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An Anderson air raid shelter in the back garden of a Bristol home during the Second World War, with sandbags for extra protection against the falling bombs. Circa October 1939
View of the new Dounreay Atomic Reactor near Thurso in Scotland Circa 1955
A Lioness lays down with a kitten between her outstretched front legs circa 1935
Picture shows a female ARP Warden in World War Two. The picture is from The Hull Daily Mail, and thus probably taken in the area of Hull, Yorkshire. APR Wardens during World War 2
Queen Elizabeth visits visiting Silverwood Colliery, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire. Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh, is behind her. Picture taken 30th July 1975
Ronald King Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) bodyguard keeps watch outside the Piccadilly Hotel room as Cassius Clay sleeps. Circa May 1963
Colin Sparkes tackles the overgrowth of weeds as part of the Conservators of the River Cam team, at the footbridge near Jesus Green in Cambridge, 4th July 1989
Men of the Pioneer Corps are doing valuable work all over the country making embankments alongside rivers which are likely to overflow or breach their banks
Bristol Beaufighter night fighter crews of No. 600 Squadron RAF, resting in their crew hut at Colerne, Wiltshire before taking off on patrol
Picture shows a Morrison Shelter, after an air raid over Merseyside. Of the two Morrison shelters, six people were taken out after the blast, and all of them had only slight injuries
BMX Racing in The Midlands. June 1985. BMX racing is a type of off-road bicycle racing. The format of BMX was derived from motocross racing
Three female old age pensioners sit out in the sun, cooling their feet in buckets of water, with newspapers on their heads for shelter form the hot sun. Picture taken circa 1st July 1985
Pulpits for Policemen - issued this week to some of the police on point duty. About 15 have been placed at various points in Liverpool
Princess Diana visits Wales, Wednesday 30th June 1993. Our Picture Shows... Princess Diana meeting members of the public, Ty Coch Road, Cardiff
Margaret Thatcher PM, officially opens a new warehouse in Whetstone, London Borough of Barnet, Friday 21st May 1982
A woman in Liverpool city centre watching the solar eclipse through a bottle. 11th August 1999
A man watching the solar eclipse through a hole in a CD in Chester. 11th August 1999
A group of workmen in Liverpool city centre watching the solar eclipse. 11th August 1999
People watching the solar eclipse at Bidston Hill. 11th August 1999
The new shaped Noseguard Sunglasses that cost thirty five shillings are unveiled at The 1971 Sunglasses Fair in London today. All exhibits are entirely devoted to sunglasses
"Its all clear you can come out now. Polar Bear twins Aurora" Its all clear you can come out now. Polar Bear twins Aurora and Polaris who are three months old, went out with their mother Sonja for the first time at Whipsnade Zoo
Twenty four year old warden Mrs Mary Couchman crouches down to protect her young son Brian and his two friends during an air in a Kent village during the Second World War
Singer David Bowie as Ziggy Stardust arrives at the stage door of the Odeon in Hammersmith, where fans were waiting to greet him before his evening concert. 3rd July 1973
Great Dane called Dominic is the biggest dog in the world seen here with constant companion a 16oz. Kitten Big dog little kitten Dogs cute Quizzical expression October 1973
Actor David Prowse Visits Belfast Northern Ireland November 1980
An Asian woman holding her little girl. December 1969 Z11628
Two officials of the Football Association seen here carrying the FA Cup in its protective case arrive at Euston
A billowing inferno of flame and smoke swirls 250ft into the sky from a man made lake of 6, 000 gallons of fuel oil
Diana, Princess of Wales during her four day British Red Cross mission to highlight the evil of land mines
How to extinguish an incendiary bomb. If a stirrup pump is unavailableHow to extinguish an incendiary bomb
How to extinguish a fire bomb. A man crouches in the doorway of a smoke filled room and aims his stirrup pump around the edge of the door in an attempt to extinguish the fire. January 1941
Additional filters for civilian respirators to increase their efficiency against smoke gases are now being fitted.Here is an Air Raid Precaution warden (ARP)
The self fitting ARP blind invented by Mr Geoffrey Mortimer, being placed into position on the windows of a residential house. The window on the right has already been blacked out
The Air Sea Rescue Service, now equipped with guns should they become under attack. Picture taken 16th July 1943
The new steel helmet for use by civilians as announced by Herbert Morrison in the House of Commons. February 1941
A two storey house was brought down by explosives to reproduce the collapse caused by a heavy bomb falling nearby
Picture shows a new anti concussion helmet. Picture taken 1st July 1940
War munition workers. A lady in her thick rubber protective overall. Picture taken 6th June 1942
Arctic Visor modelled. New clothing for merchant seamen. Picture taken 8th January 1942
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher waves to the crowds of her supports as she arrives at Conservative Party headquarters to celebrate winning the General Election. 10th June 1983
The Royal East Kent Regiment serving with the BEF in France. Soldiers placing bails of straw around a sentry post whilst changing the guard. Circa April 1940
The Out Patients Department of Birminghams Queen Elizabeth Hospital sandbagged in preparation for the outbreak of the Second World World. 1st September 1939
People watching the solar eclipse in Chester. 11th August 1999
A young girl watching the solar eclipse in Chester. 11th August 1999
A man watching the solar eclipse in Chester. 11th August 1999
Crowds in Liverpool city centre watching the solar eclipse, some using X-ray sheets to view the eclipse through. 11th August 1999
Pupils from Dene School, Thornby, start their environmental project on the River Tees, with a trip along the river
For the first time, Paddiwack the polar bear cub born to Sam and Sally on the 29th November 1972. ventured out of his private den with his mother on the Mappin Terraces to meet the press
"Its a tight squeeze mum!"Polar Bear twins Aurora" Its a tight squeeze mum!" Polar Bear twins Aurora and Polaris who are three months old, went out with their mother Sonja for the first time at Whipsnade Zoo
People watching a total solar eclipse, Queen Street, Cardiff. 11th August 1999
People watching a total solar eclipse. 11th August 1999
Anderson Shelter decorated by the house holders. Circa 1940. P009204
Manchester United football star George Best, surrounded by body guards after receiving death threats, arrives in Newcastle for his sides league match. 24th October 1971
Looking out on the world for the first time, is this baby stump tailed Maraque monkey
Young mother carries her child in a shawl, Liverpool. 3rd April 1939
BABY DOLL Gorilla gives birth to baby KIBABU, at Howley Park Zoo, pictured 31st May 1977
Gary Ashcroft Leigh team mascot waits in the team line up to meet the guests of honour alongside his father Kevin Ashcroft at the start of the Rugby League Cup Final between Leigh
Boxer Pauline Dickson applying lipstick in the changing rooms of her boxing gym. 17th February 1994
Singer Frank Sinatra seen here leaving the Royal Albert Hall 16th September 1980
Mr Swindley has won the FA Cup. The FA Cup is supposed to go on show in the sports department of Dobson and Hawks. Mr Swindley is put in charge of its safe-keeping
Pop Group The Beatles performance at the Ritz Cinema, Belfast in Northern Ireland. Paul McCartney. 8th November 1963
The Beatles Autumn Tour of Great Britain. The band makes a getaway throughThe Beatles Autumn Tour of Great Britain
Cricketer Dennis Amiss wearing his specially designed skull dome for protection. May 1978
Fearless Freddy the Pheasant is chased off with an umbrella by housewife Joan Loades after she was attacked by the nose diving bird in her garden February 1971
Second World War April 1941 anti aircraft search light
Policeman in smog mask December 1962 PC John Finn from Snow Hill Police Station in the London smog of 1962. He is wear a mask to protect him from the harmful effects of the smog
WW2 Anti aircraft gun crew searches the sky for enemy aircraft
WW2 Reinforced concrete bunkers built by the Germans to protect heavy coastal guns are captured by the Americans 1944
WW2 commandos in raid on Dieppe France Aug 42
US Military Policeman guards the ruins of the Cathedral of Valognes against looters after the battle for Normandy during WW2 1944
WW2 Machine gun protection for soldiers from the 8th Army as they wash in the sea
A Boxer Dog wearing a plastic bag on his head - June 1969 protection from the rain.. Weather - Rain
Animals friendships Monkey cat October 1956 Wendy a Gibbon Monkey at Belle Vue Zoo protecting the cat from the cameraman
NICK THE TURKEY DOG KEEPS A WARY EYE ON HIS FLOCK AT LOWER MOUNT FARM NEAR COOKHAM DEAN IN BERKSHIRE. ONE OF NICKs TASKS IS TO ROUND UP THE TURKEYS AT NIGHT WHEN THEY ARE BROUGHT INSIDE FOR SAFETY
Litter of dogs - many puppies with one parent
A Puppy is for life not just for Christmas When four year old Melvin Perkins of carshalton Surrey wakes up he will find a dream come true, a Labrador puppy all of his own
John Major Conservative Prime Minister on Election Campaign in Yarm Market
Following a series of terrorist attacks across the capital a policeman seen here patrolling a platform on the London Underground March 1976
Marion Montgomery Jazz Singer October 1969 Pictured with Actor Mike Segal - both star in the Cole Porter comedy musical Anything Goes which opens tonight at the Palace 1960s
A ferret sitting in the hat of an RSPCA officer circa 1980
Ferdinand the mouse wearing a protective body shell made from a toy soldiers helmet, it protects him when his owner Michael Oswald plays golf
A baby in a basket gurgles and laughs as a long haired Afghan Hound dog keeps watch
The Camel Corps of the Kings African Rifles October 1945 on the great Plain at Tugwijaleh, British Somaliland, an endless prairie of knee high grass burnt yellow by the sun
