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A view along the north side of the Great Eastern Railway?s Locomotive works at Stratford (East London) May 1864 with William Henry Maw, then Head of the Drawing office, seated on the axle of a carriage or wagon wheel set, with his colleague James Kitson further back. In the background is The Railway Tavern public house (which is still extant) and dwellings in the Angel Place area. Date: 1864

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Queen Elizabeth II leaves Buckingham Palace, London, ahead of the State Opening of Parliament.

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Silchester Roman City Walls, Hampshire. The Iron Age town at Silchester, seen from the north looking towards the southern entrance. Reconstruction drawing by Peter Urmston.

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Winter Evening, Piccadilly Circus, London ©Kevin Walsh Nostalgia Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library ● Snow-covered conifer trees, Ruka, Finland ©Guy Edwardes / naturepl.com ● Iceberg, Antarctica ©Fritz Poelking / V&W / imagequestmarine.com ● White Arabian mare gallops through snow, Tyrol, Austria ©imageBROKER / Julia Moll / Ardea ● Winter scene with winding track marks on snow by I. Gardiner ©Victoria and Albert Museum, London