We're used to strolling or cycling along picturesque canal towpaths but that wasn't their original purpose and they are called that for a reason. In this romatic study of a canal barge, taken in the early 1900s, we see the horse in the distance, pulling the boat. What...
The original photograph, on which this photo-art is based, was taken in the 1930s. The railway crossing is just outside Newcastle-upon-Tyne railway station. Enjoy this photo-art based on an original photograph from our archive. It is low resolution and has a...
This photograph was probably taken in the 1930s and shows the proud drivers of the Shredded Wheat fleet. Perhaps these were new lorries and this was a publicity photo. Industrial photographs from this period are relatively rare and this one reminds us that some of our...
Brayford Pool is a natural lake in the centre of Lincoln. It is connected to the River Trent by the Fosse Dyke and has been used as a commercial waterway for centuries. In this photograph, taken in the early 1900s, you can just make out the outline of the Cathedral in...
This photograph was taken in Levenshulme near Manchester, probably in the 1920s. Notice the BP petrol pump and the various oils for sale .... everything needed to ne oiled manually to keep the engine working and wheels turning. The breakdown truck with the crane on...
Glencoe, famous for the 1692 massacre of the MacDonald Clan, has some of Scotland's most dramatic scenery and driving or hiking through it today is a must-do experience. Imagine taking this excursion on a bright Summer's day, in the 1890s when this photograph was...
Wicksteed Park near Kettering has been a much-loved theme park for one hundred years. The narrow gauge railway, shown here, which takes visitors around the grounds, was built in 1931 and is still running today. This photograph was taken in the 1930s. Enjoy this...
Jersey, the largest of the Channel islands, had two separate railways running along its south coast from St. Helier, one to the east and another to the west. The first was opened in 1870 and the last train ran in 1936. Much of the track-bed still exists and provides a...
This striking photograph of a lifeboat and crew was taken in 1900. The boat is named 'James Stevens No. 14', presumably as it was paid for by said Mr. Stevens and perhaps it was the fourteenth lifeboat to be based there. A local heritage group has preserved and...
Edinburgh has a smart fleet of quiet, comfortable, modern trams but these are just the latest incarnation of trams going back to the 1870s. They first appeared in 1871 and were horse-drawn. The horses were replaced in 1888 by an underground cable system which ran...
This remarkable Victorian photograph was, I suspect, taken as an artistic study rather than a snapshot of ships in dock, as whilst the subject matter is interesting, the composition is masterful. It is, of course, a sailing ship, moored safely in a harbour, in deep...
This is a delightful view of the pier in Weston-super-Mare. Today, Weston has one of the 'newest' Victorian piers in Britain as, following a disastrous fire a few years ago, it has been renovated and modernised. The sign over the entrance says 'The Bioscope'. Cinema...
The style of the trams shown here would suggest that the photograph was taken in the early 1900s. Trams changed travel habits forever. Their affordable fares and extensive networks enabled more people to go to more places, for more purposes, more often .... though not...
Car accidents happen and always have done. In the early days of motoring, just to see a car was a novelty, to see one wrapped around a tree was crowd-worthy. There is something fascinating about accidents, especially other people's, and motorway traffic slows down...
Given the current, precarious state of our high street retailers, this photograph, taken in the 1920s, reminds us that household brands, that were part of our childhood and we thought would be there forever, can suddenly disappear, as they succumb to the changing ways...
Fire Brigades originally used steam-powered water-pumps, towed by horses. Response times must have been poor by today's standards but when this photograph was taken, probably just before the First World War, motor vehicles were commonplace and powerful enough to carry...
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