The story behind Princess Diana and John Travolta’s iconic dance, 1985
This post was originally published on this sitePrincess Diana visited the United States in early November 1985 with her husband Prince Charles. The royal couple […]
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Street life of Victorian London in rare historical photographs, 1873-1877
This post was originally published on this siteThese rare historical photographs were taken from 1873 to 1877 and are part of Street Life in London, […]
Mugshots of child criminals of Edwardian Britain, 1900-1910
This post was originally published on this siteThese mugshots of Edwardian Britain depict minors arrested for petty crimes and are part of a wide photographic […]
Belfast in amazing rare color photographs, 1955
This post was originally published on this siteThese amazing color photos of Belfast capture the shipyards, the lively streets, the everyday life, the fashion, and […]
Alice Liddell: The real Alice in Wonderland, 1858-1872
This post was originally published on this siteAlice Liddell was the middle daughter of Henry George Liddell, Dean of Christ Church at Oxford. Alice, along […]
The Belgian refugees in Britain: A warm reception that turned to resentment, 1914-1918
This post was originally published on this siteThe outbreak of war in 1914 left many Belgians homeless and penniless. Germany invaded Belgium on its way […]
Test pilot George Aird ejected from his Lightning F1 aircraft, 1962
This post was originally published on this siteThis is the story behind the famous picture of the test pilot George Aird ejected from his Lightning […]
Robert Scott’s ill-fated expedition to the South Pole, 1910-1913
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1910, British explorer Robert Falcon Scott led a privately funded expedition to become the first people to […]
When Queen Elizabeth was a truck mechanic, 1945
This post was originally published on this siteAt the outbreak of World War II in 1939, many close to the British royal family wanted the […]
London street style during Edwardian era, 1905-1908
This post was originally published on this siteEdwardian fashion refers to the clothing that was in style between the late 1890s and 1914 or the […]
The visual history of Beatlemania in rare pictures, 1964
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1964, the Beatles achieved an unprecedented level of success both in their home country of Britain and […]
Knockers-up: Waking up the workers in industrial Britain, 1900-1941
This post was originally published on this siteThe knocker-upper profession started during and lasted well into the Industrial Revolution, when alarm clocks were neither cheap […]
Creating Concorde, the first supersonic passenger jet, 1964-1969
This post was originally published on this siteThe Anglo-French Concorde was co-developed by BAC, a forerunner of BAE Systems, and Aerospatiale, now a part of […]
The Miracle of Dunkirk in rare pictures, 1940
This post was originally published on this siteDunkirk was the largest of the multiple evacuations of British, French and Belgian troops from Northern France following […]
When London parks used sheep as natural lawnmowers, 1926-1938
This post was originally published on this siteIn the 1920s and 1930s, sheep were routinely introduced into London parks to keep the grass under control […]
When the British military industry was dominated by women, 1914-1918
This post was originally published on this siteDuring World War One, large numbers of women were recruited into jobs vacated by men who had gone […]
The rise and fall of the Communist Party of Great Britain, 1928-1983
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1920, a group of revolutionary socialists attended a meeting at the Cannon Street Hotel in London. The […]
Rare pictures of London in Dufaycolor, 1943-1945
This post was originally published on this siteThis collection of rare photographs of London, spanning from the dark days of the Blitz to the triumphant […]
The weekly food ration for two people, UK, 1943
This post was originally published on this siteAround 1939, when World War II began, the United Kingdom imported two-thirds of its food, all of which […]
26 Rare Color Photos That Capture Street Scenes of Edinburgh in 1949
This post was originally published on this siteEdinburgh is the capital and the second most populous city of Scotland, also the seventh most populous in […]