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Ends Collection (#5)

"Ends: Where stories conclude and new beginnings emerge. From the Railway Sleeper to Alice and Humpty Dumpty, every tale finds its closure

Background imageEnds Collection: Urceus, Johannes or Lucas van Doetechum, Hans Vredeman de Vries, Hieronymus Cock, 1563

Urceus, Johannes or Lucas van Doetechum, Hans Vredeman de Vries, Hieronymus Cock, 1563

Background imageEnds Collection: Christ and a Monk Holding the Ends of a Staff and Two Shepherds

Christ and a Monk Holding the Ends of a Staff and Two Shepherds with their Flock; Unknown; Therouanne ?, France (formerly Flanders)

Background imageEnds Collection: City limit sign, symbolic image, protest against the rail project Stuttgart 21

City limit sign, symbolic image, protest against the rail project Stuttgart 21

Background imageEnds Collection: Picture No. 10853784

Picture No. 10853784
Grey Wolf & Grizzly Bear feeding on opposite ends of Wolf-killed young bull moose carcass Date:

Background imageEnds Collection: Mechanical crossbow on stand (euthytonon) attributed to Philo of Byzantium (active 150-100 BC)

Mechanical crossbow on stand (euthytonon) attributed to Philo of Byzantium (active 150-100 BC). When arms CC wound back against skeins or sinews, the ends of ropes

Background imageEnds Collection: Mr. And Mrs. Bull Reflecting On The Taxes

Mr. And Mrs. Bull Reflecting On The Taxes, A Domestic Scene With A Man And A Woman Sitting At Opposite Ends Of A Table Which Is Set For Tea, Ale, And Port Consumption; Mrs

Background imageEnds Collection: Bowling match between Milton Park Bowls, Portsmouth v. Fittleworth, 5 August 1933

Bowling match between Milton Park Bowls, Portsmouth v. Fittleworth, 5 August 1933 George Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref No: Garland N7686

Background imageEnds Collection: Machine for turning the ends of economiser pipes

Machine for turning the ends of economiser pipes

Background imageEnds Collection: Dressed for Winter

Dressed for Winter
Long line sweater (jumper) in green & white checker board with red belt & cuffs worn with a white skirt, long red & black striped scarf with fringed ends & a green hat. Date: 1912

Background imageEnds Collection: Saving daylight ends, for 1918, Sunday, Oct. 27th Set your c

Saving daylight ends, for 1918, Sunday, Oct. 27th Set your clock back one hour at 2 AM Sunday October 27th. Poster showing Uncle Sam shaking hands with a clock-headed figure

Background imageEnds Collection: A fair knock-out

A fair knock-out
A middle aged couple sitting indoors eating pickled onions and drinking stout beer, when the man reads in the newspaper that the First World War has ended " blime, lizer, the Wars over"

Background imageEnds Collection: Scotland / Loch Striven

Scotland / Loch Striven
A view of Loch Striven, a sea loch in Argyllshire, Scotland. This little-used road beside the loch ends abruptly after a few miles. Date: 1930s

Background imageEnds Collection: Hairstyle 1960S

Hairstyle 1960S
A young woman with her hair curled up at the ends, a very popular 1960s hairstyle. Date: 1967

Background imageEnds Collection: Culmination of fight

Culmination of fight
An altercation between two men on a cliff top ends with the loser falling over the cliff edge to his death. Date: 19th Century

Background imageEnds Collection: Dog Bites Man

Dog Bites Man
The dog, to gain some private ends, went mad, and bit the man... circa 1887

Background imageEnds Collection: Britannia Cunarder 2

Britannia Cunarder 2
Cunard passenger liner which starts the first regular transatlantic mail service; in 1849 she is sold to Germany and ignominiously ends her career sunk as a target ship. Date: launched 1840

Background imageEnds Collection: Ballad / Young Bekie

Ballad / Young Bekie
YOUNG BEKIE The Billy Blind tells Burd Isbel that Young Bekie is getting married that day - to another girl. She quickly dresses and all ends well. Date: traditional

Background imageEnds Collection: Burdett Silhouette

Burdett Silhouette
SIR FRANCIS BURDETT Radical statesman : Hes the staunch patriot Whose noble soul No parties sway No private ends control... firmly Freedoms friend. Date: 1770 - 1844

Background imageEnds Collection: Vineyard with grape vines and roses planted at end of rows, near Appledore, Kent, England, july

Vineyard with grape vines and roses planted at end of rows, near Appledore, Kent, England, july

Background imageEnds Collection: Logs

Logs. Harvested wood from a conifer plantation. Photographed in Perthshire, Scotland

Background imageEnds Collection: Deforested conifer plantation

Deforested conifer plantation and harvested logs

Background imageEnds Collection: Wars Transmutations by Helen McKie

Wars Transmutations by Helen McKie
A cartoon showing how World War One flipped roles. A youthful clerk is bullied by a manager, who then ends up as a private while the clerk becomes an officer

Background imageEnds Collection: Treaty of Rijswijk

Treaty of Rijswijk
Bird s-eye view of the chateau and gardens of Nieuburg, at Rijswijk (or Ryswick etc), scene of the treaty of R which ends the None Years War or War of the Grand Alliance

Background imageEnds Collection: Alls Well that Ends Wel

Alls Well that Ends Wel

Background imageEnds Collection: Play / Mills / Rainbow Ends

Play / Mills / Rainbow Ends
WHERE THE RAINBOW ENDS Will o the Wisp tunes his pipe to the wind song while sitting on a mushroom

Background imageEnds Collection: Housemaid Dusting

Housemaid Dusting
A housemaid in a large Edwardian house dusting the dressing table and polishing the brass bed ends

Background imageEnds Collection: WOMEN & GIRL 1860

WOMEN & GIRL 1860
White evening dress worn with a Swiss belt with long fringed ends. Purple & white spotted dress with a black lace shawl. The girl wears a white dress with scallop & bouillon trim

Background imageEnds Collection: Costume / Women&girl 1864

Costume / Women&girl 1864
Child: white dress, red plaid sash with floating ends. Grey: jet tablier trim, jacket with jet epaulettes. Purple & white: rotonde with tassels, black cord trim

Background imageEnds Collection: Fashions for Feb. 1861

Fashions for Feb. 1861
Green: wrap-over dress, Greek key border; grey & purple: d.b bodice, revers, ribbon centre & floating ends; blue plaid dress with braces, Swiss belt, habit-shirt & ankle boots

Background imageEnds Collection: Fashions in Garden ?1864

Fashions in Garden ?1864
Pink: flounces & ruched trim, sash with floating ends at rear, white under-bodice with threaded black ribbon at neck & cuffs. Mantle: blue lining, emroidery & flounce border

Background imageEnds Collection: The Leap Frog Railway

The Leap Frog Railway
An amusing illustration of the latest sensational railway design, the Leap Frog railway. The railway consists of a track about five hundred feet long

Background imageEnds Collection: Cooking & Baking 1940S

Cooking & Baking 1940S
The grandmother of the house struggles to make ends meet and cooks the best meals she can with the rations she has. Her daughter rolls out pastry for baking with a rolling pin

Background imageEnds Collection: Herse and Mermes

Herse and Mermes
Hermes/Mercury falls madly in love with Herse, daughter of Cecrops, and bribes her sister Aglaura to help him achieve his amorous ends

Background imageEnds Collection: Devon / Countisbury Hill

Devon / Countisbury Hill
Countisbury Hill, Lynmouth, Devon - starting innocently enough the road ends in a steep 1 in 4 gradient - the cause of many a motoring mishap

Background imageEnds Collection: Vegetable Seller, Japan

Vegetable Seller, Japan
A Japanese street trader of vegetables carries the produce in baskets suspended from the ends of a long pole

Background imageEnds Collection: Rosepetal Fag-Ends

Rosepetal Fag-Ends
Cigarettes Primerose from the Regie Francaise (French state tobacco monopoly) - tipped with rosepetals to appeal to the fashionable lady

Background imageEnds Collection: Petit-Gris Cloak 1922

Petit-Gris Cloak 1922
A cape with a large tubular stand collar made using rectangular pieces of petit- gris (a type of squirrel) fur & fastened with a silk cord with tassel ends

Background imageEnds Collection: The Thundering Herd

The Thundering Herd
THE THUNDERING HERD by Zane Grey, the Master Writer of the West. (All ends happily, you ll be glad to know.)

Background imageEnds Collection: Tartan Trim Dress 1865

Tartan Trim Dress 1865
Evening: short, puffed sleeves, pointed waist, over- skirt with demi-train caught up at one side. Grey dress: tartan collar, cuffs & ribbon ceinture with floating ends

Background imageEnds Collection: Blanchard Flies Channel2

Blanchard Flies Channel2
Jean-Pierre Blanchard and Dr John Jefferies are the first people to cross the English Channel by air : their flight from Dover ends in the forest of Guines, near Andres

Background imageEnds Collection: Catherine / Aragon / Trial

Catherine / Aragon / Trial
The trial of the marriage between Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon which ends in divorce

Background imageEnds Collection: Crystal Palace Odds / Ends

Crystal Palace Odds / Ends
ODDS & ENDS A greedy gentleman who has lost his party; a rather large lady who cannot get through the entrance and the said party minus provisions

Background imageEnds Collection: Borodin - Igor - 5

Borodin - Igor - 5
Kontchakovna, daughter of Khan Kontchak and beloved by Vladimir, friend of Igor whom Kontchak is attacking... amazingly, all ends happily !

Background imageEnds Collection: Mozart / Nozze / Liebig 6

Mozart / Nozze / Liebig 6
(The Marriage of Figaro) The Countess forgives the Count for his infidelities and all ends happily

Background imageEnds Collection: Rossini / Comte Ory

Rossini / Comte Ory
The final scene, where the perfidy of the Count is revealed and all ends more or less happily

Background imageEnds Collection: Two Girls Reading Books

Two Girls Reading Books
Two girls sprawled at opposite ends of a sofa engrossed in their books

Background imageEnds Collection: Fashions May 1868

Fashions May 1868
White paletot with peplum points. Girl: habit shirt with a puff at the sleeve top, skirt with pyramid trim, tunic with peplum skirt ends. N.B use of broad ribbon trimmings

Background imageEnds Collection: Fashions October 1868

Fashions October 1868
Girl: pleated skirt, front buttoning tunic, cape collar & skirt ends caught up. Blue dress: double skirt, train, pelerine cape, over skirt with diagonal rows of puffings




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"Ends: Where stories conclude and new beginnings emerge. From the Railway Sleeper to Alice and Humpty Dumpty, every tale finds its closure. Four Lane Ends in Shaw and Crompton, Lancashire, a junction where paths diverge or merge. Clack Lane Ends in Osmotherley, Yorkshire, echoing with whispers of ancient roads intersecting. The Old Bridge at Bridge Ends in Galgorm, Co. Antrim, witnessing the ebb and flow of time over its weathered stones. Catherine's fate intertwined with Aragon's as divorce marked their ends but paved the way for new chapters in history. Shakespeare reminds us that even when all seems lost, All's Well That Ends Well. War with Russia left scars on nations but also taught lessons about peace that would shape our future endeavors. Blanchard defied gravity as he flew across the Channel; his triumph symbolizing human determination to conquer boundaries. Trumpet calls brought an end to World War I; a poignant reminder of sacrifice and hope for a better tomorrow. Blanchard's channel cross showcased mankind's relentless pursuit of exploration. In Ireland 1798, events unfolded that forever altered the course of history - rebellion met its end while igniting sparks for independence. " Note.