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Gretna Wedding
circa 1850: An eloping couple are married in the blacksmiths shop at Gretna Green, the Scottish village, which is the first place over the border where English people can take advantage of Scotlands

Steeplechase
A group of riders take a hedge during a country steeplechase. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Albert Memorial
circa 1895: The Albert Memorial in London, designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

Biggest Bar
1910: Serving draught beer in the biggest bar in the world, in Newcastle. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Trent Bridge in Nottingham, circa 1900. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Begging Techniques
Three types of British beggar. At top left is a soap-eater of the Elizabethan period, who would eat soap in order to froth at the mouth, while feigning a fit to gain sympathy

Help With Childbirth
A woman giving birth with the help of midwives, circa 1650. Print by Abraham Bosse (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

La France Dirigible
The first fully controllable air dirigible La France, designed by Captain Charles Renard and Lieutenant Arthur Krebs, at Chalais-Meudon. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Steeplechase
circa 1825: Steeplechasing by the English sporting artist Henry Thomas Alken ((1785 - 1851). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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