Pulling Gallery

Non-Stop Scotsman

11th May 1928: The 150 ton LNER Pacific class locomotive Flying Scotsman, pulling the train of the same name, leaving King's Cross Station in London on its first non-stop run to Edinburgh. Passengers travelled the 393 miles in style enjoying new luxury features including a cocktail bar and a hairdressing salon. (Photo by Walter Bellamy/London Express/Getty Images)

Bayeux Tapestry 1067: Battle of Hastings, 14 October 1066. The death of Harold II

Bayeux Tapestry 1067: Battle of Hastings, 14 October 1066. The death of Harold II, last Anglo-Saxon king of England. Left, figure pulling arrow from eye and then being cut down by Norman knight. Armour Chain Mail Sword Axe Textile

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Mouse held away from Mousetrap

"My Wife won't let me!" A male mouse is prevented by his wife from taking the unwise step of trying to obtain a tempting block of cheese from a little wire cage... A comment on the male member of the household not being allowed to go out and play by the lady of the house! Date: 1907

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