These are pictures I've taken myself, otherwise created or scanned from free sources and now reside on Commons; they are released under GFDL & CC-BY-3.0 and are in no particular order, but then neither am I.
- Places
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Lake in the Town Park
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River Biss flowing under the town bridge
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Clark's Mill, home of Trowbridge County Court
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Another view of Clark's Mill
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The Handle House adjacent to Clark's Mill
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Changes in Trowbridge's population 1801 - 2001
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Town centre entrance to The Shires Shopping Centre
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Central piazza of The Shires
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Shires Gateway on Bythesea Road
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Main building of Wiltshire College Trowbridge
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Pumpkin Tower (a modern folly) in Bythesea Road
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The Sensory garden at the end of Trowbridge Park
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"Feelie Board" for Braille users of the sensory garden
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Another view of the Sensory garden
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The War Memorial in the park
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closer view of The War Memorial
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Almshouses in Polebarn Road
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The "Blind House", overnight lock-up for drunks, in Wicker Hill
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"Mt Crushmore"
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Trowbridge Railway Station
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Thomas Helliker's tomb in St James' churchyard
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Monument to George Crabbe in St James Church
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The Virgin hot-air balloon flying over Trowbridge on 21 July 2008
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Tesco One Stop
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Tesco Express, Hilperton Road
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Main Council building in Bythesea Road
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Annexe and main reception of Wiltshire County Council building
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Mural of the Moonrakers
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Virgin Mobile UK headquarters in White Horse Parka
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Ashton Mill, once a major employer in the woollen industry
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The Lamb, Trowbridge - birthplace of the Trowbridge Village Pump Festival
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Village Pump Folk Club behind The Lamb
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Drinking water well, Frome Road
^a You would not believe the security guard I encountered while taking this photo; there are idiots, and then there's him.
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Bronze pigs in Calne
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Market Cross, Malmesbury
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Malmesbury Abbey from Mill Lane (1)
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Malmesbury Abbey from Mill Lane (2)
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Tablet describing charitable bequest on almshouse at Malmesbury
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Front view of Real World Studios, Box
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Side view, showing addition
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Rear view
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Scenic view of the entrance to Box Tunnel in winter
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Changes in Chippenham's population 1801 - 2001
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Town motto on the wall of the Yelde Hall, Chippenham.
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The undercroft of Bradenstoke Abbey
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The tower of Bradenstoke Abbey
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Folly wall adjacent to Corsham Court
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Memorial to Maud Heath near Chippenham
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Graph showing population growth of Corsham 1801 - 2001
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Brunel's railway arch in Chippenham
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Brunel's railway arch in Chippenham (panoramic view)
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The Chippenham Buttercross
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Frontage of Corsham Court, Corsham
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Distribution centre for Herman Miller (office equipment) in Chippenham
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A 1951 Dennis P12 fire appliance belonging to the Wiltshire Fire Brigade
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Frontage, Manor House hotel, Castle Combe
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Identification plate for (unidentified) equipment manufactured by John Wallis Titt
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The Cross Guns pub at Avoncliff near Bradford on Avon
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1803 sketch of Kington St. Michael Priory
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Statue of William Etty outside York Art Gallery
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King's Manor lawn at entrance
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De Grey Rooms, St Leonard's Place
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Plan of York Minster showing main windows
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Exterior, east end of York Minster
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St William's College, York
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The astronomical clock in York Minster
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Central Hall, University of York
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Physics Block, University of York
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The walls of York in spring with daffodils & York Minster in the distance
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City walls of York, tower at the junction of Fishergate and Paragon Street
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View of the city walls of York from inside; the opening to the left was made in 1848(?) to allow the railways through
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York City walls with motte & bailey of former fortification
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Section of York City walls, south side of the city next to Price's Lane
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English Civil War reenactment, York Castle
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same event
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Fishergate, York, facing towards the city centre
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View over the River Ouse towards Cliffords Tower
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View of Skeldergate Bridge and the River Ouse
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Skeldergate Bridge from south bank
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Castle Mills lock on the River Foss
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St Helen's Square, York
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Fountain, Parliament Street, York
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Petrifying well at Knaresborough, North Yorkshire
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Railway viaduct, Knaresborough, from the A59 bridge
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Whitby Abbey, North Yorkshire, from opposite headland
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Whitby Abbey showing whalebone arch
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Whitby from St Mary's Abbey side
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Hebden Bridge, nestling in the Calder Valley
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Statute of Eleanor Rigby in Stanley Street, Liverpool
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Original (1987) statue of Carl Jung in Mathew Street, Liverpool
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Liverpool Cathedral from Upper Duke Street
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Magistrates Courts, Liverpool in Dale Street
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Ruined tower of St Hilary's Church, Wallasey Village, Cheshire
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St. Nicholas' Church, Wallasey Village, Cheshire
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Fort Perch Rock, New Brighton, Merseyside in 1991
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New Brighton Baths in 1934
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New Brighton Baths in 1934
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Remains of New Brighton Baths in 1991
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Church of St Philip & St George, Norton St Philip, as seen from the village
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Village pond, Lindfield, West Sussex
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Half-timbered and brick-built Elizabethan houses, Lindfield, West Sussex
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Old Place, Lindfield, West Sussex
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View of Lewes Castle from the pathway off High Street
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Mow Cop Castle, Cheshire
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Westinghouse signal controls on the Bluebell Railway
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Loco 75027 on the Bluebell Railway
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Ruins of Wycoller Hall
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Interior of craft museum at Wycoller
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Old trading stands in Bristol
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Broad Street, Bristol, looking towards Christ Church
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Broad Street, Bristol, looking towards the old City Gate
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Detail of the medieval City Gate, from Broad Street, Bristol
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Statue of Samuel Plimsoll, Bristol; holding a handmade placard "Don't pay the Tory Poll Tax"
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Pillar of the Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol
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Clifton Suspension Bridge illuminated
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View of the SS Great Britain from the prow, decked with flags
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View along Avon Gorge south towards Hotwells & Docks area, Bristol
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IW&D 34 "Portbury" locomotive at Bristol Docks prior to repaint.
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Restored coalmine buildings at Beamish Museum, County Durham
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Barge on the Kennet and Avon Canal at Hungerford
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Interior wall of Trinity Hall, showing Coat of Arms
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First Court, Jesus College, Cambridge
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Jesus Lawn, Jesus College Cambridge
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Quad of Westcott House, Cambridge
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Bore hitting the River Severn bank in 1994
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Steam traction engine at North Warehouse, Gloucester Docks
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Llanthony Warehouse, Gloucester Docks
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Neptune's Fountain, Promenade, Cheltenham
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Main entrance to Lincoln Castle
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View of the main gatehouse of Lincoln Castle from inside
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Prison blocks at Lincoln Castle
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...prisoners were required to attend church
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...where they were advised by a preacher: "You've been a very naughty boy!"
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West side of High Bridge on the River Witham in Lincoln
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closer view of same
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Camden Lock, Camden Town, London
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Soho Square, London
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The Feathers Hotel, Ludlow, Shropshire
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Aerial view of Shrivenham seen from a glider. St Andrews Church is to the left.
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Site of the Trowbridge Village Pump Festival in 1991
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Alan Briars onstage (right) at the Trowbridge Village Pump Festival in 1991
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Plaque on outer wall of former Bath residence of Beau Nash
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Weir below Pulteney Bridge, Bath, Somerset
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Maze alongside the Avon in Bath, UK, near Pulteney Bridge
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Statue of 1st Duke of Wellington in Norwich Cathedral
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Interior wall of Cow Tower, ground floor
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Interior wall of Cow Tower, upper levels
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The old watergate at Pull's Ferry close to Norwich Cathedral see from the north
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Same from the south
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Full-length shot of the tower & spire of Norwich Cathedral, showing original medieval base & later addition of spire
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The entrance to Christ Church, Oxford
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Main ski slope at Ober Gatlinburg, Tennessee
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Chairlift at Ober Gatlinburg
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The "Elephant Gate" of the Carlsberg Brewery, Copenhagen
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Entrance to the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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Offices alongside an Amsterdam canal
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Former fish & fruit warehouse, alongside canal in Amsterdam
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Warehouse doors, alongside Amsterdam canal
- Music
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Daryl Stuermer on stage with Genesis c. 1980
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Mike Rutherford and Phil Collins live c. 1980
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The Enid at a live concert in 1998
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Robert John Godfrey from the same concert
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Troy Donockley playing Uilleann pipes with You Slosh in 1991
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better version
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Troy Donockley on guitar with You Slosh in 1991
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better version
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Captain Sensible playing live in Abergavenny in 1994
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Rod Clements on stage with Lindisfarne in 1991
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Alan Hull on stage with Lindisfarne in 1991
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Lindisfarne live in 1991
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EMS Synthi A as used on stage by a progressive rock band (top); underneath are a Solina String Ensemble, Elka Rhapsody, and a Mellotron
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User's eye view of the EMS VCS 3 synthesizer
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Barrel organ player in Liverpool, c. 1975
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York folk band The Butter Mountain Boys at the Village Pump Folk Festival in 1991
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another
- Politics
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Robert Maclennan, 1987
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Des Wilson, 1987
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Adrian Slade, 1987
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Cyril Smith, 1987
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Russell Johnston (right) shares a joke with David Steel at the Liberal Party Assembly in 1987
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David Steel at the 1987 Liberal Party Assembly
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Elizabeth Shields, 1987
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Geraint Howells, 1987
- Miscellanea
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White variant of the Common Bluebell
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The difference between damage and destruction for Criminal damage in English law
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Me at Gatlinburg, Tennessee, 1989
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Studio 2, University Radio York, 1984
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The Book
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Captain Field's Improved parallel rule, ca. 1854
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Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb on display in 2009
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Harry Enfield in 1998
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Armorial bearings (coat of arms) of the Goldney Baronets
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North-West English Morris Dancing, which has very little in common with traditional modes.
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A student working as a barmaid in the UK.
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Results of a 2003 fracture of the third finger, left hand - the finger can no longer lie flat on a level surface.
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Scar from partial left menisectomy, 1980; more recent surgical techniques leave a smaller footprint
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My grandfather, Lt. Col., OBE
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Traction engine at a steam rally in Wiltshire. Further details apart from markings unknown.
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"Etten" traction engine, left side, at a steam rally in Wiltshire. Further details unknown
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Same engine, right side
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Fortunately, none of my girlfriends was this ugly, but I'm told she passed the driving test on the second attempt.
- Historical scans
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William Cobbett in prison, 1810
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George Joseph Smith, the "Brides in the Bath" murderer
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Smith's handwritten instructions to Edward Marshall Hall
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Robert Wood, acquitted of of the Camden Town murder
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Eminent barrister Edward Marshall Hall
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Mugshot of Adolf Beck (top), falsely imprisoned for the crimes of William Meyer (bottom)
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Neville Heath, executed in 1946 for murder
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Henri Désiré Landru, known as "Bluebeard"
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Bernard Spilsbury, eminent pathologist
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Toni Mancini, acquitted of murder in 1934, but confessed in 1976
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Violette Kaye, his victim...
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...and the trunk in which he disposed of her body.
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Herbert Rowse Armstrong, the only British solicitor hanged for murder
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John George Haigh, the "Acid Bath Murderer"
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Frederick Seddon being sentenced to death for poisoning
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Constance Kent, confessed to child-killing, but not executed.
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George Boole, inventor of Boolean logic
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Leonardo of Pisa, known as Fibonacci
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British executioner William Marwood
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Contemporary engraving from 1623 of the Fatal Vespers disaster
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"Nurse" and murderess Dorothea Waddingham
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Dr. Buck Ruxton, convicted of murder of his wife by innovative forensic techniques.
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Sidney Harry Fox, who suffocated his mother for the insurance
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Adelaide Bartlett, acquitted of murder in the Pimlico Mystery
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Alfred Rouse, convicted of murder of an unknown person in a failed attempt to disappear.
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Ronald Light, acquitted of the murder of a young girl in the Green Bicycle Case
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Edward George Clarke, English barrister