historicaldocument
11 photos tagged historicaldocument, from 3 members of Flickr Commons.
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- thenationalarchivesuk
- wareconomy
- boardoftrade
- tna:departmentreference=bt
- britishhistory
- womenshistory
- king
- tna:departmentreference=sp
- homefront
- rationing
- secondworldwar
- tna:piecereference=bt131p40
- tna:subseriesreference=bt131ss9
- tna:iaid=c4061381
- tna:seriesreference=bt131
- tna:divisionreference=btd23
- wartimebritain
- tudorengland
- wood
- windows
- chimney
- people
- water
- metal
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Recent uploads
The last upload was September 2014.
PC60-6-3 from Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America uploaded September 2014
'Vishva Pallav' afloat after launch from North East Museums uploaded June 2014
Read all about it from The National Archives UK uploaded May 2013
Valor Ecclesiasticus from The National Archives UK uploaded July 2009
A Grand Day Out from The National Archives UK uploaded July 2009
Jane Austen's Will from The National Archives UK uploaded May 2009
The Golden Speech from The National Archives UK uploaded May 2009
Clothing Book from The National Archives UK uploaded April 2009
Your Ration Book from The National Archives UK uploaded February 2009
Postpone your Holidays from The National Archives UK uploaded November 2008
Instrument of Abdication from The National Archives UK uploaded November 2008
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PC60-6-3
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Instrument of Abdication
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Spookydel said:
Edward abdicated from the throne on 11 December 1936 and in his speach to the nation famously said "I have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility and to discharge my duties as king as I would wish to do without the help and support of the woman I love."
Although he was legally entitled to marry Wallis Simpson, Edward knew that if he did, the current Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin, would resign and throw the country into a general election, thus removing the political impartiality of the monarchy.
He is the only monarch of either Britain or the Commonwealth who has chosen to Abdicate, and at 325 days, his reign is one of the shortest in any of his countries.
Edward was also never crowned king.
Read all about it
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Lú_ said:
Oh lovely! I read acres (it seems) of 17th- and 18-century English newspapers while in grad school, but almost all on microfiche. This is astonishingly better.
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Mr Tom said:
it's amusing how there's no content on the front page at all!