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#Birmingham #Panto Here’s the rather dashing Mr Paul Cinquevalli playing Fritz at the Prince of Wales Theatre, 1899. A popular act as a juggler in the English music halls. Ref: (513710) L 08.2 Periodicals D/11 - The Birmingham Pantomime annual, 1899 @LibraryofBham
ALT A sitting male figure with his head pointing to the right. His hair is parted and he has a waxed moustache. He is wearing a brocaded corset with an intricate design. A medallion is around his neck falling down to his chest. His arms are bare and he has stockings on his legs. Text at the bottom of the photo indicates who the figure is and where they will be performing in Birmingham.
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🦊Competition time! Foxes and tea and biscuits! To celebrate the high days of summer, I'm giving away a signed edition of my 'Reynard the Fox' book, a copy of the accompanying gold-tipped 'A Fox for All Seasons' journal, both with map endpapers & fine ribbons, a box of Fox's biscuits, a large packet of best Dorset tea and a charming fox companion! Simply like, retweet & follow to enter! A winner will be picked on Sunday.
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#OTD 1968, viewers of BBC One met a group of elderly soldiers for the first time.
Dad's Army became an instant classic with its gentle humour, nostalgia and pride in the men who gave their all for their country, whatever that all happened to be.
mirrorpix.com/id/01151469
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Would you like to learn more about The Windrush Generation?
Head to the Mirror's 'All about' page where you will find news and features: mirror.co.uk/all-about/windr……
For photos from the archives type in 'Windrush2023' at mirrorpix.com
#WindrushGeneration #Windrush75
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Sad to hear that Oscar-winning actress and former Labour MP Glenda Jackson has died aged 87 after a 'brief illness'.
Jackson was a Labour MP, first for Hampstead and Highgate then for Hampstead and Kilburn, from 1992 until 2015, when she stood down.
#RIPGlendaJackson #photos
ALT Glenda Jackson, 11 August 1970.
John Mead retweeted
OTD 100 years the first ever Le Mans 24 hour race commenced.
Georges Durand, Charles Faroux & Émile Coquille got together at the Paris Motor Show in 1922 where they discussed an idea that resulted in the Rudge-Whitworth 24-hour Endurance Grand Prix.
Photo:Le Mans 1968
#LeMans24
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Thanks to @kyneswood and the work of @covdig highlighting Arthur Cooper's lost archive back in January, even more photos have come to light! coventrytelegraph.net/news/h…
#archives #photography #ArthurCooper
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OTD in 1932 actress Elizabeth Taylor was born.
Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor DBE was a British and American actress. She began her career as a child actress in the early 1940s and was one of the most popular stars of classical Hollywood cinema in the 1950s #OTD #ElizabethTaylor
John Mead retweeted
Genocide is facilitated by ordinary people. Ordinary people turn a blind eye, believe propaganda, join murderous regimes. As the the survivors to the holocaust become fewer and fewer we must ensure that the memory & lessons learnt are not be forgotten #HolocaustMemorialDay
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Wonderful to see the old photographs of Coventry - from daily life to the start of the Cov to York road race - that have been saved & catalogued by volunteers 📸
The photos tell the story of a remarkably resilient city. A huge well done to all involved in this project 👏🏻
John Mead retweeted
The sun is hot but the sea is not
As we approach '#FreedomDay' and with the sun shining, please remember to stay safe at the coast and to take extra care #RespectTheWater
If you get in trouble in the water #FloatToLive
Coastal emergency? Call #999Coastguard
#Heatwave
John Mead retweeted
Who remembers tapes and floppy discs?
#OnThisDay 1982: The Computer Programme looked at the latest advances in computer storage.
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Cracking VE Day photos from our @mirrorpix archives colourised and featured here. #VEDay75 #mirrorpix #mirrorpix_archive mirrorpix.com
VE Day pictures recreated in colour showing incredible victory jubilation
mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ga…
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If we care about plastic waste, why won’t we stop drinking bottled water? theguardian.com/environment/…
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Sending our condolences to the family & friends of Doreen Spooner @DailyMirror photographer & Fleet Street's first female snapper, who has died aged 91.
mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/fi…
Documenting her incredible life in autobiography Camera Girl, it was an honour to work with her.
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Se encouraging to learn of the interest and response to these @Mirrorpix images taken by pioneer press photographer Horace Grant in September-October 1914 as the 1st Indian soldiers arrived in France to fight on Western Front @TMArchivist
You can still see the hugely successful @SaltSarkar pop-up photographic exhibition, that remembers the contribution of Indian Soldiers during the First World War, in our Foyer. Come & view the extremely moving collection & read more here:
theguardian.com/world/2018/o…
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Privileged to commemorate the #FWW soldiers from Undivided India over the Armistice Centenary @insolecourt a magical new venue in Cardiff with FACTS, FICTION & FFOTOGRAFFAETH (1914 images from pioneer Daily Mirror photographer Horace Grant) ow.ly/52MC30msn4N
