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Planet News Collection (page 6)

Background imagePlanet News Collection: Pearly kings and queens protest against Sunday street trading ban at Lambeth

Pearly kings and queens protest against Sunday street trading ban at Lambeth. Pearly kings and queens in their full regalia headed a great protest demonstration which marched to the Lambeth Town

Background imagePlanet News Collection: Prebendary Carlile and Archimandrites at Lambeth Palace reception. The Archbishop of Canterbury

Prebendary Carlile and Archimandrites at Lambeth Palace reception. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Coamis Gordon Lang, gave a reception to Missionaries at Lambeth Palace, London

Background imagePlanet News Collection: Lambeth Bridge. 1932

Lambeth Bridge. 1932

Background imagePlanet News Collection: 1200 children, from more than 100 schools, were among the great crowds which cheered

1200 children, from more than 100 schools, were among the great crowds which cheered Queen Mary when she opened the new £ 90, 000 extension to Lambeth Town Hall, Brixton

Background imagePlanet News Collection: Motor torpedo boat built for foreign government undergoes tests on Thames

Motor torpedo boat built for foreign government undergoes tests on Thames. The torpedo boat passing County Hall. 30 March 1935 History of London - Vauxhall / Lambeth

Background imagePlanet News Collection: The Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Alexander Cosmo Gordon Lang, gave a reception to

The Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Alexander Cosmo Gordon Lang, gave a reception to Missionaries at Lambeth Palace, London. Photo shows, left to right, Father Wain of the Cowley Fathers, Poona

Background imagePlanet News Collection: King opens new Lambeth Bridge over River Thames

King opens new Lambeth Bridge over River Thames. H M the King drove in State to open the new Lambeth Bridge, London, over the river Thames

Background imagePlanet News Collection: Work progresses on Lambeth Bridge. A view of the progress of the work on Lambeth Bridge

Work progresses on Lambeth Bridge. A view of the progress of the work on Lambeth Bridge, London, which is fast nearing completion. 2 February 1932

Background imagePlanet News Collection: Diving in the Thames. A large crowd watched a diver Mr W R Gloss descend to the

Diving in the Thames. A large crowd watched a diver Mr W R Gloss descend to the river bed to remove remains of steel piles driven into the river near the new Lambeth Bridge which will shortly be

Background imagePlanet News Collection: Queen Mary received an enthusiastic welcome when she visited Brixton to open the new £90

Queen Mary received an enthusiastic welcome when she visited Brixton to open the new £90
Queen Mary received an enthusiastic welcome when she visited Brixton to open the new £ 90, 000 extension to Lambeth Town Hall. Photo shows: The great crowds which greeted Queen Mary

Background imagePlanet News Collection: The Big Apple makes it debut with Billy Bennett. The Big Apple, latest dance craze of America

The Big Apple makes it debut with Billy Bennett. The Big Apple, latest dance craze of America, is to be introduced to the ballroom by the George Hale Glamour Girls when they feature it in

Background imagePlanet News Collection: British couple win European ballroom Championships in Berlin

British couple win European ballroom Championships in Berlin. Mr John whirls, and Miss Rense Sissons, the British amateur ballroom dancing champions

Background imagePlanet News Collection: The Dove dance, Americas latest role. The fan dance, having palled on Americas jaded audiences

The Dove dance, Americas latest role. The fan dance, having palled on Americas jaded audiences, Rosita Royce has devised a startling new act

Background imagePlanet News Collection: A swarm of bees on the lamppost in Westbourne Crescent, Bayswater

A swarm of bees on the lamppost in Westbourne Crescent, Bayswater. Somebody remember that a Post Office engineer of the new Moscow Road exchange was a beekeeper

Background imagePlanet News Collection: Mr R Ainslie the Post Office Engineer cooly removed a swarm of bees by hand, estimated at 15

Mr R Ainslie the Post Office Engineer cooly removed a swarm of bees by hand, estimated at 15, 000 from a lamp post on westbourne crecent Bayswater

Background imagePlanet News Collection: Gathering fruit for the wine harvest in Spain in province of Navarra

Gathering fruit for the wine harvest in Spain in province of Navarra

Background imagePlanet News Collection: Visitors to a cafe at Carlsbad

Visitors to a cafe at Carlsbad

Background imagePlanet News Collection: War - but life goes on. Despite the changing fortunes of war, Burgos, seat of the

War - but life goes on. Despite the changing fortunes of war, Burgos, seat of the Spanish rebels Provisional Government, is a gay city

Background imagePlanet News Collection: Waiter who strikes a different note, successful composer of music in his spare time

Waiter who strikes a different note, successful composer of music in his spare time. Richard Dabson, who works as a waiter in a Piccadilly Circus restaurant by day

Background imagePlanet News Collection: Unemployed women learn to be canteen cooks in London

Unemployed women learn to be canteen cooks in London. As it is expected that there will soon be a considerable demand for cooks in institutions and canteens

Background imagePlanet News Collection: Canned Beer Will Take Less Space in Derby Day Hampers - Plan to Oust Bottles

Canned Beer Will Take Less Space in Derby Day Hampers - Plan to Oust Bottles. Canned beer is to make its appearance in Derby Day hampers

Background imagePlanet News Collection: Woman seeks bacon slicer championships at grocers exhibition

Woman seeks bacon slicer championships at grocers exhibition. Britains champion bacon slicer will emerge from the bacon sliceing competition at the Grocers exhibition, Royal Agricultural Hall

Background imagePlanet News Collection: Billingsgate Fish Market is already working at top pressure to deal with the terrific

Billingsgate Fish Market is already working at top pressure to deal with the terrific demand for Good Friday fish. The approach of the Easter festival means greatly increased work for Billinsgate

Background imagePlanet News Collection: Tea blending competition at grocers exhibition. The tea blending opens to masters

Tea blending competition at grocers exhibition. The tea blending opens to masters, managers and assistance for The Grocer Challenge Cup is in progress at the Grocers Exhibition

Background imagePlanet News Collection: Thomas Hardys nephew refuses literary career to be a chef. Novelist widow leaves him £2000

Thomas Hardys nephew refuses literary career to be a chef. Novelist widow leaves him £2000
Thomas Hardys nephew refuses literary career to be a chef. Novelist widow leaves him £ 2000. Refusing to follow in the footsteps of his famous uncle, Thomas Henry Soundy

Background imagePlanet News Collection: Traffic lights control diners. Lunch hour crowds at Millbank restaurant eat to Stop

Traffic lights control diners. Lunch hour crowds at Millbank restaurant eat to Stop and Go signals. 29 January 1935

Background imagePlanet News Collection: Not a merry christmas for the Hyde Park sheep

Not a merry christmas for the Hyde Park sheep. Sheep which have been contentedly grazing in Hyde Park are leaving their urban pasture to provide christmas fare for an Essex butcher

Background imagePlanet News Collection: A motorist looking at the sign at the entrance to the town of Eger, the Sudetenland Storm Centre

A motorist looking at the sign at the entrance to the town of Eger, the Sudetenland Storm Centre, Czechoslovakia. The Czech name of the town - Chob - has been painted out

Background imagePlanet News Collection: Britains first railway station snack bar opened at Paddington. The first lunch

Britains first railway station snack bar opened at Paddington. The first lunch and quick snack bar for passengers at a British railway station has been opened on number 1 platform at Paddington

Background imagePlanet News Collection: Viennese bakers begin work in London. 5, 000 rolls a day for exhibition

Viennese bakers begin work in London. 5, 000 rolls a day for exhibition. Four Viennese bakers are producing 5, 000 rolls and loaves everyday at the National Austrian exhibition

Background imagePlanet News Collection: Where hospitable custom of a century survives. Free ale and bread for wayfarers

Where hospitable custom of a century survives. Free ale and bread for wayfarers. Survival of the old monasteries where wayfarers were given food and shelter for the night

Background imagePlanet News Collection: Bees and honey at show at Crystal Palace

Bees and honey at show at Crystal Palace. The National show of bees and honey is in progress at the Crystal Palace, London. Photo shows a bee keeper smoking bees out of a hive. 1934

Background imagePlanet News Collection: Sir CHarles Burdett and Baroness Poppy Rednig Von Trebnitz run restaurant in the city

Sir CHarles Burdett and Baroness Poppy Rednig Von Trebnitz run restaurant in the city. Sir Charles Burdett, with Baroness Poppy Hedwig von Trebnitz, and Miss Grace Corwell

Background imagePlanet News Collection: Londoner who still wear hats and coats

Londoner who still wear hats and coats !. They work in the cold storage. Even in this scorching August there is one place in London where hats and coats are still welcome

Background imagePlanet News Collection: Preparations for the Bakers exhibition in Islington. Preparations for the confectioners

Preparations for the Bakers exhibition in Islington. Preparations for the confectioners and bakers exhibition are in progress at the Royal Agricultural hall, Islington

Background imagePlanet News Collection: Where hospitable custom of eight centuries survives. Free ale and bread for wayfarers

Where hospitable custom of eight centuries survives. Free ale and bread for wayfarers. Survival of the old monasteries where wayfarers were given food and shelter for the night

Background imagePlanet News Collection: Judging honey at Crystal Palace show. 1934

Judging honey at Crystal Palace show. 1934

Background imagePlanet News Collection: Womens champion runs city cafe devoted chess

Womens champion runs city cafe devoted chess. Sitting tense in a silence broken only by the rattler coffee cups, chess friends have found a haven in a City of London cafe

Background imagePlanet News Collection: After making a special journey from the Isle of Arran, the Duchess of Montrose, welcomed

After making a special journey from the Isle of Arran, the Duchess of Montrose, welcomed by pipers of the London Scottish performed the opening ceremony of the giant new apple store installed at

Background imagePlanet News Collection: Bakers exhibition opens in Islington. The confectioners and bakers exhibition has

Bakers exhibition opens in Islington. The confectioners and bakers exhibition has opened at the Royal Agricultural Hall, Islington

Background imagePlanet News Collection: Refrigerators keep apples in condition. Equipped with giant refrigerators and all

Refrigerators keep apples in condition. Equipped with giant refrigerators and all the latest equipment, a great new storehouse for apples has been built in the extensive orchards a Cockayne Hatley

Background imagePlanet News Collection: Reassuring his customers. Typhoid scare in south London

Reassuring his customers. Typhoid scare in south London. The typhoid scare is now so grave in south London that a greengrocer in Newington Butts

Background imagePlanet News Collection: London public house landlords summoned to Buckingham Palace to have licences renewed

London public house landlords summoned to Buckingham Palace to have licences renewed. Five London public house landlords have received summonses to attend a meeting at Buckingham Palace next week for

Background imagePlanet News Collection: Making wine in Spain in province of Cuenca

Making wine in Spain in province of Cuenca

Background imagePlanet News Collection: President Lebrun distributes New Year gifts to children. To celebrate the New Year

President Lebrun distributes New Year gifts to children. To celebrate the New Year, President Lebrun of France and Madame Lebrun distributed toys to Paris school children at the Elysees Palace

Background imagePlanet News Collection: Cock that charmed a butcher, is the enemy of all dogs

Cock that charmed a butcher, is the enemy of all dogs !. Billy, cock whose charming ways appealed so much to F E Durrant, a butcher of Criclewood, London, that is now a treasured pet

Background imagePlanet News Collection: A Baron of beef, weighing 30 stone has arrived at Smithfield Market on its way to

A Baron of beef, weighing 30 stone has arrived at Smithfield Market on its way to the Lord Mayors banquet, which takes place on 9 November

Background imagePlanet News Collection: Queue for opening of Wimbledon. Refreshment from mobile cafe

Queue for opening of Wimbledon. Refreshment from mobile cafe. A mobile cafe provide welcome refreshments for tennis enthusiast



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