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Cardinal Newman Lying in State
The late Cardinal Newman, lying in state in the chapel of the Oratory, Birmingham. John Henry Newman (1801-1890) converted to Catholicism in October 1845 and became a cardinal in May 1879

Indian Smoothbore. 656 in musket, Pattern 1858
Indian Smoothbore.656 in musket, Pattern 1858, lock dated 1856.Converted from a Pattern 1853 Enfield rifle-musket in India 1858 (c), this exceptionally rare item was part of an original issue of 10

Kaman HH-43F Huskie 62-4450 (msn 176), fire-fighting and rescue helicopter

LMS coach no. 6204 converted to an ambulance train car, 1939
This official photograph of an ambulance train car was taken on behalf of the Swindon Works Drawing Office in October 1939

Percival Proctor 5 after being converted to look like a Junkers Ju87 for the film Battle of Britain

The Meare, Thorpeness, Suffolk. The Meare at Thorpeness is an artificial boating lake. It is the venue for the popular annual Thorpeness Regatta held in August

Smallpox and Vaccination Hospital, Highgate, London
The Highgate Smallpox and Vaccination Hospital, designed by Samuel Daukes, opened in 1850

Tennessee Air National Guard - Boeing KC-97L Stratotanker O-53-0315 (msn 17097) Built as a KC-97G-29-BO, then to KC-97G-145-BO and converted to KC-97L. Date: 1960s

XH844 started out as a Gloster Javelin F(AW)7 but was converted to a F(AW)9

HMS Glorious cruiser and aircraft carrier, WW1
HMS Glorious, British Royal Navy Courageous-class cruiser during the First World War, rebuilt as an aircraft carrier in the late 1920s. Launched in 1916, sunk in 1940. Date: circa 1920s-1930s

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Zacchaeus Converted
The calling and conversion of Zacchaus, a publican

Elizabeth Ann Seton
ELIZABETH ANN SETON (nee Bayley) American saint : widowed, she converted to Roman Catholic church, founded religious order and church schools

Biplane bomber converted for passenger use, Middle East
A biplane bomber converted for passenger use, somewhere in the Middle East. A group of passengers can be seen standing in front of the plane

Bristow Helicopters Westland WS-55 series 1 Whirlwind G-APWO (msn WA299), at Redhill. Later converted to Series 3 in 1966, sold in Iran as EP-HAG. Date: circa 1960

Goods vehicle converted into an ambulance ward car, c. 1940
This photograph shows an interior view of a goods vehicle that has been converted into an ambulance ward car

Shardeloes country house during wartime
Scenes from a country house, Shardeloes, in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, during World War II

Lady Stradbroke, nursing matron at Henham Hall, WW1
Lady Stradbroke, formerly Helena Fraser and wife of George Rous, 3rd Earl of Stradbroke, pictured with three nurses at the family home of Henham Hall in Suffolk

The Conversion of St. Paul or, The Road to Damascus (oil on canvas)
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Super Constellation 145925 Project Magnet UFO Investigation
A very rare photograph of a modified Super Constellation 145925, fitted with highly sensistive magnetometers

A Boeing B-17 converted to an airliner by Saab for SILA on its transatlantic services under the designation F-17

HMS Courageous, British battlecruiser, WW1
HMS Courageous, British battlecruiser, launched 1916, served during the latter part of the First World War, converted to use as an aircraft carrier during the late 1920s

Land Rover Dormobile

Volkswagen VW Surf bus

Conversion of St Paul on the road to Damascus, as described in the Acts of the Apostles

Barry and Alex Pendray from Hemingford Grey in Cambridgeshire, have converted a double decker bus into a mobile home, 12th April 1977

Convair CV-240-27 N95 (msn 331, ex ET-29C 52-1092), of the Federal Aviation Administration flying unit, at the 1975 International Air Tattoo, RAF Greenham Common

de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk G-AOUO of Air Service Training

United States Air Force - Martin NRB-57D Canberra 53-3973 31 May 1956 accepted by the 4080 Strategic Reconnaissance Wing 1959-61: AFSC. Converted to WB-57D

United States Air Force - Convair B-36A Peacemaker 44-92015 (msn 12)

Northrop T-38A-10-NO Talon 58-1194, Buzz Number TF-194. The first production aircraft, with the rear cockpit canopy blanked off for flight testing

United States Air Force - Fairchild C-123K Provider 55-4548
United States Air Force Fairchild C-123K Provider 55-4548 (msn 20209) at McClellan AFB

Old Guild houses in the Market Square or Markt, Bruges, Belgium
Guild houses converted into restaurants at sunset in the Market Square or Markt, Bruges, Belgium

An artists impression of the Tarrant Tabor in flight. Originally intended for long-distance bombing, the aircraft was to be converted into a commercial passenger carrier for up to 100 passengers

MFB and LCC-LFB Shooters Hill fire station
Converted from a former police station and opened in 1879, Shooters Hill fire station remained at this site (Old Police Station, Well Hall Road) until 1912 when the new Shooters Hill fire station

HMS Vindictive aircraft carrier, WW1
HMS Vindictive, a Hawkins-class heavy cruiser (then called HMS Cavendish) converted to an experimental aircraft carrier and renamed

Royal Navy - HMS Bulwark R08, a Commando Carrier, converted from a Centaur-class light fleet aircraft carrier, entering port with decks lined, in March 1973. Date: 1973

Beagle A. 61 Terrier 2 G-ASAC
Beagle A.61 Terrier 2 G-ASAC (msn B.606, ex WE587), of the Airways Aero Club. Auster converted a number of ex- Army aircraft which became the Auster 6B

Wheatsheaf Inn - National Childrens Home, Edgworth
Children stand outside the former Wheatsheaf Inn at Edgworth, Lancashire. In 1872, the building was converted to form the nucleus of a branch of the National Childrens Home. Date: early 1900s

Millennium Bridge and Baltic Art Gallery, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear. New buildings in the redeveloped Gateshead Quays

Beagle A. 61 Terrier G-ASAC Airways Aero Club Rearsby
Auster converted a number of ex- Army aircraft which became the Auster 6B. When the company became part of Beagle Aircraft in 1960 it was renamed the Beagle A.61 Terrier

Bristol Beaufighter TT Mk. 10 RD758, Bahrain
Built as a Beaufighter TF.X (Torpedo Fighter version) RD758 was converted to a TT.X, for target towing Date: 1956

Dalis House
This is the house of the surrealist artist, Salvador Dali, in Port Lligat, at the foot of the Spanish Pyrenees on the Mediterranean. It was converted from four fishermens cottages

Residential buildings of medieval castle converted into country house, beside river with watermill and weir, Warwick Castle, River Avon, Warwick, Warwickshire, England, August

HMS Empress aircraft carrier, WW1
HMS Empress, British Royal Navy aircraft carrier during the First World War

HMS Triumph (R16)
Royal Navy - HMS Triumph (R16), fleet support ship

HMS Bonaventure - an Astraea-Class second-class cruiser
Royal Navy - HMS Bonaventure, an Astraea-Class second-class cruiser of the Royal Navy, ordered as part of the eight-ship Astraea class under the Naval Defence Act of 1889

LCC-MFB Battersea sub-fire station, London SW8
Battersea sub-fire station, at 32 Battersea Park Road, one of only a few London stations not actually built as a fire station

Oxford Canal Motor Boat
Holidays afloat! The converted narrow boat Mabel, with its crew of happy holidaymakers, on passage between locks, from Braunston to Oxford, Oxford Canal, Napton, Warwickshire. Date: 1960s

Spitfire with Floats
A sketch of the successful Royal Airforce fighter plane converted for landing on water

Old Baptist Church - Black and white lantern slide. Old church converted to petrol station.. Part of Box 399. Boswell Collection. Date: circa 1900

The Conversion of St. Augustine (tempera on panel)
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Rockwell 690A-TU Commander F-BXAS (msn 11240), a Commander converted to Turbomeca Astafan IV-F , turbofan power. Date: circa 1985

Cessna 500 Citation I SE-DEZ (msn 500-0371), at Blackbushe Airport. (Converted to I-SP as 501-0279?). Date: circa 1980

Cessna 500 Citation I SE-DEZ (msn 500-0371), at Blackbushe Airport. (Converted to I-SP as 501-0279?). Date: circa 1980

Gun crew of a Basque armed trawler manning their 75mm weapon, near Bilbao, 1937

The City Federal Building (originally the Comer Building) is a skyscraper located on Second Avenue North in Birmingham

McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle 71-0291 (msn 0012/B002), at the 1980 SBAC Farnborough Airshow on 6 September 1980

The Downs Sanatorium, Belmont, Sutton
A uniformed porter stands at the entrance to the Downs Sanatorium, at Belmont, near Sutton, Surrey. The former childrens institution was converted for use as a tuberculosis sanatorium in 1912

Baptism of King Guthrum, Viking leader
The Baptism of Guthrum, King of the Danish Vikings in the Danelaw - King Alfred was his Godfather. Guthrum was christened Aethelstan on his conversion to Christianity. 878

Boeing RC-135U-BN Combat Sent 3 63-9792
United States Air Force - Boeing RC-135U-BN Combat Sent 3 63-9792 (msn 18706). Built as an RC-135B specification from the outset and later modified by Martin as an RC-135C

Wagner Twin Tri Pacer NX932A. A twin-engined Piper PA-22 Tri-Pacer, powered by two 125hp Lycoming engines, converted by Harold Wagner, who flew it about 100 hrs then reverted to single engine

English Electric Canberra PR. 7 - PR. 9 prototype WH793
English Electric Canberra PR.7 (PR.9 prototype) WH793, at the 1955 SBAC Farnborough Air-show. A brand new PR.7 taken from the production line and converted by D. Napier and Sons Ltd

United States Army Beechcraft RU-21D Laffing Eagle 67-18105 (msn LM-101) converted to JRU-21D, later to RU-21H Guardrail V, then U-21H

Royal Air Force de Havilland Mosquito NF Mk. XV high-altitude fighter. This is an example of the rare NF Mk

Handley Page Clive III G-ABYX of Sir Alan Cobhams National Aviation Day flying circus

Avro 695 Lincolnian G-ALPF
The sole UK registered Avro 695 Lincolnian G-ALPF (ex RAF Lincoln B.2 RE290)parked at Southend prior to being scrapped in 1952. Converted by Airflight Ltd

The Brine Bath on board a prison hulk in the early 19th century

Prison ship Success Australia, c. 1890
Image show offcers quarters on board. The ship was converted into a floating museum and used to display the horrors of the penal era. She was destroyed by fire in 1946

An aquatic VW Beetle at Blackpool beach. It has previously competed in the annual Isle of Man - Blackpool race. 17th June 1973

Westland S. 55 series 1 G-AOHE
Westland S.55 series 1 G-AOHE (msn WA.126) of Bristow Helicopters, on floats. First registered in 1956, AOHE was registered to the South Georgia Co. Ltd

Short Stirling C. V OO-XAS
Short Stirling C.V OO-XAS 9msn SH1514), of Airtech Ltd, Thame, at Blackbushe airport. XAS was intended to be sold to Air Transport Co. SA. Of Melsbroek in Belgium, but was not delivered

Forca Aerea Portuguesa - Nord 2502B Noratlas FAP 6413
Forca Aerea Portuguesa (Portuguese Air Force) - Nord 2502B Noratlas FAP 6413 (msn 148-1, line number B-1) at Cardiff-Rhoose Airport

Napier Eland Convair 340 - 440 Mark II - Convair 440-62
Napier Eland Convair 340 - 440 Mark II (Convair 440-62) N440EL (msn 445) at PacAero Engineering Corporation, Santa Monica, CA. Built in 1957 and delivered to D.Napier & Sons Ltd

Boeing XB-29G Superfortress 44-84043, General Electric engine test-bed with a J47 in the bomb-bay mounted retractable trapeze at Schenectady County Airport, NY

United States Navy - McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom 155847 (unit code AE, call-sign 110 ) of VF-41, embarked on USS Roosevelt

United States Air Force - Convair B-36D Peacemaker 44-92065
United States Air Force - Convair B-36D-45-CF Featherweight Configuration II Peacemaker 44-92065 (msn 62), of the 326th Bombardment Squadron, 92nd Bombardment Wing, from Fairchild AFB, Spokane, WA

Royal Air Force - Avro Vulcan K. 2 XH561
Royal Air Force - Avro Vulcan K.2 XH561 of No.50 Squadron at RAF Wildenrath for an air display

Royal Air Force - Handley Page Victor K. 1A 8517M - XA932
Royal Air Force - Handley Page Victor K.1A 8517M (XA932) at RAF Marham as a ground instructional airframe

United states Navy - Grumman F7F-2D Tigercat 80335
United States Navy - Grumman F7F-2D Tigercat 80335 of VU-3 at Miramar NAS

USAF - South Vietnam Air Force - Fairchild AC-119K Stinger
United States Air Force / South Vietnam Air Force - Fairchild AC-119K Stinger 53-3187 (msn 11198) converted to AC-119K Stinger in 1968 (mod. no)

Garrett Showmans Road Locomotive 33353, The Chough, at Redruth steam rally (later converted to Tractor)

Sud-Aviation Caravelle VII F-BJAO - Caravelle Santa Maria
Sud-Aviation Caravelle VII F-BJAO / N420GE (msn 042) Caravelle Santa MariaThis was a Caravelle Series III (c/n 042)

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"Transformed through Time: Stories of Remarkable Conversions" The iconic Volkswagen VW Kombi, once a symbol of hippie culture, now converted into a trendy camper van for adventurous souls. From battlefield to display case, the Indian Smoothbore. 656 musket, Pattern 1858 underwent conversion as a historical artifact preserving tales of war and valor. Witness the remarkable transformation of LMS coach no. 6204 into an ambulance train car during the tumultuous year of 1939, serving as a lifeline in times of crisis. The Percival Proctor 5 takes on new wings after being converted from its original purpose, soaring through the skies with renewed vigor and purpose. Cardinal Newman Lying in State - an awe-inspiring sight capturing the essence of spiritual conversion and devotion that touched countless lives. XH844's journey began as a Gloster Javelin F (AW)7 but was converted into something greater - an emblematic aircraft representing innovation and progress. HMS Glorious cruiser turned aircraft carrier played a pivotal role during WW1 when it was transformed to accommodate airborne warriors defending freedom at sea. Step back in time at Smallpox and Vaccination Hospital in Highgate, London – witness how this place evolved from treating deadly diseases to promoting health through vaccination campaigns. Zacchaeus Converted – an inspiring biblical tale reminding us that change is possible for all; redemption awaits those who seek it earnestly. Elizabeth Ann Seton's life took an extraordinary turn when she embraced her faith wholeheartedly – her story serves as inspiration for those seeking personal transformation against all odds. Volkswagen VW Kombi - reborn with modern features while retaining its nostalgic charm; experience the perfect blend of classic design and contemporary convenience.