The National Archives UK

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Who are we? We are The National Archives, the UK government's official archive, containing over 1,000 years of history with records ranging from parchment and paper scrolls through to digital files and archived websites. We are also at the heart of government information policy, to ensure the survival of today´s information for the future.

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Ditty Box Mine in fishing trawl net

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  • tedesco57 said:
    realistic drawing!
  • Wing Lam said:
    what is this photo about?

Back to the wall - Churchill John Bull figure, Commonwealth troops clambering over wall Artist Leslie Illingworth

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  • ralph repo said:
    Nice! I noticed too, the preferential visual placement of the white troops with the Indian and African colonials literally marginalized.
  • jamica1 said:
    Which one is the Canadian?
  • Wing Lam said:
    John Bull is a national personification of the United Kingdom, especially in political cartoons and similar graphic works. He is usually depicted as a stout, middle-aged, country-dwelling, jolly and matter-of-fact man. He originated in satirical works of the early 18th century and would come to stand for English liberty in opposition to revolutionaries. He was popular through the 18th and 19th centuries until the time of the First World War, when he generally stopped being seen as representative of the "common man".

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bull

CO 1069-415-22

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  • t_richards said:
    Shirley's Heights
  • Lady Antigua1 said:
    Looks like the Fort ruins at Shirley's Heights.
  • The National Archives UK said:
    Thank you. I've amended the description based on these suggestions.
  • Gabriella Howell said:
    Oliver Baldwin, Governor of the Leeward Islands with the moustache, bottom right. His life-long partner, Johnny Boyle in white shorts and shite shortsleeve shirt, top right photo.

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