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Great image of Female factory workers crowded around tables at lunchtime in a mess room in their workplace during WW1.
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Beautiful image of 'The Perfumery Salon' at Harrods department store, London, 1903.
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George Bernard Shaw composed the play for which he was most known while residing in “Shaw Corner” in Hertfordshire community of Ayot St. Lawrence. Even though he had a study in his house with a Remington typewriter, Shaw did much of his writing in shed he called “London”.
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Lambeth Baths.
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The Old Red Cow public house & adjoining buildings in Prince's Street near corner of Salamanca St. Lambeth c1860.
House with the portico to left is the former home of Jared Hunt a soap boiler. Pub dates c1780s but demolished in 1955 when area became offices, now a hotel.
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Sutton tram disaster 1907.
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An unusual view of a London omnibus in Fleet Street, 1907. It looks as though the chap coming up the stairs will have to stand!
The Charles Hawtrey mentioned on the side of the bus is the actor from whom the 'Carry On' star (born 1914) took his stage name.
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Dirty Dicks Pub , Bishopsgate, London before it was sanitised . 1969.
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3rd September 1939, Large crowds gathered outside the Houses of Parliament as the zero hour 11am approached which was the time limit for the ultimatum to Germany to expire.
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Mounted policeman falls with horse during a demonstration in 1937.
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Autumn 2011, government statistics suggested around 55,600 youngsters missed school on any typical day. To combat the problem of truancy in 1897, the School Board for London introduced a medal scheme for regular and punctual attendance to its pupils.
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BBC three comedian issues death threat to Jewish colleague.
Comedy industry turning blind eye.
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BBC Three Dane Baptiste/A$ap BAP/Joke Dza BBC Trust #LBC #GBNews Metropolitan Police Comedy Central UK The Comedy Club
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Lovely remastered image of an elderly couple on a carousel in London, 1952.
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Oldham Motorcycle Police.
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Glasgow View of the coach painting shop at Cowlairs Locomotive Works, Springburn in the 1920's. Built in 1841, this was one of the largest works in Europe.
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Workers at the OK Sauce Factory, North End Road in Fulham 1920.
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Broad Street Railway Station. Magic lantern slide dating c1880s & shows animated scene outside Railway Station with Great Eastern Railway Hotel at Liverpool Street Station in background. City of London police constable standing in Liverpool Street amidst Hansoms and Growlers.

Classical music 1943. A view of the audience with many people dozing as they listen to a lunch hour concert at the National Gallery London. They are listening to the Blech string quartet with Watson Forbes on viola.
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Amazing old roman road, London c1906.
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