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National Service Never Did Me Any Harm 1894 to 1959

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Blackburn, the Boulevard

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Blackburn, Exchange

The Exchange looks here much as it did when...

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Blackburn, Market

When this photograph was taken, Blackburn had two...

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Blackburn, the Boulevard

The central bus terminus on the Boulevard...

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Blackburn, Sudell Cross

The shops behind the big lamp in the centre of the...

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Blackburn, the Market and Town Hall

Here we have a busy and bustling view of...

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Royalty - Queen Elizabeth II - Blackburn

Queen Elizabeth II outside the Town Hall during...

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Blackburn, the Town Hall

This is how local historian W A Abram...

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Colour Photographs from WWI

My son sent me these photographs. I have been...

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Suez canal crisis/Recall

Private David Shorey (right) of Oxford heads the...

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The Korean War - British Army - Aldershot - 1951

Members of the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon...

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Smithfield and Transport Strike - British Army in Regents Park 1950

Soldiers march past their tents

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War - Korean War - More British Troops for Korea

The second contingent of British troops for the...

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The Festival of Britain - London - 1951

Soldiers pause for a smoke whilst working on top...

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Cyprus/British soldier

Bugler John Gay, Durham Light Infantry, drinks his...

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Royalty - Duke of Edinburgh - Wales visit

The Duke of Edinburgh inspects the Guard of...

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War - Korean War - British Soldiers

A cheer of farewell issued from hundreds of...

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Royalty - Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II - London

Soldiers from various regiments of the British...

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Awards - Queen's Gold Medal Ceremony - Clarence House

Nineteen year old Gerald M . Hamilton with the...

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British Armed Forces - The Royal Navy - Ships - HMT Dunera - 1953

Some hundred turkeys and 250 Christmas puddings...

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Suez War - Food Distribution - Port Siad

British Soldiers control a crowd in the Arab...

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Suez War - Food Distributed - Port Siad

British troops ditribute food in the Arab Quarter...

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Suez War - Troops at Work - 1956

Private Harry Burke bakes bread in the fieldcirca...

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The Suez Crisis - British Army - Port Said - 1956

British paratroopers, alert and with their weapons...

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Suez Crisis - British Military - Port Said - 1956

Soldiers, waiting to land, and Westland Whirlwind...

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The Suez Crisis - British Army - Port Said - 1956

Scottish soldiers of the Argyll and Sutherland...

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Custom and Tradition - The Royal Tournament - London

The King's Troop of the Royal Horse Artillery...

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