Images Dated 2000

Le Mans 24 Hour Race The Aston Martin team before the start of the race - cars 25

Le Mans 24 Hour Race
The Aston Martin team before the start of the race - cars 25, 26, and 27
1953

24 Hours Le Mans Endurance Race, Aston Martin, Classic Car, Flags, Pit Stop, Race Track, Racing Car, Sports Car, Vintage Car

SANDY, an 18 month old Golden Retriever, is placidly homeward bound as he is photographed

SANDY, an 18 month old Golden Retriever, is placidly homeward bound as he is photographed here, teeth clamped into the wicker basket which contains the family joint. Owned by Mr F C Clarke of Bedminster, Bristol, the dog is uniquely tempttion-resistant. mr Clarke sends him half a mile to the butcher shop, unaccompanied, for the family meat rations. And, although the succulent smell of raw meat hovers only an inch below his nostrils, Sandy has never yet stopped for refreshment on the homeward journey

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Bloody Easter Dublin Martyrs to the cause

Bloody Easter Dublin
Martyrs to the cause ....these men .....and one woman led the 1916 Rebellion . They were not Quite the mould of Bolshevik revolutioinaries. They included poets, scholars, and several of noble birth. The woman Countess Markevicz and two men had their death sentances commuted to hard-labour for life. One of those two men was Eamon De Valera (bottom row) who Escaped to Become his country's elder statesman.This lauditory broadsheet was printed soon after the rising failed.
March 19 1916 Topfoto stills library picture library stock archive vintage Ireland Irish Rebellion 1916

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