by Andrew Gill | Jul 29, 2021 | Gallery, I didn’t expect that!, The Man on the Clapham Omnibus
Coal was the fuel that powered industrial Britain and mines were dangerous places to work in a pre-health-and-safety world. When disaster struck, as it often did, one of the main hazards for rescue workers was the presence of toxic gases. Here we see miners wearing... 
by Andrew Gill | Jul 29, 2021 | Gallery, The Man on the Clapham Omnibus
Many middle-class families employed a nanny to care for their children. This young lady has taken her charge to a park in a rather fancy perambulator. This particular type of pram was known as a bassinet. They don’t seem to be having much fun but maybe that... 
by Andrew Gill | Jul 28, 2021 | Celebrities, Gallery, Transport
This is Henri Farman, a French aviator, in Blackpool, in 1909. Aeroplanes were still experimental and their very brave (or, perhaps, foolishly reckless) pilots were constantly pushing the boundaries to see what could be achieved. On this flight, Henri set a new record... 
by Andrew Gill | Jul 27, 2021 | Gallery, Places, The Man on the Clapham Omnibus
This photograph of Brighton shows the Chain Pier in the distance which was destroyed by fire in 1896 and Volk’s Electric Railway which still operates today. Enjoy this original photograph from our archive. It is low resolution and has a... 
by Andrew Gill | Jul 27, 2021 | Gallery, I didn’t expect that!
Many football clubs have a mascot, some stranger than others. This is ‘Amos’, Barnsley’s mascot, in the early 1900s. Enjoy this original photograph from our archive. It is low resolution and has a ‘keasbury-gordon.com’ watermark. Our NFT... 
by Andrew Gill | Jul 27, 2021 | Gallery, The Man on the Clapham Omnibus
We are very wary of taking photographs of children, especially other people’s. Victorian photographers would not have understood our concerns and, as a consequence have, thankfully, left us with some remarkable images of children’s lives. We tend to think... 
by Andrew Gill | Jul 27, 2021 | Gallery, Transport
A fascinating photograph, probably taken in the 1890s, of a major London railway terminus. At the height of the Victorian railway boom, companies competed for passengers and many built grand London stations which were as much status symbols as places to board a train.... 