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  • The Newcott Chef, a retro American themed diner on 06th June 2008 in Yarcombe in the United Kingdom.
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  • A retro blue and white leather bench seat a Stadium Diner just off the A1 on the 21st April 2010 in Colsterworth in the United Kingdom.
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  • Original 'Blues brother' style Dodge Monaco police car at the Shack Up Inn, Clarksdale. If you want to explore Clarksdale and the Blues country in true retro fashion the best place to do so is by staying at the Shack Up Inn. In The Promised Land: The Great Black Migration and How It Changed America, author Nicholas Lemman describes how, on Oct. 2, 1944, a crowd of 3,000 people quietly watched the first public demonstration of the mechanical cotton picker at Hopson's plantation in Clarksdale. At best, wrote Lemman, a skilled field hand could pick 20 pounds of cotton in an hour; the mechanical picker picked 1,000 pounds. Hopson calculated that a bale of cotton (500 pounds) cost $39.41 to pick by hand and $5.26 by machine. It wasn't too hard to foresee the future.
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  • A retro silver airstream caravan converted into a Mexican street food cafe on South Side Street, Lower Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States of America. The neon sign above the caravan says Taco vs Burritos.
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  • A close up of sound levels during an analog sound recording on the 31st August 2019 in London in the United Kingdom.
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  • Exterior of a vintage clothes shop, Vintage Showroom on 2nd November 2015 in London, United Kingdom.
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  • Interior of a vintage clothes shop, Vintage Showroom on 2nd November 2015 in London, United Kingdom.
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  • Interior of a vintage clothes shop, Vintage Showroom on 2nd November 2015 in London, United Kingdom.
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  • Interior of a vintage clothes shop, Vintage Showroom on 2nd November 2015 in London, United Kingdom.
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  • Vintage furniture on display at Atomic Antiques on 14th October 2015 in London, United Kingdom. Atomic Antiques is based on Shoreditch High Street in East London
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  • Exterior of the Fryers Delight Fish and Chip Shop on 13th October 2015 along Theobalds Road in London, United Kingdom. The Fryer’s Delight is a classic fish and chip restaurant and take away
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  • A wide interior landscape view of the beautiful seats, upper circle and arched roof of the Torbay Picture House. The manager stands in the balcony to show its scale. It was open in at least 1914, making it what is believed to be the oldest purpose-built cinema in Europe. In its early days it featured a 21-piece orchestra, with each member paid a guinea to perform. There are 375 seats: 271 in the stalls, 104 in the circle, plus three private boxes at the back seating an additional eight. Seat 2, Row 2 of the circle was the favourite seat of crime novelist Agatha Christie, who lived at Greenway House, near neighbouring Kingswear. The cinemas and theatres in her books are all reportedly based on the Torbay Picture House.
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  • Adrian Weller, the head of Sotheby's Sporting Gun department holds up a double-barelled shotgun alongside a display of beautiful antique firearms and their leather cases. Looking through one barrel with one open eye, he inspects its polished insides used for country sports and rural pursuits. Tagged and chained weapons occupy individual racks in the background. Sotheby's is a multinational corporation, originally English but now owned and headquartered in the United States, that is one of the world's largest auctioneers of fine and decorative art, jewellery, and collectibles. Southeby's auction house have modern and Vintage Sporting Guns, Rifles and shooting accessories dating from 1860 ranging from the earliest breech-loading hammer guns dating from the 1860s to the finest hammerless game guns of the Edwardian era, through to the present day.
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  • Families and friends have their photo taken in a childrens' playground in the early nineteen sixties. The adults pose for the amateur photo in sunshine, dressed casually for a daytrip to see relatives in another town. The mothers stand back to talk together while a father and son stand in front while a big sister holds on to the childrens' rocking horse on which sits two young children. The picture was recorded on Kodachrome (Kodak) film in about 1961.
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  • A portrait of a young man with a face painted with the English flag and the letters THFC Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, a north London club, a effort he has made during an outdoor party celebrating the 50th anniversary of VE Victory in Europe Day on 6th May 1995, in London, England. In the week near the anniversary date of May 8, 1945, when the World War II Allies formally accepted the unconditional surrender of the armed forces of Germany and peace was announced to tumultuous crowds across European cities, the British still go out of their way to honour those sacrificed and the realisation that peace was once again achieved. Street parties now – as they did in 1945 – played a large part in the country’s patriotic well-being.
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  • Crowds gather at the stroke of midnight beneath umbrellas to witness the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the Peoples Republic of China PRC, on 30th June 1997, in Hong Kong, China. Midnight signified the end of British rule, and the transfer of legal and financial authority back to China. From the on the roof of Ocean Terminal shopping mall, the skyline is filled with fireworks. Hong Kong was once known as fragrant harbour or Heung Keung because of the smell of transported sandal wood.
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  • Portrait of a Ford employee on a Fordson tractor agricultural exhibition stand in Paris in 1961. Standing surrounded by agricultural ploughs and tractor farming accessories, the man of unknown nationality is fressed in a smart jacket and tie and may be responsible for progress and construction of this company stand. This is an annual expo of farming equipment such as tractors and this stand belongs to Ford, whose employees are over for this important exhibition in the industry calendar. The picture was recorded on Kodachrome (Kodak) film.
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  • A couple cuddle at the Neon Bar on the cruise ship Ecstasy, en-route from Miami to Cancun in Mexico, on 15th May 1996, in Miami, Florida, USA. The Neon Bar features an enormous circular piano which doubles as a bar for those who like to sing along and neon artwork is lit behind the females, one the shape of another cocktail glass. Carnival’s ships are known for their Las Vegas decor and entertainment. The cruise line calls its ships The Fun Ships and the MS Ecstasy is a Fantasy class cruise ship featuring two pools, whirlpools, a variety of dining options, nightclubs, a casino, and duty-free shopping.
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  • The crash site of the Air France Concorde which came down after shortly after taking off from nearby Le Bourget airport, killing all passengers and crew plus those on the ground at Hotelissimo Les Relais Bleus Hotel, on 29th July 2002, in Gonesse, Paris, France. One hundred passengers and nine crew members on board the flight died. On the ground, four people were killed and one seriously injured.
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  • An elderly and smartley-dressed City of London gentleman stands at the kerbside outside the Bank of England on Threadneedle Street, on 16th June 1994, in London, England.
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  • Among a pile of market carts, a mother bends over to attend to her young child at a street market, on 18th November 1996, in Kolkata, India.
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  • A mother holds the hand of her 5 year-old son during a visit to London zoo in the early 1960s. Looking frightened and upset, the small lad walks hand in hand with his mum, away from where there are scary wild animals in cages but still a frightening experience to a little person. The mother is smartly-dresed for the family day out to the capital and its zoo in Regents Park. It was was recorded on film camera by the boy's father, an amateur photographer in 1962. The picture shows us a memory of nostalgia in an era from the last century.
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  • A couple enjoying tea and toast at an American themed diner called The Newcott Chef on the 6th June 2008 in Yarcombe in the United Kingdom. Yarcombe is in East Devon along the A303 in South West of England.
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  • The Armstrong Clothing shop on the 9th November 2018 in Edinburgh, Scotland in the United Kingdom. A pre-owned clothing store established in 1840, with vintage womens and mens sections.
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  • The Armstrong Clothing shop on the 9th November 2018 in Edinburgh, Scotland in the United Kingdom. A pre-owned clothing store established in 1840, with vintage womens and mens sections.
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  • The Armstrong Clothing shop on the 9th November 2018 in Edinburgh, Scotland in the United Kingdom. A pre-owned clothing store established in 1840, with vintage womens and mens sections.
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  • Interior of Armchair books on the 9th November 2018 in Edinburgh, Scotland in the United Kingdom. Armchair Books is a secondhand and antiquarian book shop in Edinburghs West Port.
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  • Interior of Armchair books on the 9th November 2018 in Edinburgh, Scotland in the United Kingdom. Armchair Books is a secondhand and antiquarian book shop in Edinburghs West Port.
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  • Exteroir of Armchair books on the 9th November 2018 in Edinburgh, Scotland in the United Kingdom. Armchair Books is a secondhand and antiquarian book shop in Edinburghs West Port.
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  • Interior of Armchair books on the 9th November 2018 in Edinburgh, Scotland in the United Kingdom. Armchair Books is a secondhand and antiquarian book shop in Edinburghs West Port.
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  • Interior of Armchair books on the 9th November 2018 in Edinburgh, Scotland in the United Kingdom. Armchair Books is a secondhand and antiquarian book shop in Edinburghs West Port.
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  • Vintage furniture on display at Atomic Antiques on 14th October 2015 in London, United Kingdom. Atomic Antiques is based on Shoreditch High Street in East London
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  • Vintage furniture on display at Atomic Antiques on 14th October 2015 in London, United Kingdom. Atomic Antiques is based on Shoreditch High Street in East London
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  • A male cyclist riding a vintage bicycle with old fashion Red Cross basket cycles during the 7th Prudential RideLondon Surrey Classic on the 4th August 2019 in Kingston upon Thames in the United Kingdom.
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  • A male cyclist riding a vintage bicycle with old fashion Red Cross basket cycles during the 7th Prudential RideLondon Surrey Classic on the 4th August 2019 in Kingston upon Thames in the United Kingdom.
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  • Majestic Laundrette on Argyle Street on the 2nd November 2018 in Glasgow West End in the United Kingdom.
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  • Exterior of Regency Café on on 7th October 2015 in London, United Kingdom. The popular café opened in 1946 on Regency Street, near Westminster London
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  • Exterior of the Fryers Delight Fish and Chip Shop on 13th October 2015 along Theobalds Road in London, United Kingdom. The Fryer’s Delight is a classic fish and chip restaurant and take away
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  • Interior of the Fryers Delight Fish and Chip Shop on 13th October 2015 along Theobalds Road in London, United Kingdom. The Fryer’s Delight is a classic fish and chip restaurant and take away
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  • Interior of the Fryers Delight Fish and Chip Shop on 13th October 2015 along Theobalds Road in London, United Kingdom. The Fryer’s Delight is a classic fish and chip restaurant and take away
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  • Interior of the Fryers Delight Fish and Chip Shop on 13th October 2015 along Theobalds Road in London, United Kingdom. The Fryer’s Delight is a classic fish and chip restaurant and take away
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  • Interior of the Fryers Delight Fish and Chip Shop on 13th October 2015 along Theobalds Road in London, United Kingdom. The Fryer’s Delight is a classic fish and chip restaurant and take away
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  • Interior of the Fryers Delight Fish and Chip Shop on 13th October 2015 along Theobalds Road in London, United Kingdom. The Fryer’s Delight is a classic fish and chip restaurant and take away
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  • Cahoots cocktail bar on the 26th September 2019 in London in the United Kingdom. Cahoots is a 1940s Cocktail bar located in Sohos Kingly Court.
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  • A friendly male barman serves a Cahoots cocktail on the 26th September 2019 in London in the United Kingdom. Cahoots is a 1940s Cocktail bar located in Sohos Kingly Court.
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  • Cahoots cocktail bar on the 26th September 2019 in London in the United Kingdom. Cahoots is a 1940s Cocktail bar located in Sohos Kingly Court.
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  • Bobby Fitzpatrick on the 9th October 2019 in London in the United Kingdom.
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  • Bobby Fitzpatrick on the 9th October 2019 in London in the United Kingdom.
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  • Bobby Fitzpatrick on the 9th October 2019 in London in the United Kingdom.
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  • Porchester Spa sauna on the 29th November 2019 in London In the United Kingdom. The Porchester Spa in west London is the capitals oldest Spa.
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  • Porchester Spa sauna on the 29th November 2019 in London In the United Kingdom. The Porchester Spa in west London is the capitals oldest Spa.
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  • Rivoli Ballroom on the 8th October 2019 in London in the United Kingdom. The Rivoli Ballroom is the only intact 1950s ballroom remaining in London, England.
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  • Rivoli Ballroom on the 8th October 2019 in London in the United Kingdom. The Rivoli Ballroom is the only intact 1950s ballroom remaining in London, England.
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  • A group of young men sing karaoke at Coates Wine Bar on London Wall in the City of London, the capitals financial district, on 18th December 1993, in London, England.
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  • Two film crews record a USAF United States Air Force aviator, in training during week-long survival course held at the Fairchild Air Force Base, Spokane, Washington, on 6th August 1995, in Spokane, Washington, USA. The course is aimed at highy-trained personnel conducting a survival, escape and evasion course which combat pilots and air crew need to pass before rejoining their units for real-time warfare. Held in hangars and the surrounding forests, it forms part of an extensive physical and psychological assessment of young aviators on active service. In the future any one of them may be shot down behind enemy lines and need to use the lessons passed-on here to help facilitate their rescue by US forces. One pilot who passed this course in 1991, himself a Spokane-born boy, was F-16 pilot Scott OGrady. He put his skills learned here to the test while evading Serb forces before being airlifted to safety and a heros Presidential welcome.
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  • City office workers stretch out over the lush grass during a hot summer lunchtime in Trinity Square in the City of London, on 18th July 1993, in London, England. Dozens of other co-workers  also enjoy the inner-city heatwave in the early nineties.
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  • Seen from an aerial perspective during a rail strike in the 90s, on both sides of the railway track, thousands of commuters desperate to get home after a long day at work in central London, on 22nd June 1993, in London, England.
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  • A detail of an old family photo taken on 35mm transparency slide from the 1960s. We see the photo from another era, backlit against the bight light of a photography lightbox used to view this type of photographic material. So as not to add confusion, Kodak has printed the words 'View from this Side' so that it may be viewed the right way round. In the picture is a mother leading her young son away from wild animals in London zoo, England.
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  • Six months after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a pair of hands cup some nuts that go towards the construction of Trabant cars at the car factory in the former East Germany DDR where the last Trabants await buyers outside the factory production line, on 1st June 1990, in Zwickau, eastern Germany former DDR. The DDR-produced Trabant suffered poor performance, but its smoky two-stroke engine regarded with affection as a symbol of the more positive sides of East Germany. Many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in their Trabants after the opening of the Berlin Wall. It was in production without any significant change for nearly 30 years. The name Trabant means fellow traveler in German.
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  • A city landscape showing looking westwards towards Tower Bridge and the river Thames at low-tide with the background of the City of London, the capitals financial district, on 22nd November 1991, in London, England.
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  • A shop assistant carries three boxes of Toshiba T1000 Portable Personal Computer laptops in an electronics and tech shop on the Tottenham Court Road, on 3rd March 1990, in London, England. The T1000 was a portable computer manufactured by the Toshiba Corporation from 1987. It had a similar specification to the IBM PC Convertible, with a 4.77 MHz 80C88 processor, 512 kB of RAM, and a monochrome CGA-compatible LCD. Unlike the Convertible, it includes a standard serial port and parallel port, connectors for an external monitor, and a real-time clock.
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  • Conservative Party delegates sing Auld Lang Syne during a party at the 1992 Conservative Party Conference, on 18th March 1992, in Brighton, England. Prime Minister of the day, John Major went on to win the election weeks later and was the fourth consecutive victory for the Tory Party although it was its last outright win until 2015 after Labours 1997 win for Tony Blair.
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  • Conservative Party delegates rally before Prime Minister Margaret Thatchers closong speech at the 1989 Conservative Party Conference, on 13th October 1989, in Blackpool, England. Prime Minister of the day, John Major went on to win the election weeks later and was the fourth consecutive victory for the Tory Party although it was its last outright win until 2015 after Labours 1997 win for Tony Blair.
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  • British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatchers political career of 11 years ends emotionally on the steps of 10 Downing Street after being deposed in a leadership challenge, on 28th November 1990 in London, England. Standing close behind her is Thatchers husband and lifelong confidente, Dennis.
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  • On the day that Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher resigns as Prime Minister, newspaper headlines report her departure after being deposed by Conservative Party colleagues, after 11 years as UK premier, on 22nd November 1990, in London, England.
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  • A portrait of the satirical puppet of Margaret Thatcher with Spitting with Spitting Image co-creator Peter Fluck and wears a blue Conservative rosette and For Hire sticker, on 20th March 1992, in London England. Peter Nigel Fluck is a caricaturist and one half of the partnership known as Fluck and Flaw with Roger Law, creators of the satirical TV puppet show Spitting Image.
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  • On the day that Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher resigns as Prime Minister, newspaper headlines report her departure after being deposed by Conservative Party colleagues, after 11 years as UK premier, on 22nd November 1990, in London, England.
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  • Ex-British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher smiles at delegates during the 1991 Tory party conference, on 11th October 1991, in Blackpool, England. Two years after her colleagues deposed her, forcing her to resign from her 11 year premiership she is still in favour by Conservatives who are proud to display her in public, before eventually shunning her policies and profile for their campaigns. Thatcher has been lending her support to her replacement, the former Chancellor and Foreign Secretary, but the otherwise unknown John Major who governed until 1997.
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  • Margaret Thatcher listens to speeches, the last as Prime Minister during the October 1990 Conservative Party Conference in Blackpool, on 11th October 1990, in Blackpool, England. Weeks before being removed by her own colleagues, her fighting spirit and stern expression gives her the reputation of the Iron Lady.
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  • Prime Minster Margaret Thatcher is seen giving her last speech as PM at the October 1990 Conservative Party Conference, on 11th October 1990, in Blackpool, England. Weeks before being removed by her own colleagues, her fighting spirit and stern expression gives her the reputation of the Iron Lady.
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  • Margaret Thatcher listens to speeches, the last as Prime Minister during the October 1990 Conservative Party Conference in Blackpool, on 11th October 1990, in Blackpool, England. Weeks before being removed by her own colleagues, her fighting spirit and stern expression gives her the reputation of the Iron Lady.
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  • Prime Minster Margaret Thatcher is seen giving her last speech as PM at the October 1990 Conservative Party Conference, on 11th October 1990, in Blackpool, England. Weeks before being removed by her own colleagues, her fighting spirit and stern expression gives her the reputation of the Iron Lady.
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  • Released hostage Terry Waite waves as he steps out of an RAF aircraft, 5 years after being taken hostage by Jihadists in Lebanon, on 19th November 1991, in Lyneham, England. Terry Waite CBE born 1939 is an English humanitarian and author who was then Assistant for Anglican Communion Affairs for the then Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Runcie, in the 1980s. As an envoy for the Church of England, he travelled to Lebanon to try to secure the release of four hostages, including the journalist John McCarthy. He was himself kidnapped and held captive from 1987 to 1991.
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  • WHile awaiting their applications for political asylum to be processed, three Sri Lankan Tamil families stand for a portrait in a North London play park, on 16th January 1986, in London, England. The Tamils are from the Indian Ocean island where the civil war there is ongoing and where the Buddhist government have been persecuted by the Singhalese majority. The families have recently arrived in Britain and are temporarily housed in council flats in Chalk Farm in North London.
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  • The four tabloid titles of Mirror Group Newspapers at a time when its pension fund was found to have been stolen by its tycoon owner, Robert Maxwell from former employees, on 9th June 1992, in London, England.
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  • A volunteer heritage railway enthusiast adjusts a platform sign at the Paignton steam museum. Walking towards us the man holds a large red sign that tells visitors that the carriages beyond are reserved. The Paignton & Dartmouth Steam Railway is a 6.5 miles (10.5 km) heritage railway on the former Kingswear branch line between Paignton and Kingswear in Torbay, Devon, England. The line was built by the Dartmouth and Torbay Railway, opening to Brixham Road station on 14 March 1861 and on to Kingswear on 10 August 1864
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  • An instructor with the Royal Gurkha Rifles points a recruit towards an objective while on tactical training manoeuvres on heathland above Farnborough, on 5th August 1996, in Farnborough, England. Nepali-born boys belong to an elite Regiment of the British army. Every year 60,000 boys attend recruiting sessions in villages and towns in the Himalayan Kingdom but only 150 are selected each year to serve on active duty across the world. They fly to the UK for basic soldier training where they learn the skills required for infantry, transport, communications or clerical duties. Their reputation as a fierce but intensely loyal fighting force and many Victoria Crosses were won for bravery during World War 2. Here they are seen cradling modern SA-80 rifles while dressed in camouflaged helmets with oak leaves.
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  • The rack and pinion narrow guage mountain railway nearing the summit of Mount Snowdon, the highest point in England, on 14th June 1992, in Llanberis, Wales, UK. The rack and pinion system used is that patented by the Swiss engineer Dr Roman Abt. The railway uses double rack rails, fastened to steel sleepers between the running rails. Each locomotive is equipped with toothed pinions cogwheels, which engage the rack and provide all the traction necessary to scale the steepest inclines. On the way down, the rack and pinion system also acts as a brake.
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  • A young boy has his photo taken at the fairground on Southend pier in the early nineteen sixties. Looking somewhat unsure about having his picture taken while rather getting into a dodgem car. Other older boys are in the background and the younger child here may be nervous about being with older kids. It is a summer's day here at the seaside of Southend, a resort town frequented by Londoners who come out to this Thames estuary seaside town.
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  • A mother holds her young son up to show him a paddle steamer on Southend pier in the early nineteen sixties. At the end of the world's longest pier (1 and a quarter miles) the steamer docked for day-trippers to traditionally sail upstream from the Thames estuary at Southend-on-Sea to Gravesend, westward towards London on the River. It is clearly something that this boy sees rarely such is his interest in the small ship full of other holidaymakers.
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  • A young man washes the family Ford Anglia car on an Essex estate in the early nineteen sixties. Bending down to wring a leather dry into a bucket the young man cleans his father's beloved Anglia in the street outside the family house which interestingly, is otherwise empty of other cars. This is the new age of car ownership when newfound wealth meant families could afford to buy a vehicle and travel elsewhere after the war years of 1950s austerity. The Ford Anglia is a British car designed and manufactured by Ford in the United Kingdom. The Ford Anglia name was applied to four models of car between 1939 and 1967. 1,594,486 Anglias were produced. The picture was recorded on Kodachrome (Kodak) film in about 1961.
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  • A young boy sits on the lawn after falling from his tricycle on a summer's day in the family garden in the early nineteen sixties. Sitting on his knees on the soft summer grass the young lad looks brave rather than tearful. There is the family tent erected across from the path, its open flaps perhaps drying out after rain or simply as a play den for the boy. The picture was recorded on Kodachrome (Kodak) film in about 1964.
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  • A young boy sits in the family Anglia car with his older sister on an Essex estate in the early nineteen sixties. Peering out of the open window the boy and girl are on their way out for a daytrip in their new car, a Ford Anglia.  This is the new age of car ownership when newfound wealth meant families could afford to buy a vehicle and travel elsewhere after the war years of 1950s austerity. The Ford Anglia is a British car designed and manufactured by Ford in the United Kingdom. The Ford Anglia name was applied to four models of car between 1939 and 1967. 1,594,486 Anglias were produced. The picture was recorded on Kodachrome (Kodak) film in about 1961.
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  • A young boy poses proudly at the rear of the family Anglia car on an Essex estate in the early nineteen sixties. Standing at the back of the Ford car, the young lad wears sandals and shorts in the street that interestingly is otherwise empty of other cars. This is the new age of car ownership when newfound wealth meant families could afford to buy a vehicle and travel elsewhere after the war years of 1950s austerity. The Ford Anglia is a British car designed and manufactured by Ford in the United Kingdom. The Ford Anglia name was applied to four models of car between 1939 and 1967. 1,594,486 Anglias were produced. The picture was recorded on Kodachrome (Kodak) film in about 1961.
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  • Two mothers and neighbours gossip with arms folded outside their houses on an Essex estate in the early nineteen sixties. Wearing aprons popular for working mums in this era of early 1960s, and one seemingly pregnant, the two women talk about families and children and their lives at the beginning of a new decade. This row of houses is in the Essex suburb of Westcliff, Southend and a proud gardener has grown a colourful bed of dahlias in the front. The picture was recorded on Kodachrome (Kodak) film in about 1961.
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  • A middle-aged 70s husband and wife stand on hotel steps in the Spanish Mediterranean resort of Marbella on the Costa del Sol, southern Spain. Holding his trilby hat in one hand the husband stands slightly higher than his wife, in a more dominant stance than his lady companion. The woman wears a floppy holiday hat in the bright sunshine before an excursion elsewhere.
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  • A middle-age mother and father with a teenage son pose for a photo outside their house in a Belgian suburb in the early 70s. Standing rather awkwardly in the street of modern cobbles, the three family members are ready to leave for a day out somewhere and we see their house's window on the left with its shutters lowered. The mother and wife wears white gloves, the husband and father wears a trilby hat - in the way people wore headwear in that bygone era.
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  • A European tourist poses for a souvenir photo with Mexican villagers holding various reptiles including an Armadillo and Iguana. Standing behind the local women and girls, the middle-aged executive poses for the picture taker to show where he has been on his business trip or holiday somewhere in a remote area of rual Mexico. In exchange for the poised photo, it is expected for the westerner to give a few pesos to the villgers
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  • An older uncle with his two nephews sit on tropical grass in the family African garden in 1970. This amateur family souvenir portrait is a snapshot taken decades before the advent of the digital photograph, preserving the quality of a bygone era. The garden is in the African town of Blantyre in Malawi where this expatriate family lived. This decade is shown with the shorts sandals of seventies childhood.
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  • Young girls enjoy the beach on the seafront at Southend, on 29th July 2002, in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England.
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  • A family enjoy a hot day in their beach hut on the seafront at Southend, on 29th July 2002, in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England.
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  • Middle-aged and elderly visitors eat ice-cream cones on the seafront of Great Yarmouth, on 25th May 1992, in Great Yarmouth, England.
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  • As families with children play on the sandy beach in the distance, a red wet suit dries on the sea wall, on 21st August 1992, in Scarborough, England.
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  • Two boys carry large inflatable rings at a watersport ride called the River Run, at the north-eastern seaside resort of Scarborough, on 21st August 1992, in Scarborough, England.
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  • Two women enjoy some peace and a bygone ambience while rading their newspapers in a day room of a hotel in the seaside resort of Paignton, on 19th July 1993, in Paignton, England.
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  • A lady peers down into the viewfinder of a vintage film camera whilst holidaying on the pier at Bournemouth seaside resort, on 20th October 1990, in Bournemouth, England.
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  • As an older daughter plays in the surf, a young girl hugs her mother while on holiday in the southern English seaside resort of Paignton, on 19th July 1993, in Paignton, England.
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  • A baby enjoys the sandy beach with his parents at Minehead, on 12th August 1993, in Minehead, England.
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  • Seen from the inside of her beach hut that looks out to the promenade and sea, a lady enjoys summer sunshine while holding on to her hat while others bathe in the waters beyond, on 12th June 1992, in Lowestoft, England.
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  • Firefighters assess charred remains damage of the Savoy Theatre fire, on 14th February 1990, in London, England. While the theatre was being renovated in February 1990, a fire gutted the building, except for the stage and backstage areas.
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