Images Dated 1st September 2005 (page 15)

City Blacksmith
Southwark smithy William Surridge at work in Burman Street near the Elephant and Castle in South London

Curing Fish
Interior of a fish curers kiln near the quayside in Hull. After being smoked, these skinned cod fillets are dispatched throughout the country

Corn Grinding
Grinding corn in the traditional manner in the Bechuanaland Protectorate

Tossing the Grain
The traditional rice harvest in Quinto da Foja, Portugal, farmers reap the crop by hand and toss it into the air to remove chaff and foreign bodies

Lone Fisherman
A fisherman on the riverbank at Egham, Surrey

Derby Station
Travellers at Derby Station, Tattenham Common on Derby Day

Idyllic Afternoon
An atmospheric picture of a man reading a newspaper while a table set with tea things stands in the sunny foreground

Thames Silhouette
Two men next to a jetty stand silhouetted against the River Thames seen from Hammersmith Bridge in West London, looking Westward

Spring Cleaning
A pair of hands holding a coarse scrubbing brush and a bar of Lifebuoy soap

Doggy In The Window
A small dog with large ears sitting on a windowsill

Refreshing Drink
A stemmed glass of beer with a foamy head

Knitted Dolls
Two knitted dolls, made by members of the Womens Institute

Knitted Monkey
A knitted sock monkey doll, made by members of the Womens Institute

Store Sign
A floor sign in a department store

Blustery
Washing lines strung across a village street and secured against the wind with a long plank of wood

Steel Nerves
Men at work on Battersea Power Station walking along a narrow girder with trains and the gasometer in the background

Construction Site
Construction work at the new University of Essex which expects to accomodate an extra two and a half thousand students by 1973

Crew Carries Boat
Members of the London School of Medicine crew carrying their scull to the River Thames at Barnes to practise for the University Boat Race

Wet Harvest
Volunteer workers wearing army capes provided for them, stand by helpless as the rain beats down on the crops at a farm in Godstone, Surrey, preventing the harvest

Prize Cats
Three white prize cats in a show glass case at the Rosental Cattery at Horndon-on-the-Hill

Practice Guns
A Royal Navy instructor checks the aim of huge dummy guns after pupils had aimed them at an imaginary target. The 15 guns are on a WWI vessel now used as a training ship

New St Francis Church
St Francis Church under construction near the Great West Road at Isleworth

Yacht Masts
Huge yacht masts being prepared for the racing season at Gosport, Hampshire

Ex-Drum Horses
On the left, the Royal Artillery Drum Horse and on the right the Royal Household Cavalry Drum Horse pulling a harrow on a farm during WW II

Gas Mask Squad
A detachment of soldiers stationed in the Home Counties undergoing revolver training in suburbia

Glen Aray
Scottish valley of Glen Aray in Argyllshire

Castle Corridor

Dry Ski Slope
Skiers practising on an artificial ski slope at Waterloo Station, which was built for a Scottish Holiday Exhibition

Solar Heating
A view of an amateur system of solar heating where the inventor has utilised normal plastic garden hose on the roof of his jhouse

Wharf Fire
Fire at Colonial Wharf, London showing fire hoses at work amid the smoke

Ideal Time
Houses and a bridge on preview day at the Ideal Home Exhibition, Earls Court, London

Look No Hands
This eleven-year-old gorilla is an expectant mother and seems to be enjoying a lazy snack at Chester Zoo

Baby Chimps
Two young chimpanzees at play in the London Zoo, where they were born

Sheeps Clothing
Two Suffolk sheep take part in the Smithfield Show at Earls Court

Thames Dinghy Race
A view of the start of the Greater London Councils dinghy race which runs from Putney to County Hall

Guildford Flood
The main street in Guildford in Surrey after the river Wey overflowed its banks following a deluge of rain, causing heavy flooding

Crystal Palace Burns
The night sky lights up as Londons Crystal Palace burns

Completed Extension
A section of the newly completed Western Avenue Extension motorway into central London, which connects the Western Avenue at White City to the Harrow Road Flyover

County Galway
An Irish village with the mountains of Connemara in the background

Crowd At Blackpool
1920: A crowd on the beach at the popular resort of Blackpool. Blackpool Tower is on the left. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Caught In Ice
circa 1935: Ice floes in a Greenland inlet, during the North Greenland expedition. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Roadside Rest
A man asleep by the roadside

Radiolympia
circa 1935: The Radiolympia Exhibition at Olympia, London. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Croquet
circa 1930: A woman playing croquet. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Weekend Trippers
circa 1930: Cars queuing to cross the border into Mexico at Tiajuana. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Hydroelectric Power
Water pipe at Shannon hydroelectric power station where one of the pipes dwarfs a man standing next to it

Shipss Propellers
circa 1930: Ships propellers in dock at Bremen, Germany. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Scheveningen Pier
circa 1930: Pier and forefront buildings at Scheveningen, a holiday resort in Holland. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

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