Images Dated 6th August 2019

Terrible accident - Lady ablaze - Figure 2

Figure 2 of 2. Terrible accident - Lady ablaze, her dress has caught fire and she has fallen to the ground unconscious. This illustration shows that if one lies down horizontally, when the fire has taken to her clothes, the flames, instead of surrounding the body, occur only superficially and with less intensity.... Date: 1886

© Mary Evans Picture Library

The Clock road house, Welwyn, Herts 1920s

The Clock, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, one of a number of so-called road houses that were established along major road routes out of London during the inter-war years. They variously offered dining, dancing,cocktails, swimming and other leisure facilities as well as services for the motorist - petrol, mechanics and parking. See picture number 12693747 for the Clock a few years earlier. This picture shows expansion of the site including increased parking, a signal of the growing car ownership, and the resulting popularity of the roadhouse during the period. Date: early 1930s

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Radcliffe Camera view

England, Oxford, Bodleian Library, Radcliffe Camera rotunda and rooftop views from The Varsity Club roof terrace

© Mockford & Bonetti / Eye Ubiquitous

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