Historical pictures

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A French trawler called the Jeanne Gougy pictured being engulfed by waves at Land's End in 1962. It was on its way to fishing grounds on the southern Irish coast from Dieppe in France when it went aground on the north side of Lands End in the early hours of November 3rd. Twelve men including the skipper were lost, swept away by massive waved before they could be rescued.

 

The Glenbervie, which was carrying a consignment of pianos and high quality spirits crashed into rocks Lowland Point near Coverack, Cornwall, in January 1902 after losing her way in bad weather. The British owned barque was laden with 600 barrels of whisky, 400 barrels of brandy and barrels of rum. All 16 crewmen were saved by lifeboat.

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The Mildred was traveling from Newport to London when it got stuck in dense fog and hit rocks at Gurnards Head at midnight on the 6th April 1912. Captain Larcombe and his crew of two Irishmen, one Welshman and a Mexican rowed into St. Ives as their ship was destroyed by the waves.

 

The Dutch cargo ship Voorspoed pictured surrounded by horses used to help take away the cargo after it was wrecked at Perran Bay, Cornwall in March 1901. All of those on board died in the incident as the ship travelled from to Newfoundland, Canada to Perranporth, Cornwall.

 

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British ship, the City of Cardiff was en route from Le Havre, France, to Wales in 1912 when it was wrecked in Mill Bay near Land's End. All of the crew were rescued.

 

 

The steamer City of Cardiff pictured trapped on rocks with steam still coming out of the chimney, it was washed ashore by a strong gale in March 1912 at Nanjizel. The Captain, his wife and son, and the crew were all rescued but the vessel was left a total wreck.

 

[Mike D]

A policeman surveys the scene the morning after the Severn bridge disaster at Lydney Gloucestershire, 26th October 1960. An out of control petrol barge rammed the bridge demolishing 2 spans which landed on the petrol barges killing 5 men on board. The bridge was later dismantled.

[Sugar Ape]

Kids line up for their weekly dose of fish oil, 1960

 

 

External view of Wembley Stadium and the Twin Towers, 1947

 

[Mike D]

Concorde landing at Fairford on her maiden Test Flight 9th April 1969

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Annie Edson Taylor - the first person to survive going over Niagara Falls in a barrel.

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Anti-aircraft fire during an air raid by the Nazis on Algiers, French Algeria. C. 1943.

 

 

Hitler Youth, Germany, 1939

 

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Survivors of the Titanic prior to being rescued by the Carpathia.

[Mike D]

Hendersons Disaster.

Fire at William Henderson’s department store on Church St Liverpool resulted in 11 deaths in June 1960.The final death occurred when the fire brigade were able to start evacuating those that had made it onto the window ledge – a man attempting to reach the ladder was forced off the window ledge by the pressure of the smoke pouring out of the windows, and he fell to his death.

[Alan Sex]

Aftermath of the Boston Molasses Disaster, 1919

 

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Aberfan

 

 

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Cootamundra Railway Disaster, 1885

 

 

[Alan Sex]

Ibrox

 

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"In memory of Erin O'Keefe, who was eaten by mountain rats". Pike's Peak, 1876

 

 

Samuel Reshevsky, age 8, defeating several chess masters at once in France, 1920

 

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Maurice Herzog on Annapurna after the first successful ascent of an 8000 m peak.

[Mike D]

Norman Wisdom amid a crowd of young fans in Finsbury Park, 9 June 1977

[Alan Sex]

Christmas Dinner during the Great Depression - turnips and cabbage.

 

[Sugar Ape]

 

Photographer Joseph Scherschel took these photos of Blondie the pet lion for Life Magazine in 1955. Blondie was indeed a family pet, belonging to Mr. Charles Hipp of Texas. Mr. Hipp bought the lion from the Dallas zoo in 1953 when she was a 12-week-old cub.

 

 

By the time the Life article appeared, Blondie was a familiar sight in Graham, Texas. She travelled in their station wagon, boated with the Hipp’s on Possum Kingdom Lake and even shared their bathtub.

 

 

 

Blondie never caused any problems for Mr. Hipp, but another of his pets sure did. A leopard named Randy mauled his then two-and-a-half-year-old grandson Charles “Bubba” Hipp at his grandfather’s house in Graham in 1962. The boy recovered, but still bears the scars of the attack. Devastated, Mr. Hipp sold off Randy and most of his other animals, but he just couldn’t get rid of Blondie. She died of old age in 1968, a beloved member of the family.

 

Article here http://www.texasescapes.com/MikeCoxTexasTales/Lion-and-Boy.htm

 

 

 

 

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Tommie Smith and John Carlos give the black power salute at the 1968 Mexico Olympics.

 

Solidarity from Peter "Panther" Charles at London 2012.

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Paul Robeson as Othello (with Peggy Ashcroft as Desdemona) at the Savoy Theatre in 1930.  Robeson was the first black actor in a century to play Shakespeare's "Moor of Venice" on a British stage.

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Solvay Congress 1927 - Just about anyone who's anyone in the history of Physics.

[Mike D]

John Cleese filming Fawlty Towers 1975

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Construction and opening of the Queensway (Liverpool-Birkenhead) Tunnel.

 

 

 

(See also http://www.merseytravel.gov.uk/Site%20Documents/Mersey%20Tunnels%20-%20A%20brief%20history.pdf)

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Mersey Ferry Iris, armour-plated for the ill-fated raid on Zeebrugge, 1918.  For their service in this raid, the Iris and her sister ship the Daffodil were given the prefix "Royal".  Mersey Ferries carry the names Royal Iris and Royal Daffodil to this day.