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Items tagged "England":
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fishing & drinking on a pier at Deal, Kent, England, August 23, 1937
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- whataboutbobbed
- date:
- Apr 24, 2013 (a Wednesday)
- time:
- 11:32:34 (1 month ago)
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Hammersmith schools’ annual athletics meeting, held at White City, London, by George W Roper, June 13, 1938
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#Hammersmith#White City#London#England#race#school#track#1938#1930s#30s#June 13#George W Roper#running#starting lineInfo
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- whataboutbobbed
- date:
- Mar 12, 2013 (a Tuesday)
- time:
- 10:44:45 (3 months ago)
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‘Daly’s Girls’ dance troupe, by George Woodbine for the Daily Herald, July 1932
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- whataboutbobbed
- date:
- Mar 5, 2013 (a Tuesday)
- time:
- 8:54:01 (3 months ago)
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- whataboutbobbed
- date:
- Jan 30, 2013 (a Wednesday)
- time:
- 11:05:06 (4 months ago)
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Stephanie Waring – British Soap Awards, May 14, 2011
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- whataboutbobbed
- date:
- Jan 23, 2013 (a Wednesday)
- time:
- 3:00:21 (4 months ago)
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Happy Hanukkah!!!!
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- whataboutbobbed
- date:
- Dec 14, 2012 (a Friday)
- time:
- 9:19:28 (6 months ago)
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Lady Troubridge and Miss Radcliffe Hall attend the French Bulldog show at Marylebone Hall, March 28, 1928
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#Una Vincenzo#Lady Troubridge#Una Troubridge#french bulldog#Radcliffe Hall#Marylebone Hall#London#England#March 28#1928#1920s#20s#dogs#smokingInfo
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- whataboutbobbed
- date:
- Nov 15, 2012 (a Thursday)
- time:
- 8:45:00 (7 months ago)
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women of the British Olympic team on a railway platform, bound for the Olympic Games in Holland, 1928
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#1928#1920s#20s#Holland#The Netherlands#train#train platform#group photo#sports#Olympics#Summer Olympics#team#England#Great BritainInfo
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- whataboutbobbed
- date:
- Aug 1, 2012 (a Wednesday)
- time:
- 8:15:44 (10 months ago)
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a young visitor and her toy elephant finds that the elephant house at London Zoo is closed for their winter holidays, January 1927
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Michael Redgrave, wife Rachel Kempson (May 28, 1910 – May 24, 2003), and children Corin, Lynn, and Vanessa pose for a portrait on the banks of the Thames near their London home in 1946
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#Rachel Kempson#birthday girl#Michael Redgrave#Corin Redgrave#Lynn Redgrave#Vanessa Redgrave#Thames River#London#England#Great Britain#40s#1946#1940sInfo
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- whataboutbobbed
- date:
- May 28, 2012 (a Monday)
- time:
- 2:39:31 (1 year ago)
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Mablethorpe & Sutton-On-Sea poster by Tom Purvis, 1927
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#Mablethorpe#Sutton-On-Sea#Tom Purvis#1927#1920s#20s#poster#travel poster#England#United Kingdom#tourism#art#illustrationInfo
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- whataboutbobbed
- date:
- May 13, 2012 (a Sunday)
- time:
- 9:11:37 (1 year ago)
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students at the Heatherley School of Art in Baker Street, London, painting a nude model in the portrait studio, November 1927
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Ethel Jane Cain (May 1, 1909 - September 19, 1996) was a British telephonist and the original voice of the speaking clock in the United Kingdom [listen!!!]. She was appointed in 1936 following a ‘search for the girl with the golden voice’. Her voice was used from 1936 until 1963, when it was replaced by Pat Simmons
above - Miss Ethel Cain dialling TIM at Dollis Hill to hear her own voice tell the time, March 20, 1936
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#Ethel Jane Cain#Jane Cain#birthday girl#speaking clock#1930s#30s#telephone#history#voice#clock#Dollis Hill#England#London#Great Britain#United KingdomInfo
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- whataboutbobbed
- date:
- May 1, 2012 (a Tuesday)
- time:
- 12:02:40 (1 year ago)
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Dorothy Seacombe, in bed in the play Just Got Married at the Comedy Theatre, London, 1924 & dolled up on December 14th, 1926
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#Dorothy Seacombe#birthday girl#1926#1924#1920s#20s#Just Got Married#London#England#Comedy Theatre#December 14Info
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- whataboutbobbed
- date:
- Mar 22, 2012 (a Thursday)
- time:
- 8:31:05 (1 year ago)
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British Olympic high jumper Dorothy Tyler-Odam jumping over the washing line at her home in Mitcham, Surrey, July 9th, 1948. Dorothy won silver medals in the 1936 and 1948 Olympic Games high jump
[damn you Getty Images for owning this and thus ruining one of the greatest photos we’ve seen in awhile!!]
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- date:
- Mar 14, 2012 (a Wednesday)
- time:
- 5:12:05 (1 year ago)
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![Ethel Jane Cain (May 1, 1909 - September 19, 1996) was a British telephonist and the original voice of the speaking clock in the United Kingdom [listen!!!]. She was appointed in 1936 following a ‘search for the girl with the golden voice’. Her voice was used from 1936 until 1963, when it was replaced by Pat Simmons
above - Miss Ethel Cain dialling TIM at Dollis Hill to hear her own voice tell the time, March 20, 1936](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3b0qouNMA1qg8r34o1_500.jpg)