Images Dated 25th October 2007

Old Smithy, Leigh BB94_07538

OLD SMITHY, Junction of Market Street and Bradshawgate, Leigh, Greater Manchester. This photograph was taken the day before the Old Smithy was demolished. A crowd seems to have gathered in solidarity. The building next door is occupied by an auctioneer and appraiser. Posters advertise sermons, Sunday and day schools, hay and a colliery for sale. Photographed 6 May 1863

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Smithfield Market 21765_08

SMITHFIELD MARKET, London. Aerial view. The Metropolitan Meat and Poultry Market was built in 1868, although there has been a meat market near here since the Middle Ages. It was designed by the City architect Horace Jones and based on the Crystal Palace. Part of the building was burnt down in 1958 and replaced in 1963

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King penguins and Southern elephant seals on beach

King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) waddle along and Southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) rest in crowded harems on beach during breeding season in spring, with snowy Allardyce Range in background, St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean, Antarctic Convergence, Polar Front

© 2008 John Eastcott and Yva Momatiuk registered at U.S. Library of Congress Office

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