Historical pictures

[Alan Sex]

which one is he?

Well, Leroy the milkman changed his run shortly after young Philip joined the family.

[Mike D]

Planning one of his paintings, LS Lowry looks out over Stockport in 1962

[AngryOfTuebrook]

This is why I'd never be a artist.  In his shoes, I'd look out over all that grimness, start feeling a bit miserable, then spot the Guinness advert and then remember that getting pissed is more fun than painting.

[Mike D]

looks like he was pissed when he did this, more like LS Philly.

 

 

[KMD7]

Personal History here. My father's uncle serving in the Palestine Police Force sometime in the 1930's, listed as dying in Lebanon after a long illness at the young age of 26.  Only a kid really.

 

 

My dad did some research online recently and found his grave in Haifa in Northern Israel. 

 

Note his name!

 

He's recorded on this site also. 

http://www.policerollofhonour.org.uk/forces/colonial/palestine/bpp_roll.htm

[Lee909]

Personal History here. My father's uncle serving in the Palestine Police Force sometime in the 1930's, listed as dying in Lebanon after a long illness at the young age of 26.  Only a kid really.

 

 

My dad did some research online recently and found his grave in Haifa in Northern Israel. 

 

Note his name!

 

He's recorded on this site also. 

http://www.policerollofhonour.org.uk/forces/colonial/palestine/bpp_roll.htm

 

 

Any plans to visit one day?

[KMD7]

Any plans to visit one day?

 

 

It's something I'd like to do mate, hopefully in the not too distant future. 

[KMD7]

 

Jim Henson with Kermit. Died 24 years ago on yesterdays date

[Dougie Do'ins]

 

Supposedly the last photo ever taken of Freddie Mercury.

[Carvalho Diablo]

And the only photo ever taken of him with some pussy.

[Carvalho Diablo]

 

Jim Henson with Kermit. Died 24 years ago on yesterdays date

 

Kermit's eyes surely must be watering.

[Mike D]

 

Rubin "Hurricane" Carter of Paterson, N.J. watches Florentino Fernandez of Cuba fall through the ropes during their 1962 fight

[AngryOfTuebrook]

In 1910, the Fred Karno Troupe survived the twin perils of a trans-Atlantic crossing and attacks of flying red arrows, to deliver Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel to the USA.

 

[stringvest]

he'd lost that much weight even his muzzy had fallen off him.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Agatha Christie's car, December 1926.

 

 

On 3 December 1926, while living in Sunningdale in Berkshire, Agatha disappeared for eleven days, causing great interest in the press. Her car was found in a chalk pit in Newland's Corner, Surrey.She was eventually found at the Harrogate Hydro hotel, staying under the name of Teresa Neele. Her husband had recently admitted to having an affair with a Nancy Neele. She had suffered the death of her mother and her husband's infidelity which may have caused a nervous breakdown. She could not recount any information as to her disappearance due to amnesia. Opinions are still divided as to whether this was a publicity stunt. Others believe she was trying to make people believe her husband killed her in order to get him back for his infidelity. Public sentiment at the time was negative, with many feeling that an alleged publicity stunt had cost the taxpayers a substantial amount of money.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Some good ones here.

 

http://atchuup.com/rare-historical-photos/

[Mike D]

 

A platform worker drives the overhead parcel carrier at Manchester Victoria station 1919.

[setreal]

 

A Daguerreotype (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daguerreotype) from 1840. The woman one the left is supposed to be the widow of W. A. Mozart - although this is not 100% certain.

[Pidge]

In 1910, the Fred Karno Troupe survived the twin perils of a trans-Atlantic crossing and attacks of flying red arrows, to deliver Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel to the USA.

 

 

Thank god for those hats!

[Bjornebye]

Irish rebels during the 1916 Easter Uprising

 

[KMD7]

 

A street side cobbler in Co Kerry around 1910

[Sugar Ape]

Alfred Hitchcock serving tea to Leo the Lion (the mascot for the Hollywood film studio MGM), 1957.

 

 

Miss Piggy and Kermit visiting Mark Hamill and Yoda on set of Empire Strikes Back.

 

[Sugar Ape]

"What Michael Jackson may look like in the year 2000." Ebony Magazine, 1985.

 

 

8-track Cassette Radio, 1972.

 

[Sugar Ape]

Jane Fonda on the set of Barbarella, 1968.

 

 

Niagara falls without water, 1969.

 

[Sugar Ape]

Ford Model T Street Light Maintenance Truck, ca. 1926.

 

 

Operation Babylift: In 1975, over 3300 Vietnamese orphans were evacuated and transported by airplanes to the US.