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Druids, Romans and Norman knights return to Richmond for the 600th anniversary of the Yorkshire town's charter.

Private Daly of the Connaught Rangers triumphs in the Aldershot Command annual cross country race, months before the outbreak of WWI.

No fewer than five once or future prime ministers on show at the momentous 1923 election.

Edgbaston sees Warwickshire take on the touring West Indies cricket team.

Billy the pet seal adapts to village life in Wereham, Norfolk.

Picturesque scenes of land girls gathering hay on an Essex farm during WWI.

The Duke rides an elephant as he ventures on safari in Bengal.

Jack Hobbs reaches his 124th century at the Gentlemen v Players match at Lord's.

Talented and obedient Red Cross dogs prepare to rescue Berlin's wounded from the Front.

Essex County cricket team get some much needed practice in the nets at the County Ground, Leyton.

The British Fascist movement holds a 10,000-strong rally in Trafalgar Square the day before Remembrance Sunday.

Battered, bandaged and playing croquet on crutches, wounded First World War soldiers get a break from the Western Front.

Dashing through the snow; on a six-horse open plough... The streets are ready for sledging in 1920s Buxton.

Dogs and cats go on show at two princely London venues – among them some of the fluffiest kittens London is ever likely to see.

The annual mop fair in Stratford-Upon-Avon, including the roasting of an ox.

Ponsford, Ryder and Woodfull seen batting in Victoria's record-breaking innings against New South Wales in Melbourne.

The start of the fox hunting season with the Cattistock Hunt in Maiden Newton, Dorset.

A momentous act of self sacrifice is caught on camera - Emily Davison is trampled by the King's horse at the 1913 Epsom Derby.

Colonial troops greet London's new Lord Mayor in a patriotic wartime ceremony.

On a blustery January day bishops arrive for the opening of the new Knutsford Test School.