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Anyone for tennis?
Game, set and match! - it's time for a nostalgic serving of tennis, with or without strawberries and cream. (read)

The Deckchair
We unfold our deckchairs and luxuriate in the warmth of a perfect summer’s day - a seasonal nostalgic selection of photos. (read)

Battle of Waterloo
On the 18th June 1815, the forces of Napoleon Bonaparte were defeated at the Battle of Waterloo. (read)

Here Comes Summer!
Dip into this seasonal selection of nostalgic photographs from The Francis Frith Collection of people in the past having fun in the sun, as we celebrate the onset of summer. (read)
Say Hello!
How to keep in touch with us.Healthcare
Published on July 9th, 2023
Britain's National Health Service is 75 years old this year. In this feature we bring you archive photographs connected with health and healthcare, dating from c1897 to the 1950s.
This selection shows healing wells and spa towns; elderly residents of an almshouse; an early chemist's shop and a travelling 'street doctor'. The selection moves into the 20th century with some poignant views of military hospitals from the First World War and patients at the sanatoriums which treated people suffering from tuberculosis, that great scourge of the past, and then moves on to post-1948 views of nurses and patients.
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