United Kingdom Collection (page 8)

West Hallam ploughing match the only woman in ploughing competition Ann Sale of Draycolt in the clay 15th October 1981

Queen Elizabeth II is greeted by Lord Derby as she leaves the Royal Train at Shaw Street Station in Liverpool. In the background is Mr H. Wood, the stationmaster

Model Maureen Denham seen here wearing a felt Cape made from a Reveille readers pattern. 12th June 1956

A Spitfire Mk IXe (ML417) of the Fighter Collection seen here in the skies above Duxford, Cambridgeshire, during rehearsals for the 1998 Spitfire Airshow. 30th May 1998

Making bowls is a fine art. At Messers Clapshaw and Cleave works, Coventry Road, Birmingham where woods for the game of bowls are made

Residents of Birmingham queue with their prams at the Coal Merchants in Green Lane awaiting their allocation and hoping there is enough coal to go round following earlier shortages. 6th February 1954

Pit-head bathes at the Hamstead Colliery in Hamstead, South Staffordshire. 24th August 1937

Peddler Palmer with his penny farthing bicycle still in perfect running order after 55 years. 9th September 1948

King Faisal of Saudi Arabia, State Visit to London, May 1967. Our picture shows... Crowd Scenes, King Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

Escapologist demonstrating their skills in the Birmingham Bull Ring, West Midlands. 30th July 1947

Michael Finnemore checks his watch by his Wonder grandfather clock before it is dismantled, packed into the family car and its 16-year-old constructor and his father travel to London

Miners at the Cannock Wood Pit handing in their Davy Lamps and lanterns at the end of their shift. May 8th 1939

Cambridge skiffle group "The E-Ways"Circa 1959
Cambridge skiffle group " The E-Ways" Circa 1959

Clowns, clowning about in the the ring during a performance of the Bertram Mills Circus whilst visiting Cambridge April 1959

Skating at Mare Fen, Swavesey, Cambridgeshire, 16th January 1959

Couples enjoying a night out at the Seighford Hall Circa June 1974

Chef preparing the evening meal at the Seighford Hall Hotel Circa June 1974

Pavement artist at work at Victoria Station, London, 21st May 1954

Mr Billy Crow at the annual fair at Albert Park, Middlesbrough Circa August 1979

Fairground workers assembly a ride in Stokesley in preparation of the annual fair. Circa September 1972

Northallerton May Fair 1971 The operator of a childs roundabout checks that the youn riders are secure in their seats

The Royal Mint in Llantrisant, Pontyclun, South Wales, was officially opened by The Queen, in readiness for the introduction of the decimal coinage on Tuesday 17th December 1968. Our picture shows

Armistice Celebrated. Cambridge "let itself go"
Armistice Celebrated. Cambridge " let itself go" with full vigour on November 11th 1918 on receipt of the news that the Germans had accepted

Dray horses at the Vaux Brewery being prepared for their delivery rounds in Sunderland and Newcastle. 28th April 1954

A rather unusual sight now a days is a salt hawker. Here is Mr Joseph Watton from Stafford who a lorry, his wife and a driver is hawking blocks of household and cattle salt all over the country

Southern Railways Lord Nelson class locomotive "The Lord Collingwood"
Southern Railways Lord Nelson class locomotive " The Lord Collingwood" seen here at full speed. 29th March 1933

School boy Bernard Goodman (10) helps his father on his days off at the New Caledonian Street Market. Bernard is studying the level of the pepsi cola bottle which he is sharing with his father

The manager of the Coliseum Cinema located on the north-west side of Harrow Road beside the Regent Canal, in the west London district of Paddington

Scotts the Hatter horse and carriage used to deliver their top hats to London clients. 19th March 1954

A window dresser sets about her task of creating a scene in one of the windows of Selfridges department store on Londons Oxford Street

A conformateur, a head-measuring device invented in France by Alli-Maillard seen here being used to take measurements of a customers head at Scotts the Hatters at their Old Bond Street premises in

Crowds massed on the steps of Uxbridge Town Hall to hear the proclamation that King George V is now the monarch, following the death of His father, King Edward V11. 6th May 1910

Colne Bridge rebuilding, Uxbridge 1936

Grainges Yard, Uxbridge 1936

Cranford High Street, junction Bath Road, Cranford Circa 1936

Corner of Lees Road and Uxbridge Road, Hillingdon Circa 1935

George Street, Lees Beehive works, Uxbridge Circa 1935

Ploughing at Heathrow now the site where the of airport is located. 1935

Ickenham village, the pump 1936

Scottish fish lassies in Great Yarmouth preparing herrings for Russia. 10th November 1954

Mrs Robina Jenkins of Piersfield Place, Cardiff, seen here taking her dogs Pedro and Sandy out in the pram. 1st March 1954

Catholic Truth Society seen here kneeling at Speakers Corner, Marble Arch, London. 1st March 1954

Chiquito Coffee shop and Cafe in Soho 18th February 1954

Group of miners standing outside the Boot Hotel in Aberdare, South Wales 1st March 1954

Overcrowded classes at the Mardyke Primary School in South Ockendon, Essex 11th January 1954

Londoners enjoy the early summer sun on the banks of the River Thames by the Tower of London. 2nd June 1955

awaiting their turn. Ladies queue to use the public telephone box close to the Tower of London. 2nd June 1955

Watermark painter Mr Arthur Hainis in one of Cardiffs dry docks painting marks on the Norwegian tanker Erling Borthen which is undergoing repairs. 1st March 1954

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