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Mr. Churchill contemplates the ruins of the House of Commons, bombed in May 1941, 1941

Mr. Churchill contemplates the ruins of the House of Commons, bombed in May 1941, 1941 (1955). Incendiary bombs which fell on the nights of 10 and 11 May 1941 caused the greatest damage to the Palace of Westminster and the Commons Chamber was entirely destroyed by fire. The Palace was damaged by air raids on fourteen different occasions during the war. From Churchill: The Man of the Century - A Pictorial Biography, edited by Neil Ferrier. [L.T.A. Robinson Limited, London, 1955]

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The Knifeboard Bus, 1900, (1933). Creator: A Moull

The Knifeboard Bus, 1900, (1933). Passengers on a London open-top horse-drawn bus, so-called because the seat on the top along which the passengers sat back to back...similar to the boards on which the domestic servants of the day had to clean, polish, and sharpen the cutlery of their master's tables'. From "The Pageant of the Century". [Odhams Press Ltd, 1933]

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Candidate for Oldham, 1899, (1945). Creator: Unknown

Candidate for Oldham, 1899, (1945). Portrait of British politician and statesman Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) who stood as a Conservative parliamentary candidate at the June 1899 by-election in Oldham, Lancashire. The election was narrowly won by the Liberals. Churchill was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, and again from 1951 to 1955. From "The Life and Times of Winston Churchill", by Malcolm Thomson. [Odhams Press Limited, London]

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