Images Dated 18th September 2017

Hubert Lathams Antoinette in Blackpool 1909

Hubert Latham's Antoinette monoplane in Blackpool, England. Taking part in the first officially recognised aviation meeting to be held in Britain, the Blackpool Flying Week, which took place in October 1909. Latham took off and covered 8 miles in 11 minutes at almost 70mph with winds of at 40 mph.
1909

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General Strike 1926: Society women volunteers

In support of the General Strike ladies from society helped, photograph showing volunteers working in Hyde Park, London, in the open air peeling potatoes, Lady Quilter (with tray), Mrs Causton (at boiler), Lady Mary Ashley Cooper and Lady Carmichael-Anstruther.
May 1926

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Aftermath of World War One! 1919

Heroes of the Dardanelles and around Gallipoli, theses battleships resigned to their fate, holiday-making multitudes at seaside resorts are feasting their curious eyes on the ships that watched for the enemy under Lord Beatty in the bleak base in the northern seas. Illustration showing the first phase of the policy by Lord Fisher to scrap obsolete warships
1919

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