Models from the Mae McDowell modelling school in a Manchester street. 20 November 1954. Photo: Bert Hardy

St Mawes

1929 The construction of a traffic island in Theatre Square, replacing the statue of Samuel Morley, which once stood on this spot. Morley was MP for Nottingham and Bristol who died in 1886. Showing the Theatre Royal to the left, and the Peach Tree and Turf Tavern in the centre. The spire of Holy Trinity Church in Trinity Square can be seen in the background. Note the Police Officer stood in his box.

Chapel Market. Islington. London. 1898…

W. Tickner Fish & Poultry. Derby, UK - 1912..

This photograph was taken at Swaythling Remount Depot in March 1916. The remount depot at Swaythling was the largest in the country during the First World War. Hundreds of thousands of horses and mules were gathered here before being transported to France from Southampton Docks.

Another photograph from an old newspaper supplement shows a group of bowls players at Downham Market Conservative Club, circa 1930.

Bethnal Green, London (1950s)

Then the steam engines came. Taken in 1895 - this farm worker prepares to thresh grain by hand using a traditional flail, a method used to separate the grain from the ears of corn.
By the time photographer Henry Taunt captured this scene, the use of the flail had already become a fading memory across much of Britain.

It was being replaced by steam, I bet this old lad wasn't complaining about that too much!

Great Barrington Barn, Great Barrington, Gloucestershire

Beer brewing at the Blue Anchor, Helston

The worlds then largest ocean liner RMS Queen Mary under construction at John Brown and Co of Clydebank, Scotland.

Hyde’s Garage in Burley the New Forest Hampshire.
From the old Towns & Villages of Hampshire & Dorset Series.
Source: Period postcard c 1910.

Belle Vue, Manchester many moons ago.

The Hammer and Pincers, Wyberton in 1890.
Above the door the landlord is named as Alfred Jackson. He was also listed as a blacksmith in the 1889 Kellys trade directory.

Lambeth Walk. London 1930…

Southampton, Hampshire.

Classic photograph of tram and cyclists passing through the
arched Bargate, dated around 1925-35.

It is snowing at Wood Green Station, N22. c1962.

The Market Street entrance to Binns, Newcastle. In the background is Grey Street and the Theatre Royal. Photo taken by Laszlo Torday. Photo courtesy of Newcastle Libraries.

Typical example of a horse-drawn Stagecoach that carried people through the town of Brentford and beyond for centuries until replaced by the railways, trams, and motorised vehicles

Long Row East 1890's.
Nottingham