbers from North Eastern Algeria - estimated population today of 5 million individuals. Date: circa 1910s
An Algerian FalconerA Magnificent Algerian Falconer with his three birds. Date: circa 1910s
Sousse, Tunisia - Maison du Consul de France - sent by Francois Gustave He. Riflemen Regiment stationed at Sousse in June 1915. Date: 1915
British Empire Exhibition - Wembley - Sarawak PavilionBritish Empire Exhibition - Wembley - Sarawak (Malaysia) Pavilion. Date: 1924
British Empire Exhibition - Wembley - Canadian Pavilion Date: 1924
British Empire Exhibition - Wembley - Aerial View Date: 1924
