Images Dated 23rd September 2019

La Porte de St Ouen, Boulevard Bessieres, Paris, France

La Porte de St Ouen, Boulevard Bessieres, at the border of the 17th and 18th arrondissements, Paris, France. It was a gate in the 19th century Thiers wall, and also gave its name to a Metro station (opened in 1911). Date: 1910s

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Shrine of St Frideswide, Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford

Shrine of St Frideswide (Frithuswith, Frideswith, Fritheswithe, Frevisse, or Fris, c650 - 727) in the Latin Chapel of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. An English princess and abbess, she is the patron saint of Oxford and the University of Oxford. Date: circa 1845

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Arrival of a milk train, Paddington Station 1903

Milk arriving at Paddington Station, London. Milk trains day and night bring in heavy full churns, a long line of carts driven in and backed all along the rear of the platform is waiting for it too; and on the platform itself a numerous congregation of blue-aproned milkmen is also waiting.
1903

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