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Cenotaph CeremonyNovember 1920: King George V presses button unveiling the cenotaph in Whitehall a gun carriage holds body of The Unknown Soldier to be buried in Westminster Abbey
Basket Casecirca 1925: A porter at Covent Garden Market, London, carries twenty baskets on his head. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Birmingham Bus1912: One of the first Birmingham motor buses. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Watch This SpaceOctober 1919: Tottenham Court Road at the junction with Oxford Street and Charing Cross Road, London. The Court Playhouse is on the right, and the Underground station in front
Piccadilly CircusFebruary 1911: View of the statue of Eros at Piccadilly Circus, in London. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Children PaddlingJuly 1910: Children paddling in the man-made seaside playground at Fulham, south-west London. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Airship17th October 1929: The tail-end section of the giant airship R101, riding on the mooring mast at Cardigan, Bedford. The R101 was part of a British government programme to develop civil airships
The Forth Bridgecirca 1927: A train going over the Forth Bridge. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)
Vantage Point27th August 1938: A row of spectators watching the match between Arsenal and Portsmouth from a convenient vantage point overlooking the Arsenal ground
Naval ReviewJuly 1907: Battleships lined up in the Solent, for the Kings Naval Review of the British Fleet. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Dock CranesApril 1921: Huge cranes tower over the George V docks in London. (Photo by Brooke/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Hells Angels9th June 1972: Members of the Wolverhampton Hells Angels at Bardney festival. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)
Dog Walking16th January 1954: A dog walking across the slums of Manchester. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6871- The Best And Worst Of Our Cities: Manchester - pub
George Bernard Shaw30th July 1949: 93-year-old Irish dramatist George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) sitting in his neighbours garden in Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire
Military Flogging1844: A doctor in a cocked hat supervises an army flogging. The drummer boys drown the sounds and a soldier on the right has fainted at the spectacle. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Millionth Ford1st August 1946: A Ford Prefect saloon car on view at the Dorchester Hotel, where the Minister of Supply offered congratulations to the Ford Motor Company on producing one million vehicles in less
BEA Planes standing on the tarmac at London Airport1957: British European Airways planes standing on the tarmac at London Airport. (Photo by Emil/BIPs/Getty Images)
Cunard Ocean Liner RMS Aquitania2nd August 1934: The RMS Aquitania photographed at Southampton. (Photo by Miller/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images) Designed by Leonard Peskett and built by John Brown & Company in Clydebank
Brighton Belle20th March 1970: The Brighton Belle train near Victoria Station, London, on its way to Brighton. (Photo by Victor Drees/Evening Standard/Getty Images)
Portsmouth Beach19th August 1939: A solitary deckchair in front of the esplanade on Portsmouth beach, Hampshire. Original Publication: Picture Post - 202 - Portsmouth - Pub
Maugham Plays Bridge27th November 1953: English novelist William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965), the guest of honour at a bridge party at Crockfords Club, contemplates his hand
Flock Of Sheep9th July 1949: A closely packed flock of Dorset Horned sheep on Maiden Castle Farm near Dorchester. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4826 - Where Are The Downland Sheep? - pub
Truckers21st July 1951: A British Road Services truck pulls out of the Bermondsey depot as it sets out on a night run. Trunker is slang for long-distance lorry driver
HMS Repulse1924: A crowd watching the arrival of the HMS Repulse. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
GWR Engine20th May 1892: A Bulkeley engine of the Iron Duke Class, the last train on the Broad Gauge to leave Paddington Station, London. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Brunel Bridge1859: Isambard Kingdom Brunels Royal Albert Bridge which spans the Tamar at Saltash. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Sail And SteamSeptember 1859: The Great Eastern designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel rounding the point opposite Blackwall on the Thames
Iron Dukecirca 1860: The Great Western Iron Duke broad gauge locomotive at Didcot in Oxfordshire. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Birmingham SlumsDecember 1876: Condemned areas of Birmingham scheduled for improvement under the Artisans and Labourers dwellings Improvement Act of 1875, (top left) John Wesleys Chapel, (bottom left) A Court
Newcastle SlumA slum area at Dog Leap Stairs in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, 8th March 1889. (Photo by Lyddel Sawyer/General Photographic Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
In Berth; Dutch ship Lingestroom covered in snow at Hays Wharf in the Pool of London18th February 1955: Dutch ship Lingestroom covered in snow at Hays Wharf in the Pool of London during a blizzard. (Photo by Harry Todd/Fox Photos/Getty Images)
RAF De Havilland Vampire being pushed into position ready for take-off17th May 1952: An RAF De Havilland Vampire being pushed into position ready for take-off. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5864 - We re Flying Five Years Ahead - pub.1952
Clerkenwell TunnelJanuary 1868: Entrance to Clerkenwell Tunnel on the Metropolitan railway. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)
Steam TrainsFine Art Storehouse Vintage Photo Art: Transport: Steam Trains
Bombed Londoncirca 1940: Bomb damage sustained by the City of London. Tower Bridge can be seen in the background. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
St Pauls Bomb Damage20th October 1940: St Pauls Cathedral after a direct hit during the blitz in London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)
Strand Traffic London 1910May 1910: A busy junction on The Strand in London. The Gaiety Theatre is showing Our Miss Gibbs. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Barrage Balloon1st August 1918: A barrage balloon tethered at Queens Club, London, in the background the tents used for housing the balloons. (Photo by A. R. Coster/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Captured Aircraft9th November 1918: Captured German aircraft at the Lord Mayors show, London. (Photo by A. R. Coster/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
BradfordJuly 1921: Forster Square in Bradford, Yorkshire. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Indian Ace29th October 1927: The first Indian four-cylinder engine motorbike, on view at the motorcycle show at Olympia, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
The National Theate25th April 1975: The National Theatre on the South Bank of the Thames is nearing completion. Designed by architect Sir Denys Lasdun. (Photo by Graham Wood/Evening Standard/Getty Images)
Walberswick1933: A foot bridge over the river at Walberswick, Suffolk. (Photo by Sasha/Getty Images)
Dereliction8th January 1955: The derelict buildings and discarded machinery of a worked-out coal mine near Wigan, Lancashire. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7467 - Problem Of A Dying Coalfield - pub
Ballet Dancer24th December 1938: A dancer with Antony Tudors London Ballet looking into a wardrobe at Toynbee Hall in east London. Original Publication: Picture Post - 55 - Ballet In The East End - pub
Sissinghurst Gardencirca 1930: The famous gardens at Sissinghurst Castle in Kent, the home of English novelist Vita Sackville-West. Now the property of the National Trust, they were developed by Sackville-West herself
Canterbury Cathedralcirca 1950: An exterior of Canterbury Cathedral in Kent. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Slum Childrencirca 1895: Barefooted slum children of London in the late 19th century. Collection - Leonard Russell (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)