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  • From inside their cars, opera fans applaud the performance of Puccini's La bohème, performed by members of  English National Opera (ENO) as a drive-in (ENO Drive and Live) at Alexandra Palace, on 18th September 2020, in London, England. This is ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. This is Europe's first live drive-in opera production that audiences can safely experience from their cars and ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. As per the latest government advice. Each bubbled group consists of; 34 members of the<br />
ENO Orchestra, 20 ENO Chorus members and 8 principals. Each bubble has its own individual crew to oversee their rehearsals and performances.
    ENO_Ally_Pally32-18-09-2020.jpg
  • From inside their cars, opera fans applaud the performance of Puccini's La bohème, performed by members of  English National Opera (ENO) as a drive-in (ENO Drive and Live) at Alexandra Palace, on 18th September 2020, in London, England. This is ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. This is Europe's first live drive-in opera production that audiences can safely experience from their cars and ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. As per the latest government advice. Each bubbled group consists of; 34 members of the<br />
ENO Orchestra, 20 ENO Chorus members and 8 principals. Each bubble has its own individual crew to oversee their rehearsals and performances.
    ENO_Ally_Pally30-18-09-2020.jpg
  • From inside their cars, opera fans applaud the performance of Puccini's La bohème, performed by members of  English National Opera (ENO) as a drive-in (ENO Drive and Live) at Alexandra Palace, on 18th September 2020, in London, England. This is ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. This is Europe's first live drive-in opera production that audiences can safely experience from their cars and ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. As per the latest government advice. Each bubbled group consists of; 34 members of the<br />
ENO Orchestra, 20 ENO Chorus members and 8 principals. Each bubble has its own individual crew to oversee their rehearsals and performances.
    ENO_Ally_Pally33-18-09-2020.jpg
  • From inside their cars, opera fans applaud the performance of Puccini's La bohème, performed by members of  English National Opera (ENO) as a drive-in (ENO Drive and Live) at Alexandra Palace, on 18th September 2020, in London, England. This is ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. This is Europe's first live drive-in opera production that audiences can safely experience from their cars and ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. As per the latest government advice. Each bubbled group consists of; 34 members of the<br />
ENO Orchestra, 20 ENO Chorus members and 8 principals. Each bubble has its own individual crew to oversee their rehearsals and performances.
    ENO_Ally_Pally31-18-09-2020.jpg
  • Seen from the driver's seat, British Soprano Nardus Williams plays Mimi in Puccini's La bohème, performed by English National Opera (ENO) as a drive-in (ENO Drive and Live) at Alexandra Palace, on 18th September 2020, in London, England. This is ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. This is Europe's first live drive-in opera production that audiences can safely experience from their cars and ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. As per the latest government advice. Each bubbled group consists of; 34 members of the<br />
ENO Orchestra, 20 ENO Chorus members and 8 principals. Each bubble has its own individual crew to oversee their rehearsals and performances.
    ENO_Ally_Pally15-18-09-2020.jpg
  • A young opera watcher stands outside a car before the start of Puccini's La bohème, performed by members of  English National Opera (ENO) as a drive-in (ENO Drive and Live) at Alexandra Palace, on 18th September 2020, in London, England. This is ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. This is Europe's first live drive-in opera production that audiences can safely experience from their cars and ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. As per the latest government advice. Each bubbled group consists of; 34 members of the<br />
ENO Orchestra, 20 ENO Chorus members and 8 principals. Each bubble has its own individual crew to oversee their rehearsals and performances.
    ENO_Ally_Pally05-18-09-2020.jpg
  • A young opera watcher stands outside a car before the start of Puccini's La bohème, performed by members of  English National Opera (ENO) as a drive-in (ENO Drive and Live) at Alexandra Palace, on 18th September 2020, in London, England. This is ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. This is Europe's first live drive-in opera production that audiences can safely experience from their cars and ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. As per the latest government advice. Each bubbled group consists of; 34 members of the<br />
ENO Orchestra, 20 ENO Chorus members and 8 principals. Each bubble has its own individual crew to oversee their rehearsals and performances.
    ENO_Ally_Pally06-18-09-2020.jpg
  • The car park fills up before the technical rehearsal of Puccini's La bohème is performed by members of  English National Opera (ENO) as a drive-in (ENO Drive and Live) at Alexandra Palace, on 18th September 2020, in London, England. This is ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. This is Europe's first live drive-in opera production that audiences can safely experience from their cars and ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. As per the latest government advice. Each bubbled group consists of; 34 members of the<br />
ENO Orchestra, 20 ENO Chorus members and 8 principals. Each bubble has its own individual crew to oversee their rehearsals and performances.
    ENO_Ally_Pally04-18-09-2020.jpg
  • An opera watcher leans into a car before the start of Puccini's La bohème, performed by members of  English National Opera (ENO) as a drive-in (ENO Drive and Live) at Alexandra Palace, on 18th September 2020, in London, England. This is ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. This is Europe's first live drive-in opera production that audiences can safely experience from their cars and ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. As per the latest government advice. Each bubbled group consists of; 34 members of the<br />
ENO Orchestra, 20 ENO Chorus members and 8 principals. Each bubble has its own individual crew to oversee their rehearsals and performances.
    ENO_Ally_Pally07-18-09-2020.jpg
  • An opera watcher leans into a car before the start of Puccini's La bohème, performed by members of  English National Opera (ENO) as a drive-in (ENO Drive and Live) at Alexandra Palace, on 18th September 2020, in London, England. This is ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. This is Europe's first live drive-in opera production that audiences can safely experience from their cars and ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. As per the latest government advice. Each bubbled group consists of; 34 members of the<br />
ENO Orchestra, 20 ENO Chorus members and 8 principals. Each bubble has its own individual crew to oversee their rehearsals and performances.
    ENO_Ally_Pally08-18-09-2020.jpg
  • Rows of cars are parked in front of the stage to watch British Bass-baritone<br />
Paul Sheehan (playing Benoit) at the start of Puccini's La bohème, performed by members of  English National Opera (ENO) as a drive-in (ENO Drive and Live) at Alexandra Palace, on 18th September 2020, in London, England. This is ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. This is Europe's first live drive-in opera production that audiences can safely experience from their cars and ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. As per the latest government advice. Each bubbled group consists of; 34 members of the<br />
ENO Orchestra, 20 ENO Chorus members and 8 principals. Each bubble has its own individual crew to oversee their rehearsals and performances.
    ENO_Ally_Pally11-18-09-2020.jpg
  • Rows of cars are parked in front of the stage to watch British Bass-baritone<br />
Paul Sheehan (playing Benoit) at the start of Puccini's La bohème, performed by members of  English National Opera (ENO) as a drive-in (ENO Drive and Live) at Alexandra Palace, on 18th September 2020, in London, England. This is ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. This is Europe's first live drive-in opera production that audiences can safely experience from their cars and ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. As per the latest government advice. Each bubbled group consists of; 34 members of the<br />
ENO Orchestra, 20 ENO Chorus members and 8 principals. Each bubble has its own individual crew to oversee their rehearsals and performances.
    ENO_Ally_Pally10-18-09-2020.jpg
  • Rows of cars are parked in front of the stage to watch Puccini's La bohème is performed by members of  English National Opera (ENO) as a drive-in (ENO Drive and Live) at Alexandra Palace, on 18th September 2020, in London, England. This is ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. This is Europe's first live drive-in opera production that audiences can safely experience from their cars and ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. As per the latest government advice. Each bubbled group consists of; 34 members of the<br />
ENO Orchestra, 20 ENO Chorus members and 8 principals. Each bubble has its own individual crew to oversee their rehearsals and performances.
    ENO_Ally_Pally09-18-09-2020.jpg
  • Rows of cars are parked in front of the stage to watch British Bass-baritone<br />
Paul Sheehan (playing Benoit) at the start of Puccini's La bohème, performed by members of  English National Opera (ENO) as a drive-in (ENO Drive and Live) at Alexandra Palace, on 18th September 2020, in London, England. This is ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. This is Europe's first live drive-in opera production that audiences can safely experience from their cars and ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. As per the latest government advice. Each bubbled group consists of; 34 members of the<br />
ENO Orchestra, 20 ENO Chorus members and 8 principals. Each bubble has its own individual crew to oversee their rehearsals and performances.
    ENO_Ally_Pally13-18-09-2020.jpg
  • Seen from the driver's seat, British Soprano Nardus Williams plays Mimi in Puccini's La bohème, performed by English National Opera (ENO) as a drive-in (ENO Drive and Live) at Alexandra Palace, on 18th September 2020, in London, England. This is ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. This is Europe's first live drive-in opera production that audiences can safely experience from their cars and ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. As per the latest government advice. Each bubbled group consists of; 34 members of the<br />
ENO Orchestra, 20 ENO Chorus members and 8 principals. Each bubble has its own individual crew to oversee their rehearsals and performances.
    ENO_Ally_Pally16-18-09-2020.jpg
  • Seen from the driver's seat, British Soprano Nardus Williams plays Mimi in Puccini's La bohème, performed by English National Opera (ENO) as a drive-in (ENO Drive and Live) at Alexandra Palace, on 18th September 2020, in London, England. This is ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. This is Europe's first live drive-in opera production that audiences can safely experience from their cars and ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. As per the latest government advice. Each bubbled group consists of; 34 members of the<br />
ENO Orchestra, 20 ENO Chorus members and 8 principals. Each bubble has its own individual crew to oversee their rehearsals and performances.
    ENO_Ally_Pally17-18-09-2020.jpg
  • Seen from the driver's seat, British Soprano Nardus Williams plays Mimi in Puccini's La bohème, performed by English National Opera (ENO) as a drive-in (ENO Drive and Live) at Alexandra Palace, on 18th September 2020, in London, England. This is ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. This is Europe's first live drive-in opera production that audiences can safely experience from their cars and ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. As per the latest government advice. Each bubbled group consists of; 34 members of the<br />
ENO Orchestra, 20 ENO Chorus members and 8 principals. Each bubble has its own individual crew to oversee their rehearsals and performances.
    ENO_Ally_Pally21-18-09-2020.jpg
  • Seen from the driver's seat, British Soprano Nardus Williams plays Mimi in Puccini's La bohème, performed by English National Opera (ENO) as a drive-in (ENO Drive and Live) at Alexandra Palace, on 18th September 2020, in London, England. This is ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. This is Europe's first live drive-in opera production that audiences can safely experience from their cars and ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. As per the latest government advice. Each bubbled group consists of; 34 members of the<br />
ENO Orchestra, 20 ENO Chorus members and 8 principals. Each bubble has its own individual crew to oversee their rehearsals and performances.
    ENO_Ally_Pally18-18-09-2020.jpg
  • Seen from the driver's seat, British Soprano Nardus Williams plays Mimi in Puccini's La bohème, performed by English National Opera (ENO) as a drive-in (ENO Drive and Live) at Alexandra Palace, on 18th September 2020, in London, England. This is ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. This is Europe's first live drive-in opera production that audiences can safely experience from their cars and ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. As per the latest government advice. Each bubbled group consists of; 34 members of the<br />
ENO Orchestra, 20 ENO Chorus members and 8 principals. Each bubble has its own individual crew to oversee their rehearsals and performances.
    ENO_Ally_Pally20-18-09-2020.jpg
  • Seen from the driver's seat, British Soprano Nardus Williams plays Mimi in Puccini's La bohème, performed by English National Opera (ENO) as a drive-in (ENO Drive and Live) at Alexandra Palace, on 18th September 2020, in London, England. This is ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. This is Europe's first live drive-in opera production that audiences can safely experience from their cars and ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. As per the latest government advice. Each bubbled group consists of; 34 members of the<br />
ENO Orchestra, 20 ENO Chorus members and 8 principals. Each bubble has its own individual crew to oversee their rehearsals and performances.
    ENO_Ally_Pally19-18-09-2020.jpg
  • Seen from the driver's seat, British Soprano Nardus Williams plays Mimi in Puccini's La bohème, performed by English National Opera (ENO) as a drive-in (ENO Drive and Live) at Alexandra Palace, on 18th September 2020, in London, England. This is ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. This is Europe's first live drive-in opera production that audiences can safely experience from their cars and ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. As per the latest government advice. Each bubbled group consists of; 34 members of the<br />
ENO Orchestra, 20 ENO Chorus members and 8 principals. Each bubble has its own individual crew to oversee their rehearsals and performances.
    ENO_Ally_Pally22-18-09-2020.jpg
  • Seen from the driver's seat, Puccini's La bohème is performed by members of  English National Opera (ENO) as a drive-in (ENO Drive and Live) at Alexandra Palace, on 18th September 2020, in London, England. This is ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. This is Europe's first live drive-in opera production that audiences can safely experience from their cars and ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. As per the latest government advice. Each bubbled group consists of; 34 members of the<br />
ENO Orchestra, 20 ENO Chorus members and 8 principals. Each bubble has its own individual crew to oversee their rehearsals and performances.
    ENO_Ally_Pally24-18-09-2020.jpg
  • Seen from the driver's seat, Puccini's La bohème is performed by members of  English National Opera (ENO) as a drive-in (ENO Drive and Live) at Alexandra Palace, on 18th September 2020, in London, England. This is ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. This is Europe's first live drive-in opera production that audiences can safely experience from their cars and ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. As per the latest government advice. Each bubbled group consists of; 34 members of the<br />
ENO Orchestra, 20 ENO Chorus members and 8 principals. Each bubble has its own individual crew to oversee their rehearsals and performances.
    ENO_Ally_Pally23-18-09-2020.jpg
  • Heard over a car's FM radio, Puccini's La bohème is performed by members of  English National Opera (ENO) as a drive-in (ENO Drive and Live) at Alexandra Palace, on 18th September 2020, in London, England. This is ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. This is Europe's first live drive-in opera production that audiences can safely experience from their cars and ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. As per the latest government advice. Each bubbled group consists of; 34 members of the<br />
ENO Orchestra, 20 ENO Chorus members and 8 principals. Each bubble has its own individual crew to oversee their rehearsals and performances.
    ENO_Ally_Pally27-18-09-2020.jpg
  • Seen from the driver's seat, Puccini's La bohème is performed by members of  English National Opera (ENO) as a drive-in (ENO Drive and Live) at Alexandra Palace, on 18th September 2020, in London, England. This is ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. This is Europe's first live drive-in opera production that audiences can safely experience from their cars and ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. As per the latest government advice. Each bubbled group consists of; 34 members of the<br />
ENO Orchestra, 20 ENO Chorus members and 8 principals. Each bubble has its own individual crew to oversee their rehearsals and performances.
    ENO_Ally_Pally29-18-09-2020.jpg
  • Seen from the driver's seat, Puccini's La bohème is performed by members of  English National Opera (ENO) as a drive-in (ENO Drive and Live) at Alexandra Palace, on 18th September 2020, in London, England. This is ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. This is Europe's first live drive-in opera production that audiences can safely experience from their cars and ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. As per the latest government advice. Each bubbled group consists of; 34 members of the<br />
ENO Orchestra, 20 ENO Chorus members and 8 principals. Each bubble has its own individual crew to oversee their rehearsals and performances.
    ENO_Ally_Pally28-18-09-2020.jpg
  • Schoolboys from the City of London School play string instruments during a public performance of classical music.
    youth_orchestra01-16-04-1994.jpg
  • A drummer works hard during live performance in south London. With a sheet music score to refer to, the young man is a member of a London youth jazz orchestra, playing in front of a large crowd in Dulwich. With a keen sense of rhythm and tempo, he strikes his drums and cymbals with regular timing.
    band_drummer-16-08-1999.jpg
  • A door painted with a high-gloss red finish is closed and a warning sign for privacy is hung to deter outsiders from entering. This briefing room belongs to the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team Lincolnshire, who use these offices as headquarters and administrative centre for the 90-plus displays they perform a year. The pilots' crew room is screened off from visitors and the notice says "Stop, do not enter, briefing in progress" to isolate the serious business of briefing and de-briefing. Performance appraisals before and after a training flight or air show displays are intense. Matters of safety and perfection are discussed so the aviators politely close the door unless visitors have been invited in to hear about the features of the next flight or afterwards, the gentlemanly exchanges providing analysis and frank views.
    Red_Arrows472_RBA.jpg
  • Wearing ear-defenders,military green camouflage and fluorescent tabard, a 'line' engineer from the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, inserts his head into the jet pipe of a Hawk aircraft immediately after a winter training flight at the team's headquarters at a damp RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire. The man is a member of the team's support ground crew (called the Blues because of their distinctive blue overalls worn at summer air shows). Checking for irregular blemishes within the aircraft's exhaust is a vital aspect of maintenance jets whose engines need to perform as the highest level, especially if its performance, and that of each pilot's manoeuvres need to be perfect. Power reduction can ruin a display for tens of thousands of spectators but an engine failure could be catastrophic..
    Red_Arrows389_RBA.jpg
  • The car park fills up before the technical rehearsal of Puccini's La bohème is performed by members of  English National Opera (ENO) as a drive-in (ENO Drive and Live) at Alexandra Palace, on 18th September 2020, in London, England. This is Europe's first live drive-in opera production that audiences can safely experience from their cars and ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. As per the latest government advice. Each bubbled group consists of; 34 members of the<br />
ENO Orchestra, 20 ENO Chorus members and 8 principals. Each bubble has its own individual crew to oversee their rehearsals and performances.
    ENO_Ally_Pally03-18-09-2020.jpg
  • The car park fills up before the technical rehearsal of Puccini's La bohème is performed by members of  English National Opera (ENO) as a drive-in (ENO Drive and Live) at Alexandra Palace, on 18th September 2020, in London, England. This is Europe's first live drive-in opera production that audiences can safely experience from their cars and ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. As per the latest government advice. Each bubbled group consists of; 34 members of the<br />
ENO Orchestra, 20 ENO Chorus members and 8 principals. Each bubble has its own individual crew to oversee their rehearsals and performances.
    ENO_Ally_Pally02-18-09-2020.jpg
  • The car park fills up before the technical rehearsal of Puccini's La bohème is performed by members of  English National Opera (ENO) as a drive-in (ENO Drive and Live) at Alexandra Palace, on 18th September 2020, in London, England. This is Europe's first live drive-in opera production that audiences can safely experience from their cars and ENO's first public performance since the closure of their West End Colisseum home venue, because of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in March. As per the latest government advice. Each bubbled group consists of; 34 members of the<br />
ENO Orchestra, 20 ENO Chorus members and 8 principals. Each bubble has its own individual crew to oversee their rehearsals and performances.
    ENO_Ally_Pally01-18-09-2020.jpg
  • A lady office worker trying to enjoy her lunchtime in spring sunshine, ignores a traditional band of Morris Men who gather to begin a St George's Day performance at the church of St. Botolph's without Bishopsgate in the City of London. Wearing white uniforms they jig their traditional dance, a form of English folk dance accompanied by accordion and pipes. It is based on rhythmic stepping and the execution of choreographed figures by a group of dancers. Implements such as sticks, swords, and handkerchiefs may also be wielded by the dancers. In a small number of dances for one or two men, steps are performed near and across a pair of clay tobacco pipes laid across each other on the floor. English records of Morris dancing date back to 1448.
    st_georges_day11-23-04-2009.jpg
  • Against the strong spotlight of the Big Top, a ringmaster announces the next act during an afternoon performance by the Gerry Cottle circus in North London. With his top hat perched firmly on his head and holding his microphone, the leader of his troupe smiles confidently and speaks with authority to the unseen audience who eagerly await the skills of acrobats or clowns who are about to enter the ring. In his scarlet red coat and holding a pair of gloves in his other hand, the man is the epitome of showmen - a picture of show businesses and variety, of the presenter from another era.
    circus_ringmaster-28-09-1990.jpg
  • Seen low from behind stage, a male voice choir are lined up to sing during their performance at an open-air temporary auditorium during the Lambeth Show, an inner-city cultural and family event held annually in Dulwich Park, a leafy suburb of South London. The choristers are dressed in white shirts which are untidily untucked from their dark trousers (pants). Their heads echo the purple, yellow and red spots from the overhead lights. The front of stage is covered by a curved ribbed roof structure that arches over the mens' heads. The singers look small in scale to the cavernous height of this ceiling, occupying a small percentage of the frame. We cannot see the choir's conductor, nor their audience but we get an impression of wide area in which to project their voices
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  • Retired theatre-goers queue outside the Garrick Theatre on Charing Cross Road to see a matinee performance of the hit musical 'Rip It Up', on 22nd May 2019, in London, England
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  • Retired theatre-goers queue outside the Garrick Theatre on Charing Cross Road to see a matinee performance of the hit musical 'Rip It Up', on 22nd May 2019, in London, England
    garrick_theatre-04-22-05-2019.jpg
  • A dress rehearsal performance of Hamlet directed by Adrian Noble and starring English actor, Kenneth Branagh on 1st November 1992 at the Royal Shakespeare Company, London UK. This was the fourth time that Kenneth Branagh had played Hamlet, and he would go on to play the role again for his film version in 1997. Sir Kenneth Charles Branagh b1960 is a Northern Irish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter originally from Belfast who was raised in England.
    kenneth_branagh01-01-11-1992.jpg
  • A dress rehearsal performance of Hamlet directed by Adrian Noble and starring English actor, Kenneth Branagh on 1st November 1992 at the Royal Shakespeare Company, London UK. This was the fourth time that Kenneth Branagh had played Hamlet, and he would go on to play the role again for his film version in 1997. Sir Kenneth Charles Branagh b1960 is a Northern Irish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter originally from Belfast who was raised in England.
    kenneth_branagh02-01-11-1992.jpg
  • Hours before a European Space Agency Ariane 5 rocket launch, a computer monitor displays cryogenic data at the CDL3 launch centre at ESA's Space Centre at Kourou, French Guiana. It shows the status of liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen propellant systems within a Vulcain engine. Stored in the launcher tanks and fed to the engine, they react chemically and expand in the engine combustion chamber then forced through the nozzle to provide the thrust that propels the vehicle into orbit. Cryogenic engines utilise propellants that are liquid under cryogenic conditions, at a temperature much lower than normal ambient conditions (-251°C for hydrogen and -184°C for oxygen). The advantage of cryogenic propellants is that they provide the highest thrust performance. .
    esa_guiana05014-08-2007.jpg
  • A lone pensioner sits in one deckchair among many before an outside concert at at Kenwood House, North London. Set in leafy grounds beside Hampstead Heath, these grounds  were remodelled by Robert Adam between 1764 and 1779. English Heritage host Summer concerts here and families and music fans spend war summer evenings listening to opera, classical or series of themed performances by visiting artists and groups. Here is also the source of one of London's lost rivers, The Fleet which rises here and flows downhill into the city where it becomes part of the sewer system, emerging in the Thames at Blackfriars. Extended caption ..
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  • Spectators at the The Princess Margaret Hospital (TPMH) on the Akrotiri peninsula, about 4 kilometres from the RAF Station at Akrotiri, admire the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, as they perform one of their first public shows of the year. RAF staff and patients are allowed on to the grass outside the hospital building for this free show, given in honour of local charity fund-raisers of the Cyprus-based RAF Association whose guests form one of the smallest crowds to watch a Red Arrows display. Here, the team perform The Twizzle manoeuvre in front of the small crowd who stand by a green fence, matching tree and palm tree stumps. The bare earth is baked hard by the lack of rain and it almost looks like a desert scene as five of the nine jets speed overhead,
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  • A glam rock David Bowie tribute band perform the entire 'Ziggy Stardust' album at a private party in Wales.
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  • A glam rock David Bowie tribute band perform the entire 'Ziggy Stardust' album at a private party in Wales.
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  • A glam rock David Bowie tribute band perform the entire 'Ziggy Stardust' album at a private party in Wales.
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  • A glam rock David Bowie tribute band perform the entire 'Ziggy Stardust' album at a private party in Wales.
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  • A glam rock David Bowie tribute band perform the entire 'Ziggy Stardust' album at a private party in Wales.
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  • A glam rock David Bowie tribute band perform the entire 'Ziggy Stardust' album at a private party in Wales.
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  • A glam rock David Bowie tribute band perform the entire 'Ziggy Stardust' album at a private party in Wales.
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  • A teenage 4-piece band of drums, bass and two lead guitars perform in front of parents in an upstairs pub room in south London. 15 year-old lads play their own songs and covers by other musical artists.
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  • A teenage band of drums, bass and lead guitar perform in front of parents in an upstairs pub room in south London. 15 year-old lads play their own songs and covers by other musical artists.
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  • A teenage basssist plays with his band of drums, bass and two lead guitars perform in front of parents in an upstairs pub room in south London. 15 year-old lads play their own songs and covers by other musical artists.
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  • Spectators at the The Princess Margaret Hospital (TPMH) on the Akrotiri peninsula, about 4 kilometres from the RAF Station at Akrotiri, admire the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, as they perform one of their first public shows of the year. RAF staff and patients are allowed on to the grass outside the hospital building for this free show, given in honour of local charity fund-raisers of the Cyprus-based RAF Association whose guests form one of the smallest crowds to watch a Red Arrows display. Here, the team perform The Twizzle manoeuvre in front of the small crowd who stand by a green fence, matching tree and palm tree stumps. The bare earth is baked hard by the lack of rain and it almost looks like a desert scene as five of the nine jets speed overhead.
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  • Italian operatic tenor Luciano Pavarotti performs in London during the free Party in the Park concert to celebrate his 30 years in opera<br />
on 30th July 1991 in London's Hyde Park. A crowd of 100,000 stood in the rain to watch Pavarotti perform 20 arias by Verdi, Puccini, Bizet and Wagner. VIPs the Princess of Wales, Prime Minister John Major and Michael Caine were soaked in heavy rain along with everyone else sitting on the grass cowering beneath tarpaulins. Pavarotti helped bring an otherwise high-brow artform to the ordinary Man after the BBC used his rendition of Nessun Dorma to theme their World Cup TV coverage.
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  • In front of amused elderly passers-by, street performers strut their stuff during a Gay Pride parade of homosexuals and transgender cross-dressers. One wears a bright red and gold costume with feathers just off the road while another wears a dancer's sequined leotard. Gay pride or LGBT pride is the positive stance against discrimination and violence toward lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people to promote their self-affirmation, dignity, equality rights, increase their visibility as a social group, build community, and celebrate sexual diversity and gender variance.
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  • Sketch act Jigsaw perform on stage in south London. Jigsaw consist of: Dan Antopolski, Tom Craine and Nat Luurtsema.
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  • The Italian operatic tenor Luciano Pavarotti performs in London during the free Party in the Park concert to celebrate his 30 years in opera. A crowd of 100,000 stood in the London rain to watch Pavarotti perform 20 arias by Verdi, Puccini, Bizet and Wagner. VIPs the Princess of Wales, Prime Minister John Major and Michael Caine got soaked in heavy rain along with everyone else sitting on the grass cowering beneath tarpaulins. We see the rotund Operatic maestro in full flow, belting out an aria while dressed in formal tails and wastecoat and holding his customary scarf that he uses to dab the sweat from his brow. Pavarotti helped bring an otherwise high-brow artform to the ordinary Man after the BBC used his rendition of Nessun Dorma to theme their World Cup TV coverage. This lead the way to Opera reaching the Common Man in Britain.
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  • Circus acrobats perform high above auditor staff during a company Academy Day held for 3,000 of their London employees at Excel in London's Docklands England. Lit with blue light by powerful spotlights, the two girls are suspended in mid-air using hoops attached to safety ropes. They both make dramatic shapes in the air to demonstrate confidence, synchronised teamwork and co-operation between partners, the themes of this corporate day out of the office. The employees out of sight below are attending this fair where motivational pep-talks from executives, outside speakers and gurus will talk to large groups of personnel so their presence on this day away from the office is vital for the year's business ahead.
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  • Sketch act Jigsaw perform on stage in south London. Jigsaw consist of: Dan Antopolski, Tom Craine and Nat Luurtsema.
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  • Sketch act Jigsaw perform on stage in south London. Jigsaw consist of: Dan Antopolski, Tom Craine and Nat Luurtsema.
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  • Sketch act Jigsaw perform on stage in south London. Jigsaw consist of: Dan Antopolski, Tom Craine and Nat Luurtsema.
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  • As bright sunlight fills a bare studio room, and a wooden cross is propped up in the corner, Paula Douthett (left) and three other members of the evangelical Sacred Dance Ministry (Group) perform a moment from the biblical nativity scene in her house at Milbourne St Andrew, Dorset, England. Together they are acting as part of the International Christian Dance Fellowship whose performers include performers, choreographers and teachers of all styles of dance technique, as well as those who dance in worship, intercession, healing, evangelism and prophetic interpretation. In the middle, a lady pretends to be holding the baby Jesus while the others play the roles of angels as they express wonder and admiration for this miraculous moment.
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  • 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.
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  • Schoolboys perform rock and roll song together as a band in a south London pub.
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  • Teenagers perform rock and roll song together as a band in a south London pub.
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  • Schoolboys perform rock and roll song together as a band in a south London pub.
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  • Schoolboys perform rock and roll song together as a band in a south London pub.
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  • Schoolboys perform rock and roll song together as a band in a south London pub.
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  • Schoolboys perform rock and roll song together as a band in a south London pub.
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  • Schoolboys perform rock and roll song together as a band in a south London pub.
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  • Parents and relatives watch a teenage band perform live in a south London pub.
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  • Adult keyboard player accompanies a teenage band perform  band in a south London pub.
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  • Adult keyboard player accompanies a teenage band perform  band in a south London pub.
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  • Sketch act Jigsaw perform on stage in south London. Jigsaw consist of: Dan Antopolski, Tom Craine and Nat Luurtsema.
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  • Schoolboys perform rock and roll song together as a band in a south London pub.
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  • Schoolboys perform rock and roll song together as a band in a south London pub.
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  • Schoolboys perform rock and roll song together as a band in a south London pub.
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  • A traditional band of Morris Men dance outside the ancient Christian church of St. Botolph's without Bishopsgate in the City of London on St George's Day. Wearing white uniforms they jig their traditional dance, a form of English folk dance accompanied by accordion and pipes. It is based on rhythmic stepping and the execution of choreographed figures by a group of dancers. Implements such as sticks, swords, and handkerchiefs may also be wielded by the dancers. In a small number of dances for one or two men, steps are performed near and across a pair of clay tobacco pipes laid across each other on the floor. English records of Morris dancing date back to 1448. The church may have survived the Great Fire of London unscathed, and only lost one window in the Second World War, but on 24 April 1993 was one of the many buildings to be damaged by an IRA bomb.
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  • A young Nepali boy is straining in his last sit-ups during a recruitment test for the Gurkha Regiment, part of a tough endurance series to find physically perfect specimens for British army infantry training. He has to perform 25 straight-kneed sit-ups at a 45° slant both within 60 seconds to pass. 60,000 boys aged between 17-22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara in the shadow of the Himalayas. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. The Gurkhas have been supplying youth for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
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  • An old fashioned pair of public address speakers have been attached to a no access sign overlooking the Northumberland countryside at the Kielder Air Show. Here, the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, are to perform and the squadron's commentator - known as Red 10 - will be describing the 25-minute routine performed in front of a few hundred people, probably the smallest of the Red Arrows audiences. The Hawk aircraft will be flying over the borderland between England and Scotland during this display which has attracted a local crowd to this pretty landscape. This primitive method of amplification makes for it charmingly quirky. Tangled electrical wires and an extension reel is low-tech and makeshift, vastly different to other shows where digital sound quality reproduces audio to many of thousands of spectators.
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  • Engineer airframe specialist Junior Technician Barry Pritchard of the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, forms part of the team's highly-skilled group of support ground crew who outnumber the pilots 8:1. Here J/Tech Pritchard straddles the fuselage of  the Hawk jet aircraft performing a Ram Air Turbine (RAT) jack change in the squadron hangar. Eleven trades are imported from some sixty that the RAF employs and teaches. The team's aircraft are in some cases 25 years old and their airframes require constant attention, with frequent overhauls needed. In these shelters were housed the Lancaster bombers 617 Dambusters squadron who attacked the damns of the German Ruhr valley on 16th May 1943 using the Bouncing Bomb. The Red Arrows nearby offices as their administrative nerve-centre for the 90-plus displays they perform a year. .
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  • Comic entertainer with glitzy backdrop performs a stand-up routine on stage during cruise ship voyage.
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  • Spectators look upwards as aircraft of the 'Red Arrows', Britain's Royal Air Force aerobatic team perform aerobatics.
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  • BBC warm-up man Miles Crawford holds up two boards prompting the audience watching the National Lottery Show to Clap or Laugh in BBC Television Centre in West London, England. Lit by studio lighting with a universe of stars in the background, Crawford is a respected and versatile stand-up comic and TV personality in his own right  working for the BBC, Sky, Channel 4 and ITV. Ironically, warm-ups perform a preliminary act before a TV show is recorded to literally warm an audience into non-spontaneous laughter to help a comedy's atmosphere - albeit with the help of prompt signs like these. The first National Lottery Live show was at 19:00 on Saturday 19 November 1994.
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  • Country and Western singer George Hamilton IV performs in front of British Christians during Mission 89, a series of evangelical revival rallies in London, England held by Baptist Christian Billy Graham. Hamilton is a Singer/guitarist/songwriter of country, rock, folk, Christian and gospel songs with 40 on Billboard's country music charts in 1960s and '70s. He is a member of the Grand Ole Opry with best-sellers like Abilene and A Rose And A Baby Ruth. George has been a frequent guest singer with the Dr. Billy Graham Crusades such as this in 1989.
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  • Some of the nine Hawk jet aircraft of the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, perform the 5/4 Split high during an In-Season Practice (ISP) training flight near their base at RAF Scampton. Seen through the explosive Plexiglass cockpit of a tenth plane, we see forward into deep blue sky as two sets of aerobatic pilots steer their machines from a crossover manoeuvre, their organic white smoke pouring from their jet pipes to emphasize their paths through the air. In front of a local crowd at the airfield the team work their way through a 25-minute series of display manoeuvres that are loved by thousands at summer air shows. After some time off, spare days like this are used to hone their manual aerobatic and piloting skills before re-joining the air show circuit. Since 1965 they've flown over 4,000 shows in 52 countries.   .
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  • Air show organiser Jock Maitland of the Biggin Hill displays is to be presented with a momento by members of  the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team. We look down upon three pilots' backs (known as the Reds) who are lined up in their famous red flying suits during the ceremony and as speeches of thanks are made. A scaled model of a Hawk jet aircraft is hidden from view behind Flight Lieutenant Dave Slow's back before being handed to Mr Maitland as thanks for his contribution to the air show calendar. They stand at ease on the grass of this famous World War II airfield which saw much enemy action during the Batttle of Britain, patiently and relaxed with hands behind backs before leaving to perform their display routine in front of thousands of spectators.
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  • Squadron Leader David Thomas of the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, sits on the wing of his Hawk jet aircraft and concentrates on the air display at the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) RAF Fairford, UK. The pressures on the pilots are enormous when thousands of people scruntinise the team's every move. Squadron Leader Thomas is Synchro Leader - the prime flyer in a partnership of two who perform some of the most spectacular manoeuvres in the Red Arrows routine, including the most physically demanding high 'G' (gravity) turns. Leaning back on the fuselage, he replays the manoeuvres through his mind. The psyching-up process mentally prepares him for the intensive show. Thomas wears his anti-g pants which squeeze blood back to his thorax and head during the turns and loops, also wearing the famous red flying suit. .
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  • In the mid-day heat, Squadron Leader Spike Jepson, leader of the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, informally addresses the team's highly-skilled ground crew at RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus after the whole team's success of passing PDA (or 'Public Display Authority'). The Red Arrows are then allowed by senior RAF officers to perform as a military aerobatic show in front of the general public - following a special test flight when their every move and mistake is assessed and graded. Until that day arrives, their training and practicing is done in the privacy of their own airfield at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, UK. Squadron Leader Jepson has gathered his engineers and support crew known as the Blues to congratulate and encourage them. Specialists like these outnumber the pilots 8:1 and without them, the Red Arrows couldn't fly.
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  • In the mid-day heat, all members of the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, stand at ease and we see the back of one of the squadron's official photographers head, looking into the viewfinder of his camera to record an official photograph immediately on PDA Day at RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus. PDA (or 'Public Display Authority'), is when they are allowed by senior RAF officers to perform as a military aerobatic show in front of the public - following a special test flight when their every move and mistake is assessed and graded. Until that day arrives, their training and practicing is done in the privacy of their own airfield at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, UK or here in the glare of Akrotiri. The pilots are called reds and their ground crew, the Blues after their summer air show uniforms.
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  • A red Hawk jet aircraft belonging to the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, is parked in the hangar at RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire, the home base for the squadron. Night is falling with only blue daylight remaining in the western sky and the warm light from the hangar spills out of the giant open doors on to the concrete. The aircraft awaits attention from the engineer's night-shift who service and maintain all 11 of the famous red aerobatic jets before flying the next morning. The hangaran original World War 2 shelter for the Lancaster bombers of 617 Dambusters squadron who attacked the damns of the German Ruhr valley on 16th May 1943 using the Bouncing Bomb. The Red Arrows use this and nearby offices administrative nerve-centre for the 90-plus displays they perform a year. .
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  • Red Hawk jets of the 'Red Arrows', Britain's Royal Air Force aerobatic team perform during winter training at RAF Scampton home.
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  • Schoolboy drummer performs rock and roll song in a teenage band in a south London pub.<br />
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  • Schoolboys performs rock and roll song in a teenage band in a south London pub.<br />
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  • Schoolboys performs rock and roll song in a teenage band in a south London pub.<br />
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  • Schoolboy performs rock and roll song in a teenage band in a south London pub.<br />
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  • Schoolboy performs rock and roll song in a teenage band in a south London pub.<br />
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