My First Historic Collection

1960; black & white; boy; coast; dinghy; England; fishing; Isle of Wight; monochrome; oars; ocean; relaxing; Seaview; Solent; summer; tranquil; youngster; youth; lazy

Two lads fishing in the SOLENT off Seaview on the Isle of Wight coast. August 1960 ref: B/95/3

battle; black & white; carnage; Civil War; courage; death; defeat; England; engraving; fight; foot soldiers; historic; infantry; knights; leadership; medieval; monochrome; rebellion; soldiers; war; warriors; Wars of the Roses; spear; halberd; mace; Barnet; 1471; Warwick the Kingmaker; Earl of Warwick; Lancastrian; Yorkist; Edward lV; King; men-at-arms; killing, last-stand,

The BATTLE OF BARNET (1471) - Wars of the Roses : the death of Warwick the Kingmaker, the Lancastrian leader, at the hands of the troops of Edward of York - King Edward lV. my ref: 12965 from Cassells History of England-circa 1890

armour; arrow; battle; black & white; carnage; cavalry; Civil War; commander; courage; death; defeat; England; engraving; fight; foot soldiers; historic; horsemen; infantry; knights; leadership; medieval; monochrome; rebellion; soldiers; war; warriors; Wars of the Roses; Stoke; Newark; 1487; Earl of Lincoln; rebels; Martin Schwarz; mercenary; Germans; King; Henry Vll; Lancastrians; Edward Vl; spears; halberds; sword; last-stand; war horse; charger; spearmen

BATTLE of STOKE - 1487 - the last stand of Martin Schwarz and his German mercenaries. This was the final action in the Wars of the Roses. The Earl of Lincoln aided by German mercenaries under Martin Schwarz, rebelled against King Henry Vll in an effort to regain the throne for the Lancastrians and the pretender Edward Vl. They were soundly defeated at this engagement near Newark. my ref: 12968 from Cassells History of England-circa 1890

Army; assault; attack; battle; black & white; carnage; charge; charger; charisma; commander; courage; crusades; death; engraving; fight; foot soldiers; glory; historic; horsemen; knights; leadership; medieval; monochrome; natives; soldiers; spearmen; spears; sword; war; war horse; warriors; woman; Dorylaeum; 1097; First Crusade; Seljuk Turks; French; Normans; Robert of Normandy; Saracens; Palestine; Holy Land; muslims; christians; rally; infidel

FIRST BATTLE of DORYLAEUM - 1097 - First Crusade : during this battle against the Suljuk Turks, the hard pressed French Crusaders were rallied by Robert of Normandy to save the day. my ref: 12973 from Cassells History of England-circa 1890

archers; armour; Army; arrow; attack; battle; black & white; carnage; cavalry; charge; charger; courage; death; defeat; England; engraving; fight; foot soldiers; historic; horsemen; infantry; invasion; King; knights; medieval; monochrome; Scotland; soldiers; sword; war; warhorse; warriors; lance; Homildon Hill; Northumberland; Scots; 1402; Earl of Douglas; Hotspur; Earl of March

BATTLE of HOMILDON HILL -1402 - Anglo-Scottish Wars : a Scottish army of 10,000 picked men under the Earl of Douglas, returning to Scotland after rampaging through Northumberland, was intercepted by English forces led by the Earl of Nurthumberland, his son Henry 'Hotspur' and the Earl of March. The Scottish knights made a last ditch charge to avoid defeat but were shot down down by the massed English archers. my ref: 12975 from Cassells History of England-circa 1890

armour; Army; attack; banner; battle; Azotus; black & white; carnage; cavalry; charge; charger; charisma; christians; commander; courage; crusades; death; engraving; fight; flag; glory; historic; Holy Land; horsemen; infantry; infidel; King; knights; leadership; medieval; monochrome; muslims; natives; Palestine; Saracens; soldiers; spearmen; spears; standard; Third Crusade, victory; war; war horse; warriors; King; Richard; Coeur de Lion; Anglo-French; crusaders; Saladin; Jaffa; lance; battle axe

BATTLE of AZOTUS (1191) - the Third Crusade : King Richard 1 - "Coeur de Lion' - rallies the hard-pressed Anglo-French Crusaders against Saladin and his Saracens to win this battle near Jaffa on the coast of the Holy Land. my ref: 12977 from Cassells History of England-circa 1890

armour; attack; battle; black & white; charisma; courage; death; defeat; England; fight; foot soldiers; glory; historic; infantry; last-stand; leadership; medieval; monochrome; mortal wound; rebellion; soldiers; spearmen; spears; war; warriors; men-at-arms; Conquest of Wales; Wales; Welsh; Llywelyn the Last; 1282; Llywelyn ap Gruffydd; Irfon Bridge; Edward l; Builth Wells; surprise; ambush, Prince; Welsh Wars

LLYWELYN'S LAST FIGHT - 1282 - Conquest of Wales : the death of Prince Llywelyn ap Gruffydd - Llywelyn the Last - at Irfon Bridge near Builth Wells at the hands of the English troops of Edward 1, marked the end of Welsh Independence. my ref: 12982l from Cassells History of England-circa 1890

Army; assault; attack; banner; battle; bayonet; black & white; breach; carnage; charge; charisma; city; courage; death; defences; defenders; engraving; fight; flag; foot soldiers; glory; historic; infantry; Jacobite; mercenary; monochrome; mortal wound; musket; rally; rebellion; redoubt; repulse; siege; smoke of battle; soldiers; standard; victory; war; warriors; Athlone; Ireland; 1691; Williamite Wars; General Ginkell; Huguenots; Irish; French; King; James ll; grenades; grenadiers

ASSAULT on ATHLONE - 1691 - during the Williamite Wars in Ireland: After an abortive attempt the previous year, Government troops under the Dutch General Ginkell, including French Huguenots and a Danish division, again laid siege to the strongly fortified town of Athlone on the Shannon, defended by Irish and French troops loyal to King James ll. The defences were eventually breached by crack, grenade-throwing Huguenot soldiers and the Jacobites were defeated.. my ref: 12995 from Cassells History of England-circa 1890

1812; America; attack; battle; black & white; British; carnage; courage; death; defeat; engraving; fight; historic; Man o'War; monochrome; navy; North America; ocean; sail; sea; sea battle; ships; smoke of battle; United States; victory; war; warship; wooden wall; War of 1812; frigate; USS Constitution; HMS Guerriere; Canada; duel; ocean; Atlantic; sailors; fire, sea-fight,

NAVAL ENGAGEMENT - WAR of 1812 : the large and powerful U.S. frigate 'Constitution' , Capt.Hull, fell in with the small British frigate 'Guerriere' , Capt Dacres, which was bound for Halifax, Nova Scotia for a refit. In the hard-fought duel that followed the British ship was soundly beaten and burnt to the waterline. When taken prisoner, its crew were surprised to find that half the American crew were English or Irish. my ref: 12996 from Cassells History of England-circa 1890

attack; battle; black & white; British; carnage; courage; death; defeat; engraving; fight; fleet; historic; Man o'War; monochrome; natives; navy; sail; sea; sea battle; ships; smoke of battle; victory; war; warriors; warship; ambush; China; Canton; Hong Kong; Opium War; Whampoa; 1840; ambush; Captain Stenhouse; junk; Chinese; war junk,

The NAVAL BATTLE of WHAMPOA REACH, 1840, during the First Opium War. A small British naval detachment under Capt. Sir H. Flemming Stenhouse attempting to sail upriver to Canton was ambushed in Whampoa Reach by more than 40 Chinese war junks. In the ensuring engagement all the junks were destroyed. The outcome of the War left Hong Kong ceeded to Britain. my ref: 12999 from Cassells History of England-circa 1890

attack; battle; black & white; British; carnage; cavalry; charge; charger; courage; death; engraving; fight; foot soldiers; historic; horsemen; India; infantry; monochrome; natives; sabre; soldiers; victory; war; war horse; warriors; Meeanee; Miani; 1843; Conquest of Sindh; Hyderabad; General Napier; Bengal Horse; Poona Horse; Peccavi; Balochi; Shere Mohommed; Talpur Amirs

The BATTLE of MEEANEE( or Miani ) - 1843 - during the Conquest of Sindh (Scinde)in : in this battle near the Indian city of Hyderabad, General Sir Charles Napier's Army of some 2,000 men engaged the 36,000 strong army of the Talpur Amirs of Scinde, Balochi tribesmen under Shere Mohommed Khan Talpur. Eventually a bold charge by the British cavalry - the Bengal Horse and the Poonah Horse - eventually put the enemy to flight. Soon afterwards Napier made his famous punning despatch to his superiors - "Peccavi"....( Latin for "I have Sinned" ) ref: 13000 from Cassells History of England-circa 1890

Architecture; Barrow-in-Furness; buildings; clothing; colour; Cumbria; domestic; dress; England; estate; fashion; girl; homes; kerb-side; kids; Lancashire; motor-bike; nineteen-sixties; portrait format; summer; tenement; town; Vickers; wash-day; washing; youngster; 1963; toddler; pram; dolly; play, urban,

BARROW-IN-FURNESS, Cumbrian coast (was Lancashire at the time) : wash-day street scene among the distinctive tenement blocks of Devonshire Buildings, housing for workers in the Vickers Shipyard. June 1963. ref: 832/B/12 © JOHN CLEARE / Mountain Camera Picture Library

Architecture; Barrow-in-Furness; buildings; colour; Cumbria; domestic; England; estate; homes; Lancashire; nineteen-sixties; portrait format; street scene; summer; tenement; town; Vickers; wash-day; washing; 1963; colourful; car, urban,

BARROW-IN-FURNESS, Cumbrian coast ( was Lancashire at the time ) - Washing Day in the distinctive tenement blocks of Devonshire Buildings, home to hundreds of workers in the Vickers Shipyard. June 1963. ref: 832/B/5 © JOHN CLEARE / Mountain Camera Picture Library

1962; autumn; Bicester; black & white; countryman; countryside; dogs; England; fox; horses; hounds; hunt; huntsman; man; monochrome; nineteen-sixties; riders; rural; tradition

FOX HUNTING : the Bicester rides out on a November morning in 1962. ref: 615/4 © JOHN CLEARE / Mountain Camera Picture Library

black & white; boy; clothing; corner-shop; deprivation; dress; elderly; England; lonely; man; monochrome; nineteen-sixties; OAP; portrait format; pram; shop; shopping; street scene; terraced-cottages; town; widower; 1964; Guildford; shop window

Pensioner Ernest Harvey, a lonely widower, returns home with a loaf of bread from his nearby corner shop, Guildford, Surrey. May 1964. ref: 1119/B/21 © JOHN CLEARE / Mountain Camera Picture Library www.mountaincamera.com

1965; black & white; crowd; culture; Derby Day; England; Epsom Downs; fashion; gentleman; heritage; horse race; lady; monochrome; morning dress; nineteen-sixties; people; portrait format; top hat; uniform; tragedy; sadness; loss; man + woman; husband & wife

EPSOM DOWNS - the bet that failed? - Derby Day, June 1965 ref: 1545/E/14 ©JOHN CLEARE / Mountain Camera Picture Library

1965; black & white; culture; Derby Day; England; Epsom Downs; heritage; horse race; monochrome; moody; nineteen-sixties; portrait format; frustration, loss; man; newspaper; Evening Standard; trash; rubbish; bleary; racing results; sports page

DERBY DAY - Epsom Downs - after the big race. June 1965. ref: 1545/E/31

battle; carnage; combat; fight; war; warriors; infantry; Peninsula War; British; engraving; bayonet; charge; historic; blood lust; Spain; Wellington; courage; death; glory, soldiers, French, Talavera, 1809, Spain, General Victor, General Sebastini, Wellington, victory,

The PENINSULA WAR, the BATTLE of TALAVERA 1809 : the bayonet charge by the British infantry which paralysed superior French forces under the command of Generals Victor and Sebastiani, carried the day for Wellington. My ref 12959 From Cassells History of England, published 1890s.

1962; atmospheric; black & white; boy; child; chimney; deprivation; distance; Ebbw Vale; factory; houses; industry; monochrome; moody; nineteen-sixties; pollution; portrait format; residential street; smoke; spectacular; steel-works; street; street scene; terraced-cottages; town; Wales; Welsh Valleys; youth; go-cart; anticipation; enthusiasm; play; adventure, urban,

EBBW VALE, South Wales Valleys. February 1962. Steel making commenced here in 1778 but by 2003 the steel mills had gone and the valley had become a seriously depressed area. ref : 274/36 © JOHN.CLEARE/MOUNTAIN.CAMERA Picture Library

battle; fight; war; carnage; combat; carnage; Crusade; medieval; Saracens; crusaders; beach; landing; Holy Land; King Richard; Coeur de Lion; Jaffa; armour; knights; warriors; Palestine; Saladin; ship, knights, soldiers, armour, Palestine, city, siege, engraving, monochrome,

The Third Crusade - 1192 A.D : King Richard l - "Coeur de Lion" - leads an opposed landing at Jaffa in the Holy Land. The city was captured, it was Richard's final victory in the Crusade. From Cassells History of England, published in the 1890s. ref : 12717 from Cassells History of England, circa 1890

1962; atmospheric; black & white; chimney; Ebbw Vale; factory; historic; industry; monochrome; moody; nineteen-sixties; pollution; portrait format; smoke; steel; steel-works; town; Wales; Welsh Valleys, steam,

South Wales Valleys - EBBW VALE - steel and smoke. February 1962. Steel making commenced here in 1778 and the works was closed and demolished in 2003 leaving the town bereft of serious employment. ref: 274/26 © JOHN CLEARE / Mountain Camera Picture Library

1962; atmospheric; black & white; distance; Ebbw Vale; houses; industry; landform; landscape; monochrome; moody; nineteen-sixties; pollution; portrait format; residential street; smoke; spectacular; steel, steel-works; terraced-cottages; town; Wales; Welsh Valleys; steam engine; slag tip; railway; pylon; houses; hillside; steam

South Wales Valleys - EBBW VALE, steel and slag tips. Steel works engines shunt a crucible load of red hot slag. February 1962. Steel making commenced here in 1778 but by 2003 the steel works, the valley's major employer, had gone ref: 274/48 © JOHN CLEARE / Mountain Camera Picture Library

black & white; bridge; cable; construction; crane; engineering; graphic; height; high; monochrome; nineteen-sixties; river; Scotland; steel work; suspension; transport; vehicular; wire; work; 1963; suspension-bridge; Forth; Queensferry; moody; span; unfinished, atmospheric, winter,

The FORTH BRIDGE is under construction - view from South Queensferry, December 1963. ref: 993/A/22

1961; Architecture; black & white; boy; child; city; decrepit; dilapidated; deprivation; Glasgow; Gorbals; graffito; moody; nineteen-sixties; old Gorbals; play; portrait format; residential street; rubbish; ruin; Scotland; slum; squalor; trash; urban; youth

GLASGOW - the old Gorbals : a corner of the most deprived area of the city, June 1961. In the ensuing decade the tall, grim tenement blocks were demolished and the Gorbals was rebuilt but the whole process had to be repeated again by the turn of the century.

1960; black & white; boy; business; dress; monochrome; motivation; nineteen-sixties; town; youth; youngster; Guy Fawkes; guy; dummy; begging; street-corner; street scene; Aldershot; clothing

Penny for the Guy ? Aldershot street scene, October 1960 ref: C/81/3 © JOHN CLEARE / Mountain Camera Picture Library

black & white; boy; city; England; fashion; London; nineteen-sixties; relaxing; street scene; street-corner; youth; 1964; Hoxton; inner-city; council estate; deprivation; kids; gang; courage; climb; street furniture, urban,

London - Hoxton - youths having fun in this high-rise, inner-city, council estate June 1964. ref: 1179/A/19 © JOHN CLEARE / Mountain Camera Picture Library

Architecture; back-to-backs; black & white; buildings; city; construction, ; Dalton Institute; demolition; deprivation; England; homes; inner-city; Manchester; monochrome; nineteen-sixties; portrait format; redevelopment; ruin; slum-clearance; street scene; technical college; terraced-cottages; 1964; rubbish; junk; pram; salvage; ancient-and-modern, urban,

MANCHESTER redevelopment, slums give way to the new Dalton TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, February 1964. ref: 1014/A/18 © JOHN CLEARE / Mountain Camera Picture Library

1960; Aldershot; black & white; business; clothing; elderly; England; fashion; gentleman; hat; man; Market; monochrome; nineteen-sixties; smart; street scene; town; moustache; shopping; shopper

Market shoppers, Aldershot - fashions for gentlemen, 1960. ref: C/81/01 © JOHN CLEARE / Mountain Camera Picture Library

1964; black & white; Cumbria; England; gossip; man; Maryport; monochrome; nineteen-sixties; street-scene; town; woman, meeting, chatting, urban,

Cumberland Coast - MARYPORT : street scene - November 1964 ref: 1351/E/5 © JOHN CLEARE / Mountain Camera Picture Library

1964; Architecture; atmospheric; black & white; city; construction; Glasgow; Gorbals; moody; new Gorbals; nineteen-sixties; OAP; pensioner; portrait format; Scotland; urban; tower-block; flats; tenements; park; municipal; cold; bleak, man, elderly,

GLASGOW - the 'new' Gorbals, April 1964: this area, once notorious as the city's worst slums, was largely demolished in the early 1960s and replaced by controversial modern tower blocks and cheap maisonettes, themselves needing replacement by the turn of the century. ref: 1065/B/13 © JOHN CLEARE / Mountain Camera Picture Library

1964; Architecture; black & white; boy; child; city; construction; decrepit; dilapidated; deprivation; distance; Glasgow; Gorbals; moody; nineteen-sixties; people; play; portrait format; residential street; Scotland; squalor; urban; youth; football; game; tenements; kids

GLASGOW - street football in a street of the 'old' Gorbals, yet to be redeveloped -March 1964. The controversial modern tower-blocks seen in the distance which replaced the old tenements of Glasgow's most notorious slum district were not to last long and were being replaced by the turn of the century. ref: 1065/B/23 ©John Cleare / Mountain.Camera Picture Library

1964; Birmingham; black & white; city; England; housewife; industry; monochrome; moody; nineteen-sixties; Oldbury; portrait format; town; washing; washing-line; washerwoman; factory; back-yard; domestic, woman, urban,

BIRMINGHAM - hanging out the washing in an Oldbury back yard November 1964 ref: 1347/C/32 © JOHN CLEARE / Mountain Camera Picture Library

black & white; business; England; girl; hat; monochrome; nineteen-sixties; street-scene; summer; town; woman; work; flat-hat; cap; seaside; resort; stall; Andy Capp; selling; Southend; 1960; holiday; fancy hat

SOUTHEND-ON-SEA - Fancy Hat stall outside seafront public house. Andy Capp was a popular Daily Mirror cartoon character - the archtypal male chauvinist slob. September 1960 ref: 6/17 © JOHN CLEARE / Mountain Camera Picture Library

Birmingham; black & white; city; England; monochrome; nineteen-sixties; residential street; town; 1964; corner shop; shop; street scene; Oldbury; shopping; woman; shopper; general store, urban,

BIRMINGHAM, a shopper approaches her local Corner Shop in Oldbury. November 1964. ref:1347/C/24 © JOHN CLEARE / Mountain Camera Picture Library

Barrow-in-Furness; boat; coast; construction; cranes; Cumbria; dress; engineering; industry; Lancashire; launch; nineteen-sixties; ocean; ship; shipbuilding; shipyard; summer; town; transport; unfinished; Vickers; Walney; youngster; youth; girls; celebration; wave; waterside; shore; channel; tug; 1963; Methane Princess; gas-carrier

BARROW-IN-FURNESS, Cumbrian coast (was Lancashire at the time ) : the Methane Princess, a bulk gas carrier, is launched from the Vickers Shipyard on Barrow Island - view over the Walney Channel from Vickerstown. June 1963 ref: 832/01 © JOHN CLEARE / Mountain Camera Picture Library

Birmingham; black & white; boy; child; city; England; girl; industry; monochrome; nineteen-sixties; Oldbury; residential street; youth; kids; cowboy; 1964; portrait format; street scene; factory; cowboy, play, game, make-believe, urban,

BIRMINGHAM - Oldbury : street scene with kids - the Lone Ranger? November 1964. ref: 1347/L/34 © JOHN CLEARE / Mountain Camera Picture Library

Architecture; Barrow-in-Furness; buildings; colour; Cumbria; dress; England; estate; girl; homes; lady; man; nineteen-sixties; street scene; summer; tenement; town; Vickers; woman; youth; cyclist; bicycle; symmetry; graphic; homes; urban, 1963

BARROW-IN-FURNESS, ship-building town on the Cumbrian coast (was Lancashire at the time) : street scene among the tenement blocks of Devonshire Buildings.June 1963 ref: 832/B/6 ©JOHN CLEARE / Mountain Camera Picture Library

1961; black & white; child; corner-shop; culture; decrepit; dilapidated; deprivation; Glasgow; Gorbals; historic; moody; nineteen-sixties; old Gorbals; portrait format; residential street; Scotland; shop; slum; squalor; urban; man; bar; pub; relaxed; idle; waiting

GLASGOW : street corner in the 'old' Gorbals, June 1961. Demolition and redevelopment of the area, once notorious as Glasgow's most deprived slum, is about to commence. ref: 124/A/34 © JOHN CLEARE / Mountain Camera Picture Library

Architecture; Barrow-in-Furness; boy; buildings; clothing; colour; Cumbria; England; estate; homes; kerb-side; kid; motor-bike; nineteen-sixties; scooter; street scene; summer; tenement; town; transport; Vickers; wash-day; washing; youngster; 1963; envy; colourful, washing, urban,

BARROW-IN-FURNESS, Cumbrian coast ( was Lancashire at the time ) - the distinctive tenements of Devonshire Buildings house workers in the Vickers Shipyard. June 1963

1964; Aust; boat; Bridge; cable; Chepstow; colour; construction; engineering; England; ferry; height; high; nineteen-sixties; river; Severn; boat steel work; suspension; vehicular; view-downwards; Wales; wire; transport; unfinished; suspension bridge; span,

In September 1964 the Severn Bridge is under construction, the towers and cables are complete but the road deck has yet to be added. In this close-up of the main suspension cable - essentially a multi-filament wire rope - high over the water, the Chepstow-Aust Ferry which the bridge will replace is seen below in mid river. ref : 1040019.031 (601/1/17) ©JOHN.CLEARE/MOUNTAN.CAMERA Picture Library

Architecture; Barrow-in-Furness; black & white; buildings; crane; Cumbria; dock; domestic; engineering; England; estate; homes; industry; kerb-side; Lancashire; monochrome; moody; nineteen-sixties; town; cobbles; rails; tram lines; car; road, distance, street scene, urban, terrace,

BARROW-IN-FURNESS : street scene - tram lines lead towards the Dock where the Methane Princess',a bulk gas-carrier just launched, is fitting out. June 1963. ref: 831/D/9 © JOHN CLEARE / Mountain Camera Picture Library

Aust; boat; Bridge; cable; Chepstow; colour; construction; crane; engineering; England; ferry; graphic; height; high; nineteen-sixties; river; Severn; boat; steel work; suspension; transport; vehicular; view-downwards; Wales; wire; work; unfinished; suspension bridge; span; 1964; shadow, dramatic,

In 1964 the SEVERN ROAD BRIDGE is under construction, the towers are built and the cables strung but the road deck has yet to be added. In this picture from the summit of the western tower, the Chepstow-Aust car ferry which the bridge will replace is seen approaching the shadow of the tower. September 1964 ref: 1041576 (600/1/8) ©JOHN.CLEARE/Mountain.Camera Picture Library

battle; fight; war; carnage; combat; combat; courage; blood lust; death; glory; soldier; historic; black & white; monochrome; warriors; engraving; Bosworth; 1485; Richard lll; Wars of the Roses; Lancastrian; Yorkist; Knights; armour; horsemen; Henry Tudor; Henry Vll; war horse; charger, armour, King,

The BATTLE OF BOSWORTH FIELD, 1485, Richard lll in action. The culminating battle of the Wars of the Roses, King Richard's Lancastrian army was decisively beaten and Richard killed by the Yorkist troops of Henry of Richmond - Henry Tudor who became King Henry Vll. Richard's crown was reputedly found in a hawthorn bush after the battle. my ref: 12699 from Cassells History of England-circa 1890

Architecture; Barrow-in-Furness; black & white; buildings; crane; Cumbria; distance; England; industry; Lancashire; monochrome; shipyard; street scene; town; Vickers; car; villas; artisan dwellings; terrace; respectable; homes; houses, symmetry, urban,

BARROW-IN-FURNESS, Cumbria coast (was Lancashire at the time) - a residential street scene with the giant cranes at the Vickers Shipyard on Barrow Island always in sight. June 1963. ref: 831/A/7 © JOHN CLEARE / Mountain Camera Picture Library

1960; Alps; boys; cow; ethnic; Evolene; forest; herdsmen; native; nineteen-sixties; Pennine Alps; relaxing; Switzerland; tranquil; Val d'Herens; youngster

Switzerland, boys with cow near Evolene, in the VAL d'HERENS in the Pennine Alps . July 1960 ref: 1042362.021 (C/40/b) ©JOHN.CLEARE/Mountain.Camera Picture Library

black & white; blood lust; courage; death; engraving; glory; historic; monochrome; soldier; warriors; Pavia; Italy; 1525; Franco-Imperial Wars; King Francis l; France; Spain; Imperial Army; Charles V; Holy Roman Empire; Emperor; surrender; defeat; chivalry; knight; armour; chevalier; war; fight; combat; battle; courage; soldier; leadership; charisma; capture; victory, sword,

Battle of Pavia, 1525 , Franco-Imperial Wars : King Francis l of France is captured by the victorious Spanish troops of the Imperial Army of Charles V - the Holy Roman Emporer. Pavia is on the Ticino River near Milan. my ref: 12701 from Cassells History of England-circa 1890

Barrow-in-Furness; black & white; bridge; business; crowd; Cumbria; dress; engineering; group; industry; Lancashire; man; monochrome; nineteen-sixties; people; shipyard; street scene; tired; town; transport; Vickers; bus; bicycle; cyclist; workers; 1963; shift-end; finish; going home; traffic; rush-hour, hurry,

BARROW-IN-FURNESS, Cumbria coast ( was Lancashire at the time ) - workers at the Vickers Shipyard on Barrow Island stream home across the Michaelson Road swing bridge spanning the Dock at the end of their shift. June 1963. ref: 831/31 © JOHN CLEARE / Mountain Camera Picture Library

battle; fight; war; carnage; combat; black & white; cavalry; Civil War; courage; death; defeat; engraving; glory; historic; monochrome; soldier; warriors; Hampden; Parliament; Chalgrove; Cromwell; Parliament; Prince Rupert; England; Oxford, 1643, mortal wound,

The BATTLE OF CHALGROVE FIELD 1643 - during the English Civil War : John Hampden, Cromwell's right-hand-man, is carried from the field mortally wounded. The Parliamentary forces were defeated by Royalist cavalry under Prince Rupert. my ref: 12703 from Cassells History of England-circa 1890

Barrow-in-Furness; Bridge; clothing; crane; cranes; crowd; Cumbria; deprivation; dress; engineering; England; group; hats; industry; Lancashire; man; monochrome; nineteen-sixties; people; shipyard; street scene; tired; town; transport; Vickers; work; 1963; workers; bus; car; van; finish; going home; shift-end; cyclist; bicycle; traffic; rush-hour, hurry, eager,

BARROW-IN-FURNESS, Cumbria coast ( was Lancashire at the time ) - workers from the Vickers Shipyard on Barrow Island steam home over the Jubilee bridge to Vickerstown at the end of their shift. June 1963. ref: 831/2 © JOHN CLEARE / Mountain Camera Picture Library

1964; nineteen-sixties; atmospheric; autumn; Birmingham; Oldbury; city; town; black & white; monochrome; child; England; girl; schoolgirl; group; houses; residential street; street scene; tranquil; uniform; youth, urban,

BIRMINGHAM - Oldbury : High School girls on the way to school on a brisk November morning. 1964. ref: 1347/B/19a © JOHN.CLEARE/ Mountain Camera Picture Library

battle, fight, war, combat, carnage, ; black & white; cavalry; Civil War; defeat; engraving; fight; historic; King; monochrome; Royalist; soldier; warriors; Naseby; 1645; Charles l; King Charles; Roundheads; New Model Army; Cromwell; England; Fairfax, Parliament,

BATTLE OF NASEBY 1645, the decisive battle of the English Civil War : the King, Charles l, rides up in despair crying "One charge more and the victory is ours yet! " But the Royalist army was soundly beaten by the New Model Army led by Fairfax and Cromwell. my ref 12706 from Cassells History of England-circa 1890

Barrow-in-Furness; black & white; clothing; crowd; Cumbria; dress; engineering; England; group; industry; kerb-side; Lancashire; man; monochrome; nineteen-sixties; people; shipyard; street scene; town; Vickers; work; workers; shift-end; bicycle; cyclist; bus; finish; going home; rush-hour

BARROW-IN-FURNESS, Cumberland coast ( was Lancashire at the time ) - Shift end at the Vickers Shipyard on Barrow Island, workers stream home over the swing bridge spannig the dock. ref: 831/G/5 © JOHN CLEARE / Mountain Camera Picture Library

1962; atmospheric; black & white; chimney; Ebbw Vale; factory; geographical; industry; landscape; monochrome; moody; nineteen-sixties; pollution; smoke; steel; steel-works; steam, town; Wales; Welsh Valleys; slag tip; hillside; railway

South Wales Valleys - EBBW VALE STEEL WORKS, February 1962. Steel making commenced here in 1778 and the works closed and was demolished in 2003 leaving the town without a major source of employment. ref: 274/27 © JOHN CLEARE / Mountain Camera Picture Library

battle; black & white; carnage; cavalry; Civil War; combat; courage; charge, charger, war horse, death; engraving; fight; glory; historic; infantry; monochrome; rebellion; soldier; war; warriors; Jacobite; Scotland; Killiecrankie; 1689; uprising; John Graham of Claverhouse; Viscount Dundee; Bonnie Dundee; James ll; William lll; General MacKay, Highlanders,

The BATTLE OF KILLIECRANKIE - 1689 - during the First Jacobite Uprising: John Graham of Claverhouse - Viscount Dundee known as "Bonnie Dundee" - supporting the return of King James ll - is struck down charging at the head of his wild Highlanders at the moment of victory in this battle against the Governement troops of William lll led by General MacKay. my ref : 12708 from Cassells History of England-circa 1890

hunt; Bicester; fox; autumn; tradition; horses; riders; countryside; woman; man; England; huntsman; 1962; nineteen-sixties; monochrome; black-white; rural; countryman; hats; side-saddle; lady

FOX HUNTING - the Bicester - followed regularly by the tycoon Nubar Gulbenkian - rides out on a November morning in 1962. ref: 615/2 © JOHN CLEARE / Mountain Camera Picture Library

battle; black & white; Britons; combat; courage; death; England; engraving; fight; glory; historic; invasion; Kent; monochrome; Romans; Ships; Shore; soldier; war; warriors; Julius Caesar; galleys; 55 BC; legionaires; standard-bearer; Deal; ships; sea; sail; assault, Celts,

Landing of the Romans in Kent, 55 B.C. : Julius Caesar with 80 ships and two legions made an opposed landing, probably near Deal. After pressing a little way inland against fierce opposition and losing ships in a storm, he retired back across the Channel to Gaul from what was a reconnaisance in force, only to return the following year for a more serious invasion. my ref: 12709 from Cassells History of England-circa 1890

Birmingham; black & white; city; England; monochrome; nineteen-sixties; residential street; milkman; milk float; horse; delivery; suburb; dairy; Streetly; 1964; tradesman; selling; milk, edge of town,

BIRMINGHAM - Streetly : Horse-drawn milk delivery on the edge of yown where the houses run out into open country. November 1964. ref: 1349/D/13a © JOHN CLEARE / Mountain Camera Picture Library

battle; black & white; Britons; carnage; cavalry; combat; courage; Dark Ages; death; England; engraving; fight; glory; heroine; historic; infantry; Mercia; Queen; soldier; Wales; war; warriors; woman; leadership; charisma; charge; horsemen; Welsh; Ethelflaed; Lady of the Mercians; Alfred the Great; Edward the Elder; spearmen; archer; invasion; defeat; victory; defence, sword, spears, tenth century, 910,

Queen Ethelflaed, known as the 'Lady of the Mercans', daughter of Alfred the Great and sister of his successor, Edward the Elder, frequently led the Merican forces into battle herself against the invading Welsh tribes between 910 and 918 A.D.` my ref: 12713. from Cassells History of England-circa 1890

archers; arrow; battle; black & white; carnage; courage; death; defeat; England; engraving; fight; foot soldiers; historic; invasion; King; leadership; medieval; monochrome; soldiers; war; warriors; Anglo-Saxons; Normans; William the Conqueror; Harold; Senlac; Hastings; 1066; Norman conquest, Death of Harold,

The decisive Battle of Hastings. or 'Senlac Field', in 1066, between the invading army of Duke William of Norman and the Anglo Saxon forces under King Harold, marked the end of Saxon England and put William l - " The Conqueror" on the throne. By repute Harold was killed by an arrow to his eye. my ref: 12715 from Cassells History of England-circa 1890

black & white; boat; cargo; coast; docks, ; funnel; masts; monochrome; nineteen-sixties; ocean; ship; Wales; Cardiff; Butetown; 1962; lifeboat,

Cardiff - Butetown Docks, still busy. February 1962. ref: 275/6 © JOHN CLEARE / Mountain Camera Picture Library

battle; black & white; carnage; England; engraving; fight; France; French; historic; medieval; monochrome; sea battle; ships; soldiers; victory; war; warriors; English Channel; sea; 1217; Anglo-French wars; First Hundred Years War; Calais; fleet; sail; oars, navy,

Battle of the English Channel, 1217 .during the Anglo-French War of 1152-1259, often known as the 'First Hundred Years War' : in this sea fight off Calais a formidable French fleet of 80 sail under Eustace the Monk was decimated by 40 English ships from the Cinque Ports under the command of Hubert de Burgh. Only 15 French vessels escaped. my ref: 12719 from Cassells History of England-circa 1890

1962; black & white; boat; river bank, monochrome; nineteen-sixties; rural; Wales; transport; Chepstow; Aust; River; ferry; Severn; England; jetty; passengers; cyclist; shore; harbour, cars, vehicles,

The CHEPSTOW-AUST vehicular ferry across the River Severn, is seen arriving at the Chepstow jetty on the western shore. This time-honoured ferry was replaced by the (first) Severn Bridge on which construction had just begun nearby. February 1962 ref: 275/10 © JOHN CLEARE / Mountain Camera Picture Library

battle; black & white; carnage; cavalry; courage; death; England; engraving; fight; foot soldiers; glory; historic; horsemen; King; knights; leadership; medieval; monochrome; rebellion; soldiers; war; warriors; Evesham; 1265; Simon de Montfort; Henry lll; Prince Edward; rescue, Montfort's Rebellion,

The BATTLE OF EVESHAM - 1265 - during the Rebellion of Simon de Montfort : the elderly King Henry lll, armed and bought to the battle as a prisoner by the rebels, is rescued by his son, Prince Edward, later King Edward 1. my ref: 12721 from Cassells History of England-circa 1890

black & white; bowler; briefcase; business; businessman; cab; city-gent; England; gentleman; hat; London; man; monochrome; motivation; nineteen-sixties; smart; street-scene; taxi; tradition; uniform; 1960; dress; fashion; suit

London - City Gent in 'uniform' alights from taxi, April 1960. ref: F/89/2 © JOHN CLEARE / Mountain Camera Picture Library

arrow; battle; black & white; carnage; charisma; courage; death; engraving; fight; foot soldiers; glory; heroine; historic; invasion; leadership; medieval; monochrome; Scotland; siege; soldiers; war; warriors; woman; Dunbar; 1336; Edward lll; Black Agnes; Countess of March; Earl of Salisbury; catapult; siege engine; ramparts; walls; tower

SIEGE of DUNBAR -1336 - during the Invasion of Scotland by Edward lll. "Black Agnes", Countess of March, daughter of the Earl of Moray and chatelaine of Dundee, leads the defence against English troops under the Earl of Salisbury. Dundee was eventually relieved by Sir Alexander Ramsay. my ref: 12726 from Cassells History of England-circa 1890

black & white; corner-shop; elderly; England; lonely; man; monochrome; nineteen-sixties; OAP; pensioner; pram; residential street; shop; shopping; street scene; street-corner; terraced-cottages; town; widower; 1964; Guildford; boy, shop window,

Pensioner Ernest Harvey, a lonely widower, has bought a loaf of bread at his local corner shop. May 1964. ref: 1119/10 © John Cleare / Mountain Camera Picture Library

archers; armour; arrow; battle; black & white; carnage; cavalry; charge; charisma; courage; death; engraving; fight; foot soldiers; France; glory; historic; horsemen; infantry; knights; leadership; medieval; monochrome; soldiers; victory; war; warriors; Crecy; 1346; Hundred Years War; Black Prince; Edward lll; war horse; charger, King Philip

BATTLE OF CRECY - 1346 - during the (Second) Hundred Years War : the Black Prince wins his spurs at this desperate battle in which Edward lll's exhausted troops smashed the vastly superior French army of King Philip and his allies. The French casualties included 2 kings, 11 princes, 80 barons, 1200 knights and some 30,000 men. English archers played the decisive part. my ref: 12727 from Cassells History of England-circa 1890

1965; black & white; cigarette; crowd; Derby Day; England; Epsom Downs; fashion; gentleman; horse race; jockey; lady; monochrome; morning dress; nineteen-sixties; owner; patronising; people; top hat; uniform; briefing

EPSOM DOWNS, DERBY DAY - June 1965 : owner and jockey in the Saddling Enclosure. ref: 1545/A/5 © JOHN.CLEARE/ Mountain Camera Picture Library

armour; battle; fight; war; combat; carnage; black & white; blood lust; courage; death; defeat; engraving; fight; foot soldiers; glory; historic; invasion; knights; medieval; monochrome; Normans; siege; soldier; spearmen; victory; war; warriors; Ireland; Waterford; siege; 1170; Strongbow; Anglo-Norman; knights; Leinster; King; Dermot MacMurrogh; Earl of Pembroke; banners

The SIEGE OF WATERFORD - 1170 - during the English Invasion of Ireland : 'Strongbow' - the Earl of Pembroke - invades Ireland with a small force of Anglo-Norman knights and sacks Waterford, defended by Dermot MacMurrogh, the King of Leinster. my ref: 12729 from Cassells History of England-circa 1890

1965; black & white; crowd; culture; Derby Day; England; Epsom Downs; gentleman; horse race; monochrome; morning dress; nineteen-sixties; people; top hat; uniform; race horse; hats; flat hat; cap

Epsom Downs - the sublime and the 'cor blimey - Derby Day, June 1965. ref: 1545/A/4 ©JOHN CLEARE / Mountain Camera Picture Library

battle; fight; war; combat; carnage; black & white; blood lust; courage; death; defeat; defence; England; engraving; fight; foot soldiers; glory; historic; infantry; invasion; medieval; monochrome; rebellion; soldier; spearmen; Wales; war; warriors; Welsh; Wales; Corwen; 1165; Conquest of Wales; Henry ll; defeat; Rees-ap-Gryffith

BATTLE OF CORWEN - 1165 - during his attempted conquest of Wales, the English forces under Henry ll were bloodily repulsed at Corwen in 1165 by the Welsh tribes led by Rees-ap-Gryffith. my ref: 12731 from Cassells History of England-circa 1890

1960; Aldershot; black & white; business; clothing; dress; England; fashion; girl; lady; monochrome; nineteen-sixties; street scene; town; woman; work; Market; stall; coats; shop; selling

Fashion boutique, Aldershot Market - October 1960 ref: C/85/3 © John Cleare / Mountain Camera

1962; black & white; boy; chimney; deprivation; distance; Ebbw Vale; factory; girl; houses; industry; moody; nineteen-sixties; people; pollution; residential street; smoke; steel-works; street scene; symmetry; terraced-cottages; Wales; Welsh Valleys; youth, factory, urban, terrace

South Wales Valleys - EBBW VALE - Sunday morning street scene, February 1962. Steel had been made here since 1778 but 40 years later the works closed and the valley became a seriously deprressed area. ref: 274/36 © JOHN CLEARE / Mountain Camera Picture Library

battle; fight, war, combat, carnage, ; black & white; blood lust; cavalry; combat; courage; death; defeat; engraving; foot soldiers; France; French; glory; historic; infantry; monochrome; Peninsula War; soldier; soldiers; victory; war; warriors; Albuera; Spain; 1811; Napoleonic Wars; Wellington; General Beresford; Marshall Soult; victory; infantry; fusiliers; British; bayonet; musket, hand to hand,

The BATTLE OF ALBUERA - 1811 - in Spain during the Peninsula War : there was great carnage at this engagement between Wellington's army led by General Beresford and the Napoleonic French army of Marshall Soult. The day was eventually won by the steady advance of the British infantry, in particular the Brigade of Fusiliers,. my ref: 12736 from Cassells History of England-circa 1890

1960; Aldershot; black & white; business; England; fruit; girl; greengrocer; Market; money; nineteen-sixties; pound; prices; scales; shilling; stall; town; weights and measures; woman; work; shop; selling

Market FRUIT STALL - Aldershot - 1960 ref: C/84/3 © JOHN CLEARE / Mountain Camera Picture Library

black & white; bowler; briefcase; business; businessman; city-gent; England; gentleman; hat; London; man; monochrome; nineteen-sixties; smart; tradition; uniform; dress, 1960, underground, train, newspaper,

London : City gents in 'uniform' en route to the office. April 1960 ref: A/35/21 © JOHN CLEARE / Mountain Camera Picture Library

1961; atmospheric; black & white; boy; child; city; decrepit; dilapidated; deprivation; Glasgow; Gorbals; graffito; nineteen-sixties; old Gorbals; play; residential street; rubbish; Scotland; slum; squalor; trash; urban; youth; kids; scooter, motorcycle,

GLASGOW - kids at play in the old Gorbals. Shortly after, the area, the most deprived in the City, was demolished and redeveloped. June 1961. ref: 124/A/24a © JOHN CLEARE / Mountain Camera Picture Library

1960; black & white; dress; England; farm; fashion; housewife; interior; lady; monochrome; motivation; nineteen-sixties; rural; woman; farmers wife; kitchen; cat; stove; tired; jaded; tea; over-worked; work; house-work; cooking; 1964; domestic

A Woman's Work is Never Done - farmer's wife in her kitchen, Surrey hills. June 1964 ref: 1172/3 © JOHN CLEARE / Mountain Camera Picture Library

black & white; boy; city; clothing; dress; fashion; girl; London; monochrome; nineteen-sixties; relaxing; smart; street scene; youngster; youth; Hoxton; gang; ruin; pose; window; kids; 1964; group; inner-city; deprivation; graphic, urban,

Hoxton, London - young teenagers 'hang out' in this deprived area of the inner city. June 1964 ref: 1179/B/3 © JOHN CLEARE / Mountain Camera Picture Library

Architecture; black & white; buildings; city; construction; deprivation; England; hat; homes; inner-city; man; monochrome; nineteen-sixties; ruin; street scene; Manchester; slum-clearance; demolition; redevelopment; technical college; Dalton Institute; back-to-backs; terraced-cottages; ancient-and-modern; urban, 1964

MANCHESTER redevelopment - slum clearance has made way for the new Dalton Technical Institute. February 1964. ref: 1014/A/7 ©JOHN CLEARE / Mountain Camera Picture Library

1964; Architecture; black & white; boy; child; city; construction; crane; distance; Glasgow; Gorbals; new Gorbals; nineteen-sixties; play; residential street; Scotland; urban; municipal; bleak; cheerless; flats; tower-block; tenements; kids; maisonette; council estate, redevelopment,

GLASGOW - the 'new' Gorbals - March 1964 : controversially ill-designed tower blocks and modern maisonettes replaced the old and notorious tenements of the Gorbals in the early 1960s. They needed replacing themselves by the turn of the century. ref: 1065/A/33a © JOHN CLEARE / Mountain Camera Picture Library

1964; Architecture; atmospheric; black & white; child; city; construction; crane; culture; distance; girl; Glasgow; Gorbals; moody; new Gorbals; nineteen-sixties; play; residential street; Scotland; squalor; urban; tenements; flats; high-rise; tower-block, redevelopment,

GLASGOW, the 'new' Gorbals - March 1964 : the notorious old tenements of the Gorbals were demolished in the early sixites to make way for controversially ill-designed modern tower-blocks and cheap housing. Redevelopment was required again by the turn of the century. ref: 1065/A/25a © JOHN CLEARE / Mountain Camera Picture Library

1964; atmospheric; Birmingham; black & white; child; city; distance; England; factory; girl; houses; industry; landscape; monochrome; moody; nineteen-sixties; Oldbury; park; people; pollution; residential street; schoolgirls; smoke; youth, uniform, urban,

BIRMINGHAM - Oldbury : on the way to school on a November morning. 1964 ref: 1347/B/13a © JOHN CLEARE / Mountain Camera Picture Library

atmospheric; Birmingham; black & white; child; city; England; girl; heritage; monochrome; nineteen-sixties; Oldbury; schoolgirls; town; youth; school; park; municipal; uniform; street; street scene; 1964; gate, winter, urban,

BIRMINGHAM - on the way to school in OLDBURY on a dark November morning in 1964. ref: 1347/A/29 © JOHN CLEARE / Mountain Camera Picture Library

1961; Architecture; atmospheric; black & white; city; decrepit; dilapidated; deprivation; Glasgow; Gorbals; historic; moody; nineteen-sixties; old Gorbals; pram; residential street; rubbish; Scotland; slum; squalor; urban; youth; tenements; houses; homes

GLASGOW : the squalid tenements of the Gorbals on the south bank of the Clyde were known as among the worst slums in Britain. They were demolished and the area redeveloped soon after this picture was taken in June 1961. ref:124/16 © JOHN CLEARE / Mountain Camera Picture Library

1961; Abbotsford Place; Architecture; atmospheric; black & white; boy; child; city; decrepit; dilapidated; deprivation; Glasgow; Gorbals; houses; moody; nineteen-sixties; old Gorbals; residential street; rubbish; Scotland; slum; squalid; squalor; stair tower; street scene; tenements; urban

GLASGOW, the old GORBALS : the squalid tenements of the Gorbals on the south bank of the Clyde were notorious as among the worst slums in Britain. This photograph of the characteristic so-called 'stair towers' at the back of the tenements on Abbotsford Place was taken in June 1961 shortly before they were demolished and the area redeveloped. ref: 124/A/19 ©John.Cleare / Mountain.Camera Picture Library

1961; Architecture; atmospheric; child; city; decrepit; dilapidated; deprivation; girl; Glasgow; Gorbals; moody; nineteen-sixties; old Gorbals; people; play; residential street; schoolgirls; Scotland; slum; squalor; urban; youth; tenements; shop; street scene; symmetry

GLASGOW, the GORBALS : the squalid tenements of the Gorbals on the south bank of the Clyde were notorious as possibly the worst slums in Britain. This is one of the more salubrious streets - photographed in June 1961. The buildings were demolished and the area redeveloped soon afterwards. ref: 124/A/33

atmospheric; black & white; deprivation; domestic; elderly; England; interior; lonely; man; monochrome; nineteen-sixties; OAP; pensioner; tea; tired; widower; frugal; memories; sadness; tea-time; 1964; living-room; bread; home; meal

Lonely widower at home - Ernest Harvey is an old age pensioner living alone with his memories. May 1964. ref: 1120/8 © JOHN CLEARE / Mountain Camera Picture Library

Aust; Bridge; cable; Chepstow; colour; construction; crane; engineering; England; ferry; graphic; height; high; nineteen-sixties; river; rural; Severn; steel work; suspension; transport; Wales; wire; work; unfinished; suspension bridge; span; 1964; river bank; shore, tide, boat,

The original SEVERN ROAD BRIDGE under construction before the road deck was assembled, View from S.W. on the Chepstow shore. The Chepstow-Aust vehicular ferry which the bridge replaced is seen in mid-river. September 1964. ref: 600/01/2) ©JOHN.CLEARE/Mountain.Camera Picture Library

Aust; boat; Bridge; cable; Chepstow; colour; construction; engineering; England; ferry; graphic; height; high; historic; nineteen-sixties; river; Severn; steel work; suspension; transport; vehicular; view-downwards; Wales; wire; work; span; 1964; shadow; river bank; shore, dramatic,

The Severn Bridge is under construction and the road deck has yet to be added. In this view from the top of the western tower the Chepstow-Aust vehicular ferry which the bridge will replace is seen framed by the shadow of the tower and cables as it approaches the Chepstow jetty. September 1964. ref: 600/1/10 © JOHN CLEARE / Mountain Camera Picture Library

1964; black & white; car; corner-shop; deprivation; elderly; England; frugal; Guildford; lonely; man; monochrome; nineteen-sixties; PAP; pensioner; residential street; shop; shop window; shopping; street scene; street-corner; terraced-cottages; town; widower

Pensioner Ernest Harvey, a lonely widower, returns home from his local corner shop with a loaf of bread. Guildford, Surrey. May 1964. ref: 1119/A/36 © JOHN CLEARE / Mountain Camera Picture Library

1960; black & white; countryside; England; monochrome; nineteen-sixties; rural; railway; steam; smoke; window; reflection; snow; telegraph; train; steam engine; British Rail;

January 1960 - Steam trains will soon disappear as will track-side telegraph poles and lines. British Rail, Southern Region - Reading to Ashford line. ref: D/72/2 © JOHN CLEARE / Mountain Camera Picture Library

Architecture; atmospheric; Barrow-in-Furness; buildings; business; colour; Cumbria; engineering; England; graphic; housewife; industry; lady; Lancashire; nineteen-sixties; street scene; town; Vickers; woman; mother, pram; rain; weather; gaunt; offices; lonely; baby

BARROW-IN-FURNESS - a young mother hurries home past the gaunt offices of Vickers Shipbuilders in the rain. June 1963 ref: 832/A/3 © JOHN CLEARE / Mountain Camera Picture Library

1960; black & white; boat; business; coast; England; gossip; man; monochrome; ocean; summer; town; uniform; work; seaside; Westcliff; Southend; boatmen; sea-dog; sailor; elderly; sea-front; holiday; cruise; Thames Estuary; hats, prices,

WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA, SOUTHEND - old sea dogs await customers - September 1960. ref: 6/18 ©JOHN CLEARE / Mountain Camera Picture Library

black & white; bridge; engineering; graphic; man; monochrome; nineteen-sixties; relaxing; river; steel work; town; transport; vehicular; Widnes; Runcorn; Mersey; river bank; shadows; span; Through Arch bridge, Halton, pensioner, arch,

MERSEYSIDE : the 'Silver Jubilee Bridge' - in 1962 the old Transporter Bridge spanning the river Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal was replaced by a new steel Through-Arch road bridge linking Widnes and Runcorn. It has a 1082 foot span and a clearance of 80 feet above the Ship Canal. View from the northern - Widnes - bank with the piers of the existing railway bridge seen beyond. September 1964. ref: 1277/A/29 © JOHN CLEARE / Mountain Camera Picture Library

banner; battle; bayonet; Belgium; carnage; cavalry; charge; fight; foot soldiers; French; glory; historic; horsemen; infantry; musket; painting; red coats; soldiers; square; standard; union jack; victory; war; warriors; Waterloo; smoke of battle; Napoleon; Wellington; Quatre Bras; 1815; Napoleonic Wars; Vereker Hamilton,

BATTLE OF QUATRE BRAS - 1815 - during the Napoleonic War. This fierce battle just two days earlier was the opening engagement of the great and finally decisive battle of Waterloo itself. Marshall Ney attacked a formation of Wellinton's army and here a British square repels French cavalry. my ref 12738 from Cassells History of England-circa 1890

battle; bayonet; Belgium; black & white; carnage; charge; courage; death; defeat; engraving; fight; foot soldiers; French; glory; historic; infantry; monochrome; musket; soldiers; square; victory; war; warriors; Waterloo; 1815; Napoleonic Wars; Napoleon; Wellington; Old Guard; British; Army, hand to hand,

The BATTLE OF WATERLOO - 1815 - marked the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Here Wellington's British infantry fight it out with Napoleon's crack Old Guard. Wellington remarked afterwards that it was a "close-run thing" - Waterloo was certainly one the the world's most important and crucial battles. my ref: 12740 from Cassells History of England-circa 1890

battle; black & white; carnage; Civil War; courage; death; defeat; engraving; fight; foot soldiers; France; French; glory; historic; infantry; leadership; monochrome; musket; rebellion; soldiers; warriors; 1848; Paris; barricade; Revolution; Monarchy; insurrection; King Louis-Philippe; Second Republic; Second Empire; civilians; people-power; city; street; civil unrest, July Monarchy, February Revolution, Citizen King,

FIGHTING at the PARIS BARRICADES - 1848 - during the February Revolution, the revolt by the citizens against the so-called July Monarchy of France. The insurrection led to the abdication of the 'Citizen King' Louis-Philippe,the founding of the short lived Second Republic and the subsequent Second Empire my ref: 12744 from Cassells History of England-circa 1890

Army; battle; black & white; British; carnage; cavalry; charge; charisma; courage; death; defeat; engraving; fight; foot soldiers; glory; historic; horsemen; India; leadership; monochrome; smoke of battle; victory; warriors; sword; sabre; artillery; gunners; natives; Sobraon; 1846; Sikh War; General Gough; Punjab; Annexation of the Punjab; Runjet Singh; redoubt; dragoons; Sir Joseph Thackwell; commander, hero, Sikhs,

The BATTLE of SOBRAON, 1846 : This was the decisive battle of the First Sikh War and General Sir Hugh Gough's victory over Sirdar Runjet Singh's army led the way to the Annexation of the Punjab. Here the British cavalry - the 3rd Queen's Dragoons led by Sir Joseph Thackwell - fight their way through the Sikh artillery in well defended redoubts. my ref: 12746 from Cassells History of England-circa 1890

Army; battle; bayonet; British; charisma; colour; commander; courage; death; fight; foot soldiers; glory; historic; infantry; leadership; musket; Napoleonic Wars; painting; Peninsula War; red coats; redoubt; sabre; siege; soldiers; sword; victory; war; warriors; Wellington; Badejos; Spain; 1812; General Philippon; French; Napoleon; Forlorn Hope; attack; assault; defences; stealth; officer; Vereker Hamilton

SIEGE of BADEJOS - 1812 - Peninsula War : Wellington found the town of Badejos stoutly defended by the French forces of its Govenor, General Philippon. Here the British storm troops, the 'Forlorn Hope', creep up before dawn to breach the defences and eventually carrying the day. my ref: 12748 from Cassells History of England-circa 1890