RM2BW8NG3–A sailing yacht stuck in the low tide mud waiting for the water to return . 1936 .
RM2BW2C4B–High tide on the Embankment. 30 January 1930
RM2BWAT5W–The harbour at Boscastle , Cornwall at low tide . 1 June 1931
RM2BW9243–Men working on Thames sailing barges at low tide . 1938
RM2BW91XX–The barge Mocking Bird at low tide at Gravesend Reach , Kent . 1938
RM2BW2G88–H.M.S. President riding on high tide, Victorian Embankment. 7 September 1933
RM2BW3RM2–Choirboy Saw It Upside Down ! The rogation - tide ceremony of Beating the Bounds of St . Clement Dane ' s Church , Strand was carried out on Ascension Dey ( today ) . Photo shows : Inverting a choirboy during the ceremony . 21 May 1936
RM2BTPPDB–Looking for drops of sea!. With the temperature way up in the eighties, the tide has chosen this week to be out for most of the day at Southend, Essex. Consequently thousands of Southend's visitors can be seen wandering over the mud looking for puddles in which to keep cool. 4 August 1938
RM2BW3MF4–Beating The Bounds of St Clement Dane ' s The rogation - tide ceremony of Beating the Bounds of St . Clement Dane ' s Church , Strand was carried out on Ascension Dey ( today ) . Photo shows : Beating the bounds outside the Law Courts . 21 May 1936
RM2BW30W4–Sea defences broken by flood tide at Winchelsea , bungalows flooded and holidaymakers marooned . The sea defences for a distance of 75 yards along the coast at Winchelsea , Sussex gave way before a flood tide , and a surging torrent of sea water flooded acres of marsh land along the coast , inundating bungalows and marooning holidaymakers . Great efforts are being made to repair the breach before the next tide . 4 September 1932
RM2BW346C–Sea defences broken by flood tide at Winchelsea , bungalows flooded and holidaymakers marooned . The sea defences for a distance of 75 yards along the coast at Winchelsea , Sussex gave way before a flood tide , and a surging torrent of sea water flooded acres of marsh land along the coast , inundating bungalows and marooning holidaymakers . Great efforts are being made to repair the breach before the next tide . 4 September 1932
RM2BW95R3–Sea defences broken by flood tide at Winchelsea , bungalows flooded and holidaymakers marooned . The sea defences for a distance of 75 yards along the coast at Winchelsea , Sussex gave way before a flood tide , and a surging torrent of sea water flooded acres of marsh land along the coast , inundating bungalows and marooning holidaymakers . Great efforts are being made to repair the breach before the next tide . 4 September 1932
RM2BW30J0–Sea defences broken by flood tide at Winchelsea , bungalows flooded and holidaymakers marooned . The sea defences for a distance of 75 yards along the coast at Winchelsea , Sussex gave way before a flood tide , and a surging torrent of sea water flooded acres of marsh land along the coast , inundating bungalows and marooning holidaymakers . Great efforts are being made to repair the breach before the next tide . An overturned and wrecked beach hut after the flood at Winchelsea . 4 September 1932
RMWHA1JW–WW2: Russia/ Fighting in Stalingrad Street. Part of the great defence which turned the tide in Russia.
RM2GJ0TDX–SHROVE TIDE SOCCER GAME 2 MARCH 1960
RM2BW909W–Members of the public relax on the opened beaches of the river Thames in Gravesend , Kent , during low tide . 1937 .
RM2BWB7N2–The Richborough Train Ferry on the east coast of Kent . The huge crane that raises and lowers the landing stage to connect with the train ferry boat . At varying stages of the tide it also maintains the connection of the metals , as the boat rises or falls during unloading or loading .
RM2BW96H4–Training ship afloat again after being sunk in Thames . The training ship Nelson , which sank at her moorings on the Thames off Chelsea Embankment , was floated again at low tide . the vessel was used by sea scouts for training . The Nelson afloat again after her mishap . 1 October 1932
RM2BW90RK–Royal Air Force personnel attempt to recover the Avro 621 Tutor K6090 plane at low tide with a rope round the landing strut of the aircraft in the hope of pulling it to drier land . The plane is lying upside down in Dartford Creek following a crash . 31 January 1939
RM2BW90TP–Royal Air Force personnel attempt to recover the Avro 621 Tutor K6090 plane at low tide with a rope round the landing strut of the aircraft in the hope of pulling it to drier land . The plane is lying upside down in Dartford Creek following a crash . 31 January 1939
RM2BW2NA3–Workless man dives from Tower Bridge to rescue two children in river Thames . John Armsby , an unemployed driver , pluckily dived from Tower Briegh and rescued two children who had fallen into the River Thames , and were being carried away by the tide . Armsby bought both children safely to the bank . He was then taken to the Tower where his clothes were dried , and the children taken to Hospital . Photo shws , John Armsby after his plucky rescue . 13 May 1934
RM2BW2NAM–Workless man dives from Tower Bridge to rescue two children in river Thames . John Armsby , an unemployed driver , pluckily dived from Tower Briegh and rescued two children who had fallen into the River Thames , and were being carried away by the tide . Armsby bought both children safely to the bank . He was then taken to the Tower where his clothes were dried , and the children taken to Hospital . Photo shws , John Armsby after his plucky rescue . 13 May 1934
RM2BW331G–Joh Martin aged 16 , of Norway Place , Greenwich , London , although suffering from rheumaism , saved a child from drowning at Greenwich , when he rescued Mary Keys aged 6 of Deptford , after she had fallen into the water and was being carried out by the tide Martin dived into the water half clothed and held the child until boatmen rescued it . This is the second time he has saved a child from drowning . Mary Keys , the rescued girl who lives at Deptford . 5 August 1932
RM2BW95TX–Joh Martin aged 16 , of Norway Place , Greenwich , London , although suffering from rheumaism , saved a child from drowning at Greenwich , when he rescued Mary Keys aged 6 of Deptford , after she had fallen into the water and was being carried out by the tide Martin dived into the water half clothed and held the child until boatmen rescued it . This is the second time he has saved a child from drowning . John Martin photographed after his recuing . 5 August 1932
RM2BW3FNW–Haile Selassie is in Mussolini 's barber 's chair . America celebrates first of April . This is how America views the predicament of Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia , against whom the tide of war appears to be turning . The picture , a composite , is being published in American newspapers as an April Fool 's Day joke . It shows Mussolini , with unrelenting face , holding a razor over Emperor Haile Selassie , lying at his mercy in the barber 's chair . The Emperor seems aware of his danger . 1 April 1935
RM2BW3FNG–Haile Selassie is in Mussolini 's barber 's chair . America celebrates first of April . This is how America views the predicament of Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia , against whom the tide of war appears to be turning . The picture , a composite , is being published in American newspapers as an April Fool 's Day joke . It shows Mussolini , with unrelenting face , holding a razor over Emperor Haile Selassie , lying at his mercy in the barber 's chair . The Emperor seems aware of his danger . 1 April 1935
RM2BW3NWA–Beating The Bounds of The Tower of London For First Time In Three Years . For the first time in three years , the Rogation - tide ceremony of Beating the Bounds was carried out at the Tower of London . The Chief Warden led the procession out of the Tower precincts on a perambulation of the bounds of the Tower Liberties . Choirboy followed him , and after them the children who live in the tower carrying peeled willow wands and after them again the wardens of the Tower in their Tudor uniforms . There are 31 boundary marks of the Tower and each was thrashed by the boys with willow wands . The cer
RM2BW3R96–Beating The Bounds of The Tower of London For First Time In Three Years . For the first time in three years , the Rogation - tide ceremony of Beating the Bounds was carried out at the Tower of London . The Chief Warden led the procession out of the Tower precincts on a perambulation of the bounds of the Tower Liberties . Choirboy followed him , and after them the children who live in the tower carrying peeled willow wands and after them again the wardens of the Tower in their Tudor uniforms . There are 31 boundary marks of the Tower and each was thrashed by the boys with willow wands . The cer
RM2BW3W2F–Beating The Bounds of The Tower of London For First Time In Three Years . For the first time in three years , the Rogation - tide ceremony of Beating the Bounds was carried out at the Tower of London . The Chief Warden led the procession out of the Tower precincts on a perambulation of the bounds of the Tower Liberties . Choirboy followed him , and after them the children who live in the tower carrying peeled willow wands and after them again the wardens of the Tower in their Tudor uniforms . There are 31 boundary marks of the Tower and each was thrashed by the boys with willow wands . The cer
RM2BW3RX0–Beating The Bounds of The Tower of London For First Time In Three Years . For the first time in three years , the Rogation - tide ceremony of Beating the Bounds was carried out at the Tower of London . The Chief Warden led the procession out of the Tower precincts on a perambulation of the bounds of the Tower Liberties . Choirboy followed him , and after them the children who live in the tower carrying peeled willow wands and after them again the wardens of the Tower in their Tudor uniforms . There are 31 boundary marks of the Tower and each was thrashed by the boys with willow wands . The cer
RM2BW3TPR–Beating The Bounds of The Tower of London For First Time In Three Years . For the first time in three years , the Rogation - tide ceremony of Beating the Bounds was carried out at the Tower of London . The Chief Warden led the procession out of the Tower precincts on a perambulation of the bounds of the Tower Liberties . Choirboy followed him , and after them the children who live in the tower carrying peeled willow wands and after them again the wardens of the Tower in their Tudor uniforms . There are 31 boundary marks of the Tower and each was thrashed by the boys with willow wands . The cer
RM2BW3PC8–Beating The Bounds of The Tower of London For First Time In Three Years . For the first time in three years , the Rogation - tide ceremony of Beating the Bounds was carried out at the Tower of London . The Chief Warden led the procession out of the Tower precincts on a perambulation of the bounds of the Tower Liberties . Choirboy followed him , and after them the children who live in the tower carrying peeled willow wands and after them again the wardens of the Tower in their Tudor uniforms . There are 31 boundary marks of the Tower and each was thrashed by the boys with willow wands . The cer
RM2BW3NJ0–Beating The Bounds of The Tower of London For First Time In Three Years . For the first time in three years , the Rogation - tide ceremony of Beating the Bounds was carried out at the Tower of London . The Chief Warden led the procession out of the Tower precincts on a perambulation of the bounds of the Tower Liberties . Choirboy followed him , and after them the children who live in the tower carrying peeled willow wands and after them again the wardens of the Tower in their Tudor uniforms . There are 31 boundary marks of the Tower and each was thrashed by the boys with willow wands . The cer
RM2BW2D56–Sending huge breakers crashing through the defences and wrecking several cottages, the Atlantic has opened a new phase of the centuries-old battle for the fishing village in Amroth on the Pembrokeshire coast of Wales. 12 of the 200 inhabitants have lost their homes and the rest are racing time to build up the defences against the high tide expected this weekend. The villagers have arranged an all-night watch, as they fear that if the sea breaks through this time, the whole village will be wiped out. Photo shows: Men of Alnmouth reinforcing the new sea wall in readiness for the onslaught of the
RM2BW2D5Y–Sending huge breakers crashing through the defences and wrecking several cottages, the Atlantic has opened a new phase of the centuries-old battle for the fishing village in Amroth on the Pembrokeshire coast of Wales. 12 of the 200 inhabitants have lost their homes and the rest are racing time to build up the defences against the high tide expected this weekend. The villagers have arranged an all-night watch, as they fear that if the sea breaks through this time, the whole village will be wiped out. Photo shows: Villagers of Amroth trying to shore up one of the cottages wrecked by the pounding
RM2BW2D4D–Sending huge breakers crashing through the defences and wrecking several cottages, the Atlantic has opened a new phase of the centuries-old battle for the fishing village in Amroth on the Pembrokeshire coast of Wales. 12 of the 200 inhabitants have lost their homes and the rest are racing time to build up the defences against the high tide expected this weekend. The villagers have arranged an all-night watch, as they fear that if the sea breaks through this time, the whole village will be wiped out. Photo shows: Villagers of Amroth building a barricade of stones to hold back the Atlantic as hu
RM2BW30KX–Honeymoon couple trapped in a cave in Jersey . Rescued by human chain . A young London honeymoon couple , Mr and Mrs J Blankstein of Clapton , E who were married recently , narrowly escaped being drowned when they were trapped by the rising tide at Plemont , Jersey . Water was up to their neck when they were rescued by a human chain . Their cries for help were heard by friends just in time before the cave is completely submerged at high tide . Mrs Blankstein was badly cut and bruised and both were in an exhausted state . Mrs Blankstein . 3 September 1932
RM2BW95MM–Honeymoon couple trapped in a cave in Jersey . Rescued by human chain . A young London honeymoon couple , Mr and Mrs J Blankstein of Clapton , E who were married recently , narrowly escaped being drowned when they were trapped by the rising tide at Plemont , Jersey . Water was up to their neck when they were rescued by a human chain . Their cries for help were heard by friends just in time before the cave is completely submerged at high tide . Mrs Blankstein was badly cut and bruised and both were in an exhausted state . Mr Blankstein . 3 September 1932
RM2BTPNR1–Pictures by special plane. The sea sweeps over East Norfolk. A new crisis caused by the maximum spring tide faced the flooded villages in the Horsey area of Norfolk today (Monday). The villages were flooded when the Gale lashed sea burst coast defences and swept inland covering 20 mi.². The sea forced a gap three miles long, believed to be the biggest made in East Norfolk for 50 years, and compelled 150 inhabitants of Horsey to leave their homes. Photo shows, the windmill marooned in the floods near Horsey, Norfolk. 14 February 1938
RM2BW2D59–Sending huge breakers crashing through the defences and wrecking several cottages, the Atlantic has opened a new phase of the centuries-old battle for the fishing village in Amroth on the Pembrokeshire coast of Wales. 12 of the 200 inhabitants have lost their homes and the rest are racing time to build up the defences against the high tide expected this weekend. The villagers have arranged an all-night watch, as they fear that if the sea breaks through this time, the whole village will be wiped out. Photo shows: One of the wrecked cottages at Amroth, showing the break in the wall. 5 February 1
RM2BW37MM–HMS Nelson flagship of the home fleet goes aground off Portsmouth . When leaving Portsmouth Harbour on the start of the spring cruise , HMS Nelson the flagship of the Home Fleet , went aground on the ebb tide off the Round Tower at the entrance to the harbour . The giant ship , which has 33,500 tons displacement and carries 1,361 officers and men , is ashore on the shingle bank just east of Victoria Pier , and is well fixed . Five tugs have so far failed to refloat her . Captain Patrick Macnamara , flag captain to Admiral Boyle and commander of HMS Nelson . Captain Macnamara was formerly Briti
RM2BTPNTP–Pictures by special plane. The sea sweeps over East Norfolk. A new crisis caused by the maximum spring tide faced the flooded villages in the Horsey area of Norfolk today (Monday). The villages were flooded when the Gale lashed sea burst coast defences and swept inland covering 20 mi.². The sea forced a gap three miles long, believed to be the biggest made in East Norfolk for 50 years, and compelled 150 inhabitants of Horsey to leave their homes. Photo shows, farm buildings and haystacks amid the floods between Horsey and Wraxham, Norfolk. 14 February 1938
RM2BTPNTF–Pictures by special plane. The sea sweeps over East Norfolk. A new crisis caused by the maximum spring tide faced the flooded villages in the Horsey area of Norfolk today (Monday). The villages were flooded when the Gale lashed sea burst coast defences and swept inland covering 20 mi.². The sea forced a gap three miles long, believed to be the biggest made in East Norfolk for 50 years, and compelled 150 inhabitants of Horsey to leave their homes. Photo shows, people being rescued by boat from I'm a ruined farmhouse near Horsey.. 14 February 1938
RM2BW23TB–Sea burst inland to maroon Norfolk villages. Large areas flooded. A new crisis caused by the maximum spring tide faced the flooded villages in the Horsey area of Norfolk today (Monday). The villages were flooded when the Gale lashed sea burst coast defences and swept inland covering 20 square miles. The sea forced a gap three miles long, believed to be the biggest made in East Norfolk for 50 years, and compelled 150 inhabitants of Horsey to leave their homes. Photo shows, house marooned in the floods near Horsey, Norfolk. 14 February 1938
RM2BW23TD–Sea burst inland to maroon Norfolk villages. Large areas flooded. A new crisis caused by the maximum spring tide faced the flooded villages in the Horsey area of Norfolk today (Monday). The villages were flooded when the Gale lashed sea burst coast defences and swept inland covering 20 mi.². The sea forced a gap three miles long, believed to be the biggest made in East Norfolk for 50 years, and compelled 150 inhabitants of Horsey to leave their homes. Photo shows, the mill marooned in the floods near Horsey, Norfolk. 14 February 1938
RM2BW4078–Girl of 13 dives fully clothed to rescue of small boy in the Thames . Though she is only 13 years of age , Joan King of Barge House Road , North Woolwich , dived fully dressed into the Thames in an attempt to save a small boy , Gilbert Pliskin of Custom House who fell into the river when playing on the foreshore near Victoria Gardens , North Woolwich . The strong tide carried him about 20 yards from the bank . Joan went to his rescue hearing his cries , but was unable to reach the boy had to be assisted from the water . Gilbert was brought ashore by Mr Frank Dewby of Dagenham , in a boat , and
RM2BTPNT2–Pictures by special plane. The sea sweeps over East Norfolk. A new crisis caused by the maximum spring tide faced the flooded villages in the Horsey area of Norfolk today (Monday). The villages were flooded when the Gale lashed sea burst coast defences and swept inland covering 20 mi.². The sea forced a gap three miles long, believed to be the biggest made in East Norfolk for 50 years, and compelled 150 inhabitants of Horsey to leave their homes. Photo shows, the wide expanse of flood water stretching far inland near Horsey, Norfolk, showing in the distance, traffic marooned on the road. 14 F
RM2BWAMG2–Poole harbour .
RM2BWAMFT–Bognor . 1925
RM2BWAMGD–Margate , from the jetty . 1925
RM2BWATWH–A stormy coastline at Bude , Devon .
RM2BWAMG5–Southwick 23 April 1930
RM2BWAMGB–Ilfracombe on the North Devon Coast 1925
RM2BWAMJ7–Barnstaple in Devon 1925
RM2BWAMH3–Lynmouth . 1 October 1926
RM2BWAMK5–Rye in East Sussex 1925
RM2BWAMJ9–Combe Martin is a village and civil parish on the North Devon coast 1925
RM2BWAT20–The beach at Broadstairs , full of holidaymakers . 31 August 1930
RM2BW91Y0–Barges on the shoreline at Gravesend Reach . 1938
RM2BW272T–Car stuck on Camber Sands, Sussex. 1933
RM2BWAMKE–Combe Martin is a village and civil parish on the North Devon coast 1925
RM2BW35PJ–Long focus views of the river Thames showing the turrets of the Tower of London and Tower Hill and barges moored on the river . 3 May 1933
RM2BW35RP–Long focus views of the river Thames showing the turrets of the Tower of London and Tower Hill and barges moored on the river . 3 May 1933
RM2BW91X8–Rubbish , flotsom and debris on the shoreline at Gravesend Reach . 1938
RM2BWFJ7E–Beachcombers on Brighton beach . 10th January 1936
RM2BWAT2Y–A man fishing for ormers or abalone (shellfish) with his net along the seashore in the Channel Islands . 8 October 1920
RMWHB07W–Pegwell Bay Kent - 1859-60. by W. Dyce. Tate Gallery (Lib. No. 2309).
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