Nostalgia John Topham's Britain Gallery

Doctors at Queen Marys Hospital in Sidcup, Kent, have produced a film on the life

Doctors at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup, Kent, have produced a film on the life of one of their nurses as an aid to recruitment. Doctor L. Golicz (left), who was the cameraman, pictured in the cutting room with Doctor Geoffrey Daw, who wrote the script.
23 November 1955

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16mm Super X, 1950s, 20th Century, Film Reel, Frames, Inspecting, Looking, Nostalgia, Pipe, Reels, Smoking, Splicing

Watched by customers and the landlord Mr H Mills pouring out beer Ginger a 9 year

Watched by customers and the landlord Mr H Mills pouring out beer Ginger a 9 year old cart horse stops for a quick pint with his master at the public bar of the New Inn Monkton Kent 26 October 1951

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Blinkers, Drink, Farmers, Fun, Harness, Horse, Horse In The House, Humour, Men, Pub

Mr Joseph Arthur Walter Perkins, a 24 year old experimental chemist, left his home

Mr Joseph Arthur Walter Perkins, a 24 year old experimental chemist, left his home in Erith, Kent to ride across Europe and the Sahara by motorcycle to Cape Town. This will be the first time ever if he succeeds. He is equipped with all sorts of equipment, from binoculars, revolver and rifle - to spare cans of oil and petrol and a specially built rear wheel to take the extra weight. His father saw him off.
9th March 1950
Aeriel motorbike
It's a post-war 1950 350cc NH Ariel (note correct spelling) overhead valve single. Interesting points are the snorkle added to the exhaust pipe and an intake filter on the top of the fuel tank to enable safe river crossings

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