Images Dated 1st September 2005

Binocular Testing

A line of girls tests each pair of binoculars made for the Services before it leaves the factory. Their employers, Ross Ltd of Clapham, the largest optical instrument manufacturer in the country, are engaged in war-time contracts for the Ministry of Suppl

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Gale Force Tide

The sea front at Sutton-On-Sea, Lincolnshire, where an 80 mile-an-hour north-westerly gale whipped the tide, causing it to shatter the promenade and fling a six-foot blanket of sand over the town

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Unclaimed Marshland

An inn on the banks of the River Test, Hampshire surrounded by undrained marshland.Picture Post - 1341 - The Story Of The Test Valley - pub. 1943

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