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William Shakespeare's Birthplace. Picture shows the house in Henley Street

William Shakespeare's Birthplace.
Picture shows the house in Henley Street, Stratford Upon Avon, Warwickshire, where poet, playwright and actor William Shakespeare (1564 to 1616) was born.
William Shakespeare is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and often referred to as The Bard of Avon.
Picture taken circa 1st May 1938

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Blackpool Tower under construction

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Blackpool Tower under construction.
Picture shows the tower unfinished at this point, the promenade, seaside goers and the pleasure beach.
Blackpool Tower is a tourist attraction in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, which was opened to the public on 14 May 1894. Inspired by the Eiffel Tower in Paris, it is 518 feet (158 metres) tall and is the 120th tallest freestanding tower in the world.[ The tower is a Grade I listed building.
Two Lancashire architects, James Maxwell and Charles Tuke, designed the Tower and oversaw the laying of its foundation stone[4] on 29 September 1891.[5] By the time the Tower finally opened on 14 May 1894, both men had died.
Picture taken circa 1892 - 1894

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Amid the devastation in Cave Street, Beverley Road, Hull a gas lamp remained

Amid the devastation in Cave Street, Beverley Road, Hull a gas lamp remained, stark against the blacken sky, as if to symbolise the spirit and defiance of the people of Hull. By the end of the Second World War over 80% of the city's housing stock had been damaged or destroyed by aerial bombing. 12th May 1941

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