Images Dated 4th September 2015

The World s Largest Pie...... Denby Dale, Yorkshire : The World s largest meat

The Worlds Largest Pie......
Denby Dale, Yorkshire : The Worlds largest meat and potatoe pie - The Denby Dale Pie - leaves the bakehouse here today for the " Pie - Field " where it was to be cut up and sold to the thousands of visitors in aid of charity.
The baking of the pie was started at noon yesterday, and into the pie has gone 4, 500 lbs of beef, one and a half tons of potatoes, one and a half cwt of seasoning, ten cwt of flour and six cwt of fat, salt and baking powder.
The village has been famous for its mammoth pies since 1788 when the first pie was cooked to commemorate the recovery of King George III from a mental illness. Since that time the pie has been baked at different occasions, the last being in 1928. Todays ceremony was to commemorate the recent Royal births.
5 September 1964

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As autumn is the time when the Coster royal families of London overhaul the pearly

As autumn is the time when the Coster "royal families" of London overhaul the pearly suits after the summer season.Mr H G Tabram, of Holborn, the original Pearly King of London, and his family are having a visit.
Pearly suits have from 20, 000 to 50, 000 buttons and each member of the Tabram family has an outfit address as an indication of rank. Mr Tabram can also a makes repairs on the suits of the Coaster "Kings". Mr Tabramhas resigned since 1899, his father having been a Pearly King in 1870. All the members of the Tabram and finally appeared before members of the Royal Family.
Photo shows: Mr Tabram and his daughter, Florence, repairing Pearly regalia. Thousands of buttons are seen on the table.
25 October 1938

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The first frog - woman . Frogmen the underwater swimmers used for daring

The first " frog - woman ".
" Frogmen " the underwater swimmers used for daring operations during the war - have trained a " frogwoman " to assist them in their demonstrations of this type of war work at Butlins Holiday Camp at Filey, Yorkshire. She is Gwenda Davies of Fulham, 25 year old ex - WAAF and one - time insurance clerk. The team wear suits similar to those worn by the German swimmers who attempted to blow up the bridge at Nijmegen in 1944.
Photo shows ; The frogwoman with the frogmen. Left to right ; John Kassell, ex - Royal Marine, of Richmond, Yorks, JGI Marriott, ex - Royal Marine of Manchester, Gwenda Davies, A Capindale, ex - Royal Marine of Melton Mowbray and " Chuck " Leyland, ex - Sea Recce Unit of Manchester.
28 June 1946

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