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The Vikings attack Holy Island
“From the fury of the Northmen, O Lord, deliver us!"
Reginald Frontispiece Ltd
On leaving school in 1960, I worked in Fleet Street, in press photography. My interest in the printed image expanded to include vintage and antique prints. What was a collection became a business!
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Able Seamen Sid and Charlie Wenborne remembered on the anniversary of the D Day landings
On this day June 5, 1944, my late brother-in-law Sidney 'Sid' Wenborne found himself on a landing craft in Poole, Dorset.
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Works for Cannon Street railway bridge across the River Thames viewed from Southwark Bridge
Originally named the Alexandra Bridge, after King Edward VII wife, Alexandra of Denmark, Cannon Street Railway Bridge's four pillars were increased to six when the bridge was widened between 1886 to 1893.
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Cicely Mary Barker - 'the Flower Fairy lady'
The 'Honeysuckle Fairy', published in 'Flower Fairies of the Summer' is today's post because Rose or Honeysuckle are the 'birth flowers' of June.
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Tower of London Raises the Royal Standard in Crimean War Peace Celebrations
"The Peace Rejoicings - Hoisting the Royal Standard at the Tower of London."
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The Tower of London's 'New Armoury' of 1863
Located in the White Tower (the central keep of the Tower of London) the Royal Armouries is the United Kingdom's oldest museum.
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Wisconsin, from fur trapping to nation-building
Although one of the most northerly states of the United States, Wisconsin sent over 90,000 men to fight for the Union cause during the American Civil War.
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Bazalgette's Northern Outfall Sewer reaches its destination, Barking
Until the nineteenth century, the main industry was fishing, with the Barking fleet claiming to be the largest in England
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Brooklyn Bridge in New York City
It connects the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn, and was the first fixed crossing spanning the East River.
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Ambrose Burnside and his 'sideburns'!
Our illustration ... shows Burnsides haircut from which the term 'sideburns' is derived.
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The history of The Manchester Ship Canal
Soon after opening the Port of Manchester establish itself as the third busiest port in Britain notwithstanding its location 40 miles from the sea!
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Today, 20th May is United Nations World Bee Day
20th of May being the anniversary of Anton Janša, the pioneer of beekeeping, who was born on this day in 1734.