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  • A street scene of children from nearby Upminster playing in an historical photo dated at the turn of the 20th century but reproduced in the car park of the Three Crowns pub, on 8th October 2019, in Rainham, Essex, England. Voters in this Havering borough voted 69% in favour of Brexit during the 2016 referendum.
    rainham_journey-02-08-10-2019.jpg
  • A couple of mixed-race have put their heads through the apertures made in a painting that depicts Prince Albert and Queen Victoria, on the Palace Pier at Brighton, on the south coast of England. The faces peep through this traditional attraction that few can resist, even in the 21st century. The man's face looks disturbingly incongruous in the place where the Prince Consort's white German character would be. There is a message here of a changing multi-cultural British society where these friends or partners are from other ethnic backgrounds and where mixed-marriages are now commonplace, as opposed to the Victorian era when attitudes to racism and race-relations were vastly different.
    palace_pier_royals-16-07-1993.jpg
  • 1980s Sri Lankan schoolgirls in clean white uniforms and visiting the ancient city of Polonnaruwa, stand alongside the Shiva Devale temple, on 12th Arpil 1980, at Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka. Shiva Devale No 2 is the oldest structure in Polonnaruwa and dates from the brief Chola period, when the Indian invaders established the city. Built in the 11th century, this Hindu temple built entirely of stone. Within in the sanctum is a stone carved lingam or phallus, a symbol of Hindu god Diva. In front of the temple is the Nandi bull, God Shiva’s vehicle. Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka’s splendid medieval capital was established as the first city of the land in the 11th Century, A.D. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    polonnaruwa_girls-12-04-1980.jpg
  • Riot police officers stand firm nearTrafalgar Square at the height of the Poll Tax Riot on 31st March 1990, in Westminster, London, England. Angry crowds, demonstrating against Margaret Thatcher's local authority tax, stormed the Whitehall area and then London's West End, starting fires and overturning cars, looting stores up Charing Cross Road and St Martin's Lane. The anti-poll tax rally in central London erupted into the worst riots seen in the city for a century. Forty-five police officers were among the 113 people injured as well as 20 police horses. 340 people were arrested.
    poll_tax_riot07-31-03-1990.jpg
  • Riot police officers stand firm in Trafalgar Square at the height of the Poll Tax Riot on 31st March 1990, in Westminster, London, England. Angry crowds, demonstrating against Margaret Thatcher's local authority tax, stormed the Whitehall area and then London's West End, starting fires and overturning cars, looting stores up Charing Cross Road and St Martin's Lane. The anti-poll tax rally in central London erupted into the worst riots seen in the city for a century. Forty-five police officers were among the 113 people injured as well as 20 police horses. 340 people were arrested.
    poll_tax_riot09-31-03-1990.jpg
  • Rubbish and litter in the 1990s blocks the waterways of a canal, on 10th September 1994, in Stratford, east London, England. Algae and household pollution lies on the surface of the waters dug by navvies of the Victorian era when canals around Britain helped supply the industrial revolution with the raw ingredients to power the furnaces, mills and wharves of the transport age. This is a small outlet of the River Lea where the future 2012 Olympic Park would eventually be built - the waters once again freed from 20th century dereliction.
    river_pollution-10-09-1994.jpg
  • Low tide mud and silt with old wharves on the River Neckinger that once flowed from south London into the Thames at Bermindsey and once the inspiration for the end scenes of Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, on 19th June 1994, in Bermindsey, London, England. During subsequent redevelopment, the warves became expensive riverside apartments, the waters once again freed from 20th century dereliction.
    butlers_wharf-19-06-1994_1.jpg
  • In Windsor Great Park's Long Walk across the landscape a hose gallops during a 3-day cross-country event, held annually on Her Majesty the Queens's property, on 16th June 1994, in London, England. The Long Walk was commenced by Charles II from 1680-1685 by planting a double avenue of elm trees. The park was, for many centuries, the private hunting ground of Windsor Castle and dates primarily from the mid-13th century. Now largely open to the public, the parkland is a popular recreation area for residents of the western London suburbs. The Copper Horse is a statue marking the end of the Long Walk at Snow Hill in Windsor Great Park in the English county of Berkshire. The walk begins at the George IV Gateway at Windsor Castle. The Copper Horse is a statue of George III on horseback, and is said to represent George as an emperor in the Roman tradition riding without stirrups, along the lines of the Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius.
    windsor_great_park-16-06-1994.jpg
  • An aerial view overlooking the Cemiterio de São Miguel Arcanjo (Saint Miguel Catholic Cemetery) the ex-Portuguese colony of Macau's Chinese Christian cemetery of San Miguel, on 10th August 1994, in Macau, China. The cemetery is located right in the middle of Macao island, on Estrada do Cemiterio and host the graves of the old Dutch and Portuguese colonials that helped shape Macau, now one of the world's most densely-populated city. The Macau Special Administrative Region is one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China (PRC), along with Hong Kong. Administered by Portugal until 1999, it was the oldest European colony in China, dating back to the 16th century. The administrative power over Macau was transferred to the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1999, 2 years after Hong Kong's own handover.
    macau-10-08-1994_1.jpg
  • Several metres above the ground, a lone protester hangs on to a street light pole near London's Trafalgar Square at the height of the Poll Tax Riot on 31st March 1990, in Westminster, London, England. Angry crowds, demonstrating against Margaret Thatcher's local authority tax, stormed the Whitehall area and then London's West End, starting fires and overturning cars, looting stores up Charing Cross Road and St Martin's Lane. The anti-poll tax rally in central London erupted into the worst riots seen in the city for a century. Forty-five police officers were among the 113 people injured as well as 20 police horses. 340 people were arrested. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    poll_tax_riot08-31-03-1990.jpg
  • Riot police officers stand firm in Trafalgar Square at the height of the Poll Tax Riot on 31st March 1990, in Westminster, London, England. Angry crowds, demonstrating against Margaret Thatcher's local authority tax, stormed the Whitehall area and then London's West End, starting fires and overturning cars, looting stores up Charing Cross Road and St Martin's Lane. The anti-poll tax rally in central London erupted into the worst riots seen in the city for a century. Forty-five police officers were among the 113 people injured as well as 20 police horses. 340 people were arrested. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    poll_tax_riot10-31-03-1990.jpg
  • An inspection by the Thames Water Utilities sewer cleaning team looks closely at Victorian-era brick wall linings of the Fleet River's Victorian-built storm sewer of Blackfriars, beneath the streets of the City of London, on 19th June 1994, in London, England. Discarded fats from restaurants congeal in sewer networks leading to blocked pipework. Sewer men shovel the deposits and bring them in vats to the surface. In the early 19th century the River Thames was practically an open sewer, with disastrous consequences for public health in London, including numerous cholera epidemics with the The Great Stink of 1858 a turning point. Intercepting sewers constructed between 1859 and 1865 were fed by 450 miles (720 km) of main sewers that in turn conveyed the contents of some 13,000 miles (21,000 km) of smaller local sewers using 318m bricks, 880,000 cubic yards of concrete and mortar and excavation of over 3.5m tonnes of earth.
    sewer_inspection-19-06-1994.jpg
  • Before it erupts into a full-scale riot, families protest against Margaret Thatcher's Poll Tax policy, on 31st March 1990, in Trafalgar Square, London, England. Subsequently, angry crowds, demonstrating against Margaret Thatcher's local authority tax, stormed the Whitehall area and then London's West End, setting fire to a construction site and cars, looting stores up Charing Cross Road and St Martin's Lane. The anti-poll tax rally in central London erupted into the worst riots seen in the city for a century. Forty-five police officers were among the 113 people injured as well as 20 police horses. 340 people were arrested.
    poll_tax_riot05-01-04-1990.jpg
  • The clean-up begins the morning after the Poll Tax riot,  on 1st April 1990, in Charing Cross Road, London, England. Angry crowds, demonstrating against Margaret Thatcher's local authority tax, stormed the Whitehall area and then London's West End, setting fire to a construction site and cars, looting stores up Charing Cross Road and St Martin's Lane. The anti-poll tax rally in central London erupted into the worst riots seen in the city for a century. Forty-five police officers were among the 113 people injured as well as 20 police horses. 340 people were arrested.
    poll_tax_riot04-01-04-1990.jpg
  • A couple kiss near police officers in the middle of the Poll Tax riot in the UK capital, on 31st March 1990, in Trafalgar Square, London, England. Angry crowds, demonstrating against Margaret Thatcher's local authority tax, stormed the Whitehall area and then London's West End, setting fire to a construction site and cars, looting stores up Charing Cross Road and St Martin's Lane. The anti-poll tax rally in central London erupted into the worst riots seen in the city for a century. Forty-five police officers were among the 113 people injured as well as 20 police horses. 340 people were arrested.
    poll_tax_riot03-31-03-1990.jpg
  • A Porsche car burns fiercely outside the theatre where Will Russel's Blood Brothers is showing, during the Poll Tax riot in the UK capital, on 31st March 1990, in St. Martin's Lane, London, England. Angry crowds, demonstrating against Margaret Thatcher's local authority tax, stormed the Whitehall area and then London's West End, setting fire to a construction site and cars, looting stores up Charing Cross Road and St Martin's Lane. The anti-poll tax rally in central London erupted into the worst riots seen in the city for a century. Forty-five police officers were among the 113 people injured as well as 20 police horses. 340 people were arrested.
    poll_tax_riot02-31-03-1990.jpg
  • A Porsche car burns fiercely outside the theatre where Will Russel's Blood Brothers is showing, during the Poll Tax riot in the UK capital, on 31st March 1990, in St. Martin's Lane, London, England. Angry crowds, demonstrating against Margaret Thatcher's local authority tax, stormed the Whitehall area and then London's West End, setting fire to a construction site and cars, looting stores up Charing Cross Road and St Martin's Lane. The anti-poll tax rally in central London erupted into the worst riots seen in the city for a century. Forty-five police officers were among the 113 people injured as well as 20 police horses. 340 people were arrested.
    poll_tax_riot01-31-03-1990.jpg
  • Local Mecanese (Macau-born Chinese) walk past heritage architecture from the island's colonial Portuguese era, on 10th August 1994, in Macau, China. The Macau Special Administrative Region is one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China (PRC), along with Hong Kong. Administered by Portugal until 1999, it was the oldest European colony in China, dating back to the 16th century. The administrative power over Macau was transferred to the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1999, 2 years after Hong Kong's own handover.
    macau-10-08-1994.jpg
  • A group of red uniformed meat market traders manhandle joints of pork from the back of a meat wagon at Macau's main meat market, on the Rua Sul do Mercado de Sao Domingos, on 10th August 1994, in Macau, China. The market is just off the Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro, in Central Macau. The men have on hooded red tunics that hide the bloodstains of dead animal carcasses, a very practical choice of colour.  The Macau Special Administrative Region is one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China (PRC), along with Hong Kong. Administered by Portugal until 1999, it was the oldest European colony in China, dating back to the 16th century. The administrative power over Macau was transferred to the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1999, 2 years after Hong Kong's own handover.
    macau-10-08-1994_6.jpg
  • A portrait of a worried-looking young boy as he watches a game of basketball with older boys at a local sportsground, on 10th August 1994, in Macau, China. The Macau Special Administrative Region is one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China (PRC), along with Hong Kong. Administered by Portugal until 1999, it was the oldest European colony in China, dating back to the 16th century. The administrative power over Macau was transferred to the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1999, 2 years after Hong Kong's own handover.
    macau-10-08-1994_5.jpg
  • A young girl plays with Mahjong tiles at a night-club, on 10th August 1994, in Macau, China. The Macau Special Administrative Region is one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China (PRC), along with Hong Kong. Administered by Portugal until 1999, it was the oldest European colony in China, dating back to the 16th century. The administrative power over Macau was transferred to the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1999, 2 years after Hong Kong's own handover.
    macau-10-08-1994_2.jpg
  • The still-semi derelect Butler's Wharf, 19th century Thameside warehouses, before its renovation and redevelopment later that decade, on 11th September 1993, on the River Thames, London, England.
    butlers_wharf-19-06-1994.jpg
  • The still-semi derelect Butler's Wharf, 19th century Thameside warehouses, before its renovation and redevelopment later that decade, on 11th September 1993, on the River Thames, London, England.
    butlers_wharf-11-09-1993.jpg
  • Mexican Papantla Flyers perform a pre-Hispanic ritual dedicated to their sun god, a leap from a 90 foot pole, on 15th May 1996, the Tulum ruins, Yucatan, Mexico. Dressed in their native costumes these men lash themselves to this towering pole with a leather bindings and soar off into space backwards and upside down in the ultimate leap of faith. The Papantla Flyers are Totonac Indians performing an ancient fertility ceremony. As they slowly descend to earth, the 13 revolutions made by the four flyers equal the 52-year span of the Aztec century. They represent earth, water, fire and air and the interweaving of these four elements symbolizes the creation of new life. A fifth man is left on top, dancing on this tiny nine-inch platform while simultaneously playing both a pre-Columbian flute and drum.
    mesican_leap-15-05-1996.jpg
  • With colonial Portuguese architecture in the background, older women and a few men participate in a group exercise on an astroturf-covered sports ground, on 10th August 1994, in Macau, China. The Macau Special Administrative Region is one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China (PRC), along with Hong Kong. Administered by Portugal until 1999, it was the oldest European colony in China, dating back to the 16th century. The administrative power over Macau was transferred to the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1999, 2 years after Hong Kong's own handover.
    macau-10-08-1994_4.jpg
  • Children play with Mahjong tiles at a night-club, on 10th August 1994, in Macau, China. The Macau Special Administrative Region is one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China (PRC), along with Hong Kong. Administered by Portugal until 1999, it was the oldest European colony in China, dating back to the 16th century. The administrative power over Macau was transferred to the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1999, 2 years after Hong Kong's own handover.
    macau-10-08-1994_3.jpg
  • The day after its catastrophic blaze, firefighters continue to assess fire damage from their ladders, to the Queen's official residence at Windsor Castle, on 20th November 1992, in London, England. The most northerly corner of this old building that caught fire in a private chapel on the first floor of the north-east wing. Spreading quickly, damaging St George's Hall, which is often used for banquets. In all, one hundred rooms were damaged in the fire and intense public debate was sparked about whether the taxpayer should foot the repair bill, as the castle is owned by the British Government and not the Royal Family. But the Queen agreed to meet 70% of the costs, and opened Buckingham Palace to the public to generate extra funds. The £40m restoration took five years. Windsor is the largest inhabited castle in the world and partly dates to the time of the Norman King William the Conquerer.
    windsor_fire-20-11-1992.jpg
  • In Europe's largest currency trading floor at National Westminster Bank, a 1990s female banker works at her computer at  in the City of London (aka The Square Mile), the capital's financial centre, on 20th May 1993, in London, England.
    90s_banker-20-05-1993.jpg
  • Two 1990s office workers sunbathe on grass during their lunchtime, on the grass in the City of London (aka The Square Mile), the capital's financial centre, on 20th June 1992, in London, England. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    90s_sunbathing-20-06-1993.jpg
  • Forensic investigators and police officers stand on the wreckage of The Marchioness pleasure boat, on 20th August 1998 on the river Thames in London, England. The Marchioness disaster resulted in a fatal collision between two vessels on the River Thames in London on 20 August 1989, which resulted in the drowning of 51 people. The pleasure steamer Marchioness sank after being pushed under by the dredger Bowbelle, late at night close to Cannon Street Railway Bridge. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    marchioness_thames-20-08-1998.jpg
  • Sunbathers enjoy the poolside during the August heatwave, on 20th August 1995, at Brockwell Lido, Herne Hill, London, England.
    brockwell_lido-20-08-1995_2.jpg
  • A 1990s banker speaks on the phone and in front of his computer, on the trading floor of credit Lyonnais in the City of London (aka The Square Mile), the capital's financial centre, on 20th May 1993, in London, England. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    90s_bank-20-05-1993.jpg
  • A group of 1990s work colleagues drink outside in summer sunshine, beneath the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral, in the City of London (aka The Square Mile), the capital's financial centre, on 20th June 1993, in London, England. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    90s_drinkers-20-06-1993.jpg
  • A 1990s tired office worker has forty winks at lunchtime in Broadgate in the City of London (aka The Square Mile), the capital's financial centre, on 20th June 1993, in London, England. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    90s_lunchtime-20-06-1993.jpg
  • Two young 1990s city workers drink pints of beer outside a pub in the City of London (aka The Square Mile), the capital's financial centre, on 20th May 1993, in London, England. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    city_drinks-20-05-1993.jpg
  • A surgeon performs 1990s keyhole surgery during surgery at a private (now defunct) healthcare hospital, on 20th May 1994, in Glasgow, Scotland.
    keyhole_surgery-20-05-1994.jpg
  • Sunbathers and a lifeguard enjoy the poolside during the August heatwave, on 20th August 1995, at Brockwell Lido, Herne Hill, London, England.
    brockwell_lido-20-08-1995.jpg
  • Sunbathers enjoy the poolside during the August heatwave, on 20th August 1995, at Brockwell Lido, Herne Hill, London, England.
    brockwell_lido-20-08-1995_3.jpg
  • Water polo players stretch for the ball in the water during an August heatwave, on 20th August 1995, at Brockwell Lido, Herne Hill, London, England.
    brockwell_lido-20-08-1995_1.jpg
  • Exterior of the Cote d'Azur's Hotel Negresco on the Promenade de Anglais, on 10th May 1996, in Nice, France. The Hotel Negresco on the Promenade des Anglais on the Baie des Anges in Nice, France was named for Henri Negresco (1868-1920) who had the palatial hotel constructed in 1912. Noted for its doormen dressed in the manner of the staff in 18th-century elite bourgeois households, complete with red-plumed postilion hats, the hotel also offers renowned gourmet dining at Le Chantecler. In 2003 the Hotel Negresco was listed by the government of France as a National Historic Building. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    cote_dazur02-10-05-1996.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, a Tower of London Beefeater walks past TV presenters among some of the 888,246 ceramic poppies - one for each British military death - created by artist Paul Cummins. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary06-05-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins, recreate a river of blood emergng from a corner of the Tower of London. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary34-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Young men of today and a lost generation of youth. In the 100th year after WW1 started, the war memorial heroes in Cornhill, City of London remembering those killed in the First World War, lost in the trenches and the fields of Flanders from 1914-19. Dedicated by the City of London, the UK capital's financial and historic heart. Two soldiers face away from each other with rifles between their boots, they represent a lost generation when the nation's youth sacrificed their lives in the 20th century's first great conflict. The inscription says that their names will live for evermore.
    ww1_memorial12-05-08-2014.jpg
  • Young smoking man of today and a lost generation of youth. In the 100th year after WW1 started, the war memorial heroes in Cornhill, City of London remembering those killed in the First World War, lost in the trenches and the fields of Flanders from 1914-19. Dedicated by the City of London, the UK capital's financial and historic heart. Two soldiers face away from each other with rifles between their boots, they represent a lost generation when the nation's youth sacrificed their lives in the 20th century's first great conflict. The inscription says that their names will live for evermore.
    ww1_memorial11-05-08-2014.jpg
  • Tribute to a lost generation and the clock at Cornhill. In the 100th year after WW1 started, the war memorial heroes in Cornhill, City of London remembering those killed in the First World War, lost in the trenches and the fields of Flanders from 1914-19. Dedicated by the City of London, the UK capital's financial and historic heart. Two soldiers face away from each other with rifles between their boots, they represent a lost generation when the nation's youth sacrificed their lives in the 20th century's first great conflict. The inscription says that their names will live for evermore.
    ww1_memorial10-05-08-2014.jpg
  • Tribute to the London Regiment's battalions: In the 100th year after WW1 started, the war memorial heroes in Cornhill, City of London remembering those killed in the First World War, lost in the trenches and the fields of Flanders from 1914-19. Dedicated by the City of London, the UK capital's financial and historic heart. Two soldiers face away from each other with rifles between their boots, they represent a lost generation when the nation's youth sacrificed their lives in the 20th century's first great conflict. The inscription says that their names will live for evermore.
    ww1_memorial08-05-08-2014.jpg
  • Tribute to a lost generation and pillars of the Lord Mayor's Mansion House. In the 100th year after WW1 started, the war memorial heroes in Cornhill, City of London remembering those killed in the First World War, lost in the trenches and the fields of Flanders from 1914-19. Dedicated by the City of London, the UK capital's financial and historic heart. Two soldiers face away from each other with rifles between their boots, they represent a lost generation when the nation's youth sacrificed their lives in the 20th century's first great conflict. The inscription says that their names will live for evermore.
    ww1_memorial07-05-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, a Tower of London Beefeater adjusts some of the 888,246 ceramic poppies - one for each British military death - created by artist Paul Cummins. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary08-05-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, a Tower of London Beefeater stands among some of the 888,246 ceramic poppies - one for each British military death - created by artist Paul Cummins. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary05-05-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, a Tower of London Beefeater adjusts some of the 888,246 ceramic poppies - one for each British military death - created by artist Paul Cummins. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary07-05-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, a Tower of London Beefeater stands among some of the 888,246 ceramic poppies - one for each British military death - created by artist Paul Cummins. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary02-05-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, a Tower of London Beefeater stands among some of the 888,246 ceramic poppies - one for each British military death - created by artist Paul Cummins. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary04-05-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, a Tower of London Beefeater stands among some of the 888,246 ceramic poppies - one for each British military death - created by artist Paul Cummins. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary03-05-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, a blue light beam points up to gathering clouds over London. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary48-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins, recreate a river of blood emergng from a corner of the Tower of London. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary45-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins, recreate a river of blood emergng from a corner of the Tower of London. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary47-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins, recreate a river of blood emergng from a corner of the Tower of London. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary46-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins, recreate a river of blood emergng from a corner of the Tower of London. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary44-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins, recreate a river of blood emergng from a corner of the Tower of London. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary42-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins, recreate a river of blood emergng from a corner of the Tower of London. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary38-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins, recreate a river of blood emergng from a corner of the Tower of London. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary36-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins, recreate a river of blood emergng from a corner of the Tower of London. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary35-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins, recreate a river of blood emergng from a corner of the Tower of London. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary33-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins, recreate a river of blood emergng from a corner of the Tower of London. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary32-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins, recreate a river of blood emergng from a corner of the Tower of London. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary29-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins, recreate a river of blood emergng from a corner of the Tower of London. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary27-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins, recreate a river of blood emergng from a corner of the Tower of London. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary26-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Tribute to the London Regiment's battalions: In the 100th year after WW1 started, the war memorial heroes in Cornhill, City of London remembering those killed in the First World War, lost in the trenches and the fields of Flanders from 1914-19. Dedicated by the City of London, the UK capital's financial and historic heart. Two soldiers face away from each other with rifles between their boots, they represent a lost generation when the nation's youth sacrificed their lives in the 20th century's first great conflict. The inscription says that their names will live for evermore.
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  • Modern man and a lost generation of youth. In the 100th year after WW1 started, the war memorial heroes in Cornhill, City of London remembering those killed in the First World War, lost in the trenches and the fields of Flanders from 1914-19. Dedicated by the City of London, the UK capital's financial and historic heart. Two soldiers face away from each other with rifles between their boots, they represent a lost generation when the nation's youth sacrificed their lives in the 20th century's first great conflict. The inscription says that their names will live for evermore.
    ww1_memorial02-05-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins, recreate a river of blood emergng from a corner of the Tower of London. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary37-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins, recreate a river of blood emergng from a corner of the Tower of London. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary28-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Marking the centenary of the the beginning of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, ceramic poppies created by artist Paul Cummins, recreate a river of blood emergng from a corner of the Tower of London. Remaining in place until the date of the armistice on November 11th. Across the world, remembrance ceremonies for this historic conflict that affected world nations, London saw many such gestures to remember the millions killed in action at the beginning of the 20th century.
    ww1_centenary01-04-08-2014.jpg
  • Hong Kong Chinese walk beneath the ImmigrationTower in Central, a year before the handover of sovereignty from Britain to China, on 29th March 1996, in Hong Kong, (then a British colony but latterly, China).
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  • Hong Kong-born Chinese queue outside ImmigrationTower to apply for naturalisation as British Dependent Territories Citizens, one year before the handover of sovereignty from Britain to China, on 29th March 1996, in Hong Kong, (then a British colony but latterly, China).
    hong_kong_immigration-29-03-1996_1.jpg
  • Chinese activist gentlemen and a sign for the Democratic Party of Hong Kong the day after the Handover of sovereignty from Britain to China, on 30th June 1997, in Hong Kong, China. Midnight signified the end of British rule, and the transfer of legal and financial authority back to China. Hong Kong was once known as 'fragrant harbour' (or Heung Keung) because of the smell of transported sandal wood.
    hong_kong_handover-30-06-1997_7.jpg
  • A young Chinese boy pulls a face on top of a lion at the HSBC bank in Central, the day after the Handover of sovereignty from Britain to China, on 30th June 1997, in Hong Kong, China. Midnight signified the end of British rule, and the transfer of legal and financial authority back to China. Hong Kong was once known as 'fragrant harbour' (or Heung Keung) because of the smell of transported sandal wood.
    hong_kong_handover-30-06-1997_5.jpg
  • The flags of Hong Kong and Peoples' Republic of China fly together above the streets of Central, the day after the Handover of sovereignty from Britain to China, on 30th June 1997, in Hong Kong, China. Midnight signified the end of British rule, and the transfer of legal and financial authority back to China. Hong Kong was once known as 'fragrant harbour' (or Heung Keung) because of the smell of transported sandal wood.
    hong_kong_handover-30-06-1997_2.jpg
  • Hong Kong-born Chinese queue outside ImmigrationTower to apply for naturalisation as British Dependent Territories Citizens, one year before the handover of sovereignty from Britain to China, on 29th March 1996, in Hong Kong, (then a British colony but latterly, China).
    hong_kong_immigration-29-03-1996.jpg
  • Hong Kong-born Chinese queue outside ImmigrationTower to apply for naturalisation as British Dependent Territories Citizens, one year before the handover of sovereignty from Britain to China, on 29th March 1996, in Hong Kong, (then a British colony but latterly, China).
    hong_kong_immigration-29-03-1996_3.jpg
  • Flags of the Swire Group of companies flutter in Monsoonal winds on the night of the Handover of sovereignty from Britain to China, on 30th June 1997, in Hong Kong, China. Midnight signified the end of British rule, and the transfer of legal and financial authority back to China. Hong Kong was once known as 'fragrant harbour' (or Heung Keung) because of the smell of transported sandal wood.
    hong_kong_handover-30-06-1997.jpg
  • The flags of Britain, Hong Kong and Peoples' Republic of China fly together above the streets of Central, the day after the Handover of sovereignty from Britain to China, on 30th June 1997, in Hong Kong, China. Midnight signified the end of British rule, and the transfer of legal and financial authority back to China. Hong Kong was once known as 'fragrant harbour' (or Heung Keung) because of the smell of transported sandal wood.
    hong_kong_handover-30-06-1997_9.jpg
  • A 1997 cap is worn on the night of the Handover of sovereignty from Britain to China, on 30th June 1997, in Hong Kong, China. Midnight signified the end of British rule, and the transfer of legal and financial authority back to China. Hong Kong was once known as 'fragrant harbour' (or Heung Keung) because of the smell of transported sandal wood.
    hong_kong_handover-30-06-1997_8.jpg
  • Large corporate banners about the future of Hong Kong hang over the entrance of the HSBC bank in Central, the day after the Handover of sovereignty from Britain to China, on 30th June 1997, in Hong Kong, China. Midnight signified the end of British rule, and the transfer of legal and financial authority back to China. Hong Kong was once known as 'fragrant harbour' (or Heung Keung) because of the smell of transported sandal wood.
    hong_kong_handover-30-06-1997_4.jpg
  • Police officers look at the large corporate banners about the future of Hong Kong hang over the entrance of the HSBC bank in Central, the day after the Handover of sovereignty from Britain to China, on 30th June 1997, in Hong Kong, China. Midnight signified the end of British rule, and the transfer of legal and financial authority back to China. Hong Kong was once known as 'fragrant harbour' (or Heung Keung) because of the smell of transported sandal wood.
    hong_kong_handover-30-06-1997_3.jpg
  • Crowds gather at the stroke of midnight beneath umbrellas to witness the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the Peoples Republic of China (PRC), on 30th June 1997, in Hong Kong, China. Midnight signified the end of British rule, and the transfer of legal and financial authority back to China. From the on the roof of Ocean Terminal shopping mall, the skyline is filled with fireworks but the glowing red comes from giant advertising lettering behind the viewer on the top floor of the building which protrudes out into Hong Kong harbour from the Kowloon side of the territory. Hong Kong was once known as 'fragrant harbour' (or Heung Keung) because of the smell of transported sandal wood.
    hong_kong_handover-30-06-1997_1.jpg
  • Local 1990s kids on bikes watch an event on Venice Beach, on 18th May 1996, in Los Angeles, California, USA.
    LA_kids-18-05-1996.jpg
  • 1990s evening rush-hour traffic at the junction of the 400 to Buckhead and the 401 highway, on 5th November 1995, in Atlanta, Georgia USA.
    atlanta_freeway-05-11-1995.jpg
  • 1990s rush-hour commuters cross London Bridge from Southwark on the south bank to the City of London (aka The Square Mile), the capital's financial centre, on 18th February 1992, in London, England.
    90s_commuters-20-11-1993.jpg
  • A 1990s Hungarian gentleman snoozes in the shade of trees at the Szechenyi spa hotel, on 13th June 1990, in Budapest, Hungary.
    budapest_spa-13-06-1990.jpg
  • A female worker carries plastic goods on a traditional pole through the centre of Shenzhen, on 10th August 1994, in Shenzhen, China.
    shenzhen_worker-10-08-1994.jpg
  • Months before the new Millennium of 2000, women shoppers walk along a sunlit Oxford Street, outside the Selfridge's department store, on 19th September 1999, in London, England.
    selfridges-19-09-1999.jpg
  • A detail of home-made posters by residents from Kent over the planned high-speed (TGV-style) rail link from London to the south-east coast, on 5th August 1989, in London, England. Locals from the Darenth Valley in rural Kent, against the forthcoming Channel Tunnel rail link organised their own campaign to reverse decisions by British Rail to cut a new rail link through their community. British Rail announced that 150mph TGV trains would travel through their rural Kent countryside, forcing residents to sell their homes within a 240 metre corridor to the rail line, at great loss while splitting up the community.
    rail_link_protest02-05-08-1989.jpg
  • A sixties portrait of a mother holding the family pet hamster, on 13th July, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
    hughes_family02-13-07-1968.jpg
  • While still a British colony, a 1990s Chinese man stands in prayer near family vaults in the Muslim and Catholic cemetery, on 21st April 1995, in Hong Kong, China.
    hong_kong_cemetery-21-04-1995.jpg
  • Women watch other ladies arriving from London to attend Royal Ascot Ladies' Day, the annual event on the English sporting and social calendar in June, on 18th June 1992, in Ascot, England.
    ascot03-18-06-1992.jpg
  • Traditional oyster fishing boats in the Fal Estuary, a method unchanged for 500 years, on 4th October 1994, in Falmouth, Cornwall, England. Oystermen have harvested on the River Fal in the same traditional and highly sustainable fashion, without the use of mechanical power, for more than five hundred years, being widely grown along the whole Cornish coast when the Romans invaded, and by 1602 they were being caught in much the same way as they are today, using thick, strong nets, called dredges. Byelaws banned oyster dredging by mechanical means, forcing local fishermen to rely on wind and tide in purpose-built, sail-powered Falmouth Working Boats. Although most oyster fishermen in Falmouth have other seasonal jobs, for the most experienced and committed fishermen oysters provide a decent year-round livelihood.
    oyster_fishing-04-10-1994.jpg
  • A traditional oyster fishing boat in the Fal Estuary, a method unchanged for 500 years, on 4th October 1994, in Falmouth, Cornwall, England. Oystermen have harvested on the River Fal in the same traditional and highly sustainable fashion, without the use of mechanical power, for more than five hundred years, being widely grown along the whole Cornish coast when the Romans invaded, and by 1602 they were being caught in much the same way as they are today, using thick, strong nets, called dredges. Byelaws banned oyster dredging by mechanical means, forcing local fishermen to rely on wind and tide in purpose-built, sail-powered Falmouth Working Boats. Although most oyster fishermen in Falmouth have other seasonal jobs, for the most experienced and committed fishermen oysters provide a decent year-round livelihood.
    oyster_fishing-04-10-1994_2.jpg
  • Traditional oyster fishing boats in the Fal Estuary, a method unchanged for 500 years, on 4th October 1994, in Falmouth, Cornwall, England. Oystermen have harvested on the River Fal in the same traditional and highly sustainable fashion, without the use of mechanical power, for more than five hundred years, being widely grown along the whole Cornish coast when the Romans invaded, and by 1602 they were being caught in much the same way as they are today, using thick, strong nets, called dredges. Byelaws banned oyster dredging by mechanical means, forcing local fishermen to rely on wind and tide in purpose-built, sail-powered Falmouth Working Boats. Although most oyster fishermen in Falmouth have other seasonal jobs, for the most experienced and committed fishermen oysters provide a decent year-round livelihood.
    oyster_fishing-04-10-1994_1.jpg
  • 1990s passengers sit and stand in an overcrowded train carriage in the City of London (aka The Square Mile), the capital's financial centre, on 18th February 1992, in London, England. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    90s_commuters-16-02-1992.jpg
  • Royal Ascot racegoers picnic on the grass of an event car park, on 18th June 1992, in Ascot, England. Trays of food and two bottles of Champagne have been consumed during a break from betting and socialising. They are dressed in formal morning dress of top hat, waistcoat, tails with two of the men wearing red roses in their lapel button holes, all traditional and obligatory dress code in the Royal Enclosures which can be seen by visitors in the public car parks near the famous Berkshire race course. Royal Ascot is held every June and is one of the main dates on the sporting calendar and social season. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    ascot01-18-06-1992.jpg
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