RMB4K0AN–Tiddles the cat At 12 years old three feet long one foot wide and weighing 30lb Perhaps Tiddles wasnt the most appropriate name
RMB4R7P5–The cramped conditions at Ellington Colliery near the pit s most productive face Pressure had lowered the roof by nearly three feet trapping equipment October 1984
RMB4WMG2–Prince William made his first public speech on Tuesday June 12th 1984 at a photocall commemorating his second birthday William is three feet tall and weighs two stone both average for his age June 1984
RMB54JMX–Fur Coypus (South American rodents resembling giant rats) caught last week at Broad Farm, Hassingham, near Norwich. The metal cages are the most common method of trapping these animals. On this farm about 50 of these coypus are being caught every week. They do great damage to sugar beet crops. Three feet is an average length for one of these animals. Handling the cages is Mr. Hilton Forster (53 year old foreman at Broad Farm). February 1960 P011889
RM2J2D9W5–For 110 years Risca rugby players have been kicking match balls into the River Ebbw. And for the last 50 years or so a pulley system with nets and cages has been neatly catching the balls as they speed downstream. But last year Welsh Water Authority engineers lowered the level of the river and now Risca Rugby Club balls pass three feet beneath the cages and end up, its said, with in Pontypool, or the sea. Risca Rugby Club committee number Mr Ronald Hales with the cage and the winding gear which can longer retrieve balls kicked into the Ebbw. 26th February 1986.
RMEJXYBW–Animals: Dogs: St. Bernard: Mrs. Doris Hollis, of Loughton, Essex, thinks her dog could be the heaviest in Britain I am ready to agree with her. It sat on me it weighs sixteen stones six pounds. But Sir Baron of BoystownãBarry to his friendsãis a gentle giant when you get to know him. An eight-years-old St. Bernard, he amiably allowed his other vital statistics to be measured Length: six feet two inches; chest: forty-nine and a half inches; height at the shoulder: thirty-three and a half inches; neck: thirty-two inches. February 1966 P022122
RM2HHKGXC–The entrance to the main drift at the Belsay Colliery, Northumberland, it is now three-quarters of a mile in length, and has 250 feet of cover. That is the depth of the surface to the coal. 24th January 1928.
RM2HJ5RMT–Mr M.F Howarth (Widnes Town Clerk), Alderman J.T Clayton (chairman of the the Joint Committee), Councillor D. McCulloch and Mr. Kenneth Anderson (consulting engineer) looking at a three and a half feet scale model of the new Runcorn-Widnes road bridge. 30th October 1956.
RMB54J95–Kate the elephant just puts her feet up - and John Edwards gets down to work. Once a week, John a 25-year-old senior mammal keeper at Blackpool Zoo in Lancashire, gives Kate's feet the beauty treatment. That eighteen-inch file is used to trin the three-ton Jumbo's nails. But kate isn't always as co-operative as this. Sometime she threatens to put her foot down. ;October 1975 ;P011804
RM2J0JYB1–Two RAF pilots escaped injury when their jets collided 5,000 feet above the Lake District. The Jet Provosts managed to fly to Newcastle Airport. A third in the formation also made an emergency landing at Newcastle as a precautionary measure. One aircraft was severely damaged while the second was slightly marked in the incident. The three Provosts from RAF Linton-on-Ouse, near York, were on a routine flying exercise. 01/12/1982
RMB574M8–Central heat for lettuces brings early heads to the table! If you want green salads a month in advance of your neighbours you can run low voltage electric wires through the soil and pamper infant plants with seven degrees of extra heat. This new all-electric gardening is entirely without danger as a neat transformer steps the ordinary current down to six volts. A strip of soil 15 feet long can be maintained at proper heat by three units of electricity every 24 hours
RMB586AA–Onion Seeds. They're not big-drum sticks. They're not knobkerries. If you know your onions, you've probably recognised them already for they're leek seeds growing at Ryvers Farm, Langley, Bucks. Dorothy Brown, 20 and Dorothy Larke, 21, arechecking the seed pods, and each pod contains an average of three seeds. There are three-quarters of an acre of the plants. Three times 2000 is 6,000. Now how many square feet are there in an acre-well, you're looking at a lot of leeks-to-be. September 1949 P004460
RMB5E1DT–This Bristol Freighter airliner overshot the runway when it was landing at Southend Airport. Then it crashed through a fence and stopped - just a few feet from an electric railway line. Overhead are high tension cables carrying a load of 1,500 volts. None of the thirteen people in the plane were hurt and no trains were near when the crashed happened. The plane, belonging to Air Charter, Ltd. was flying from Calais, France, with ten passengers and a crew. There were also three cars aboard. They were all given a shaking when the plane crashed
RMB4NAE5–The Forth Road Bridge is a suspension bridge unlike the cantilever rail bridge Several proposals were rejected before the Mott Hay and Anderson design was chosen It was the first long span suspension bridge in the UK Others have of course followed the Severn Bridge and the Humber Bridge The Forth Road Bridge contains 39 000 tons of steel the towers stand 494 feet above the concrete foundations and it took a workforce of 300 just three and a half years to complete Bridges Construction Workman June 1962 1960s
RM2HHX9WH–The men of the bridge. Painting the Forth Bridge is a long and complex task, taking three years to complete. It requires 50 tons of paint each year and a squad of 24 men working permanently. Each painter must have a complete disregard for height and the agility of a cat. Working 300 feet above the Forth calls for no ordinary tradesmen. The lower girders of the structure, lashed continually by salt spray, are painted with a black mixture, mainly composed of pitch. This was the idea of Foreman Paton and it counteracts the quick corrosive actions of the salt. 12th September 1949.
RMB574MJ–Central heat for lettuces brings early heads to the table! If you want green salads a month in advance of your neighbours you can run low voltage electric wires through the soil and pamper the infant plants with seven degrees of extra heat. This new all-electric gardening is entirely without danger as a neat transformer steps the ordinary current down to six volts. A strip of soil 15 feet long can be maintained at proper heat by three units of electricity every 24 hours. Switching on the heating wires running through cloches of growing lettuces. P004509
RMB598WY–Major by nameãand a major disaster area by experience. That's this clumsy chump of a Boxer pup who can't do anything without a mishap. In the five weeks theyêve had him the Bennett family, of Thorne, near Doncaster, have paid three visits to the vet. First, Major needed four stitches in a cut paw. Then he was knocked flying by a car which badly bruised his rear. Finally, he got so excited one night that he leaped five feet in the air and broke a hind leg. Engineer Rod Bennett said: Despite everything, Major's a great dog.” August 1979 P007453
RMB5E2P6–Two die, but a woman lives as car is flattened. Rescue workers feared the worst at the scene of a crash on Monday night They expected that no one inside a family car crushed by a 30-ton lorry could possibly have survived. But onewoman did and she escaped with only a cut on her leg. Two other people in the car Ð a man and a woman Ð were killed. The accident happened at a motorway roundabout near Preston, Lancashire. The lorry toppled on to the car, a Vauxhall Viva with three people inside. The car was squashed until it was only about two feet high
RM2HJAGF9–Sky Divers, the daredevil Special Air Service's parachute team jumped 2500 feet to a tiny target at the Tyneside Summer Exhibition at the Exhibition Park, Newcastle. 22nd August 1963.
RM2J0F2X4–A picture from a series of humurous novelty images taken by Sunday People photographer Dennis Hutchinson - An officer soaking his feet under a Gloster Javelin receives a salute. Circa: 1980
RMEN98HB–English League Division One match at White Hart Lane. Tottenham Hotspur 0 v Chelsea 1. Chelsea goalkeeeper Peter Bonetti dibves at the feet of Spurs forward Bobby Smith, as John Sillett looks to defend on the goal line. 18th April 1960.
RMB4PNMH–Three dolphins 1993 The dolphins are kept in a stinking paddling pool just 2 feet deep in a fun park in Malta
RMB5725G–Rope making at a London factory. ;A huge coil of rope weighing three and a half tons and 720 feet in length and is 18 inches in
RMB4PT2B–Tall Ships Race 1986 Georg Stage is a three masted full rigged ship measuring 175 feet overall Built in 1935 she is the school s
RMERTAJ0–Vulcan Delta bomber NQJ swoops spectacularly over the city of Coventry as a thank you to the people who helped save her. The plane crossed the city at 2000 feet to salute those in Coventry and Warwickshire who had raised almost ¿5000 in three weeks to secure the aircraft from the Ministry of Defence. It will be held at the Midlands Air Museum at Baginton in the open until the planned Sir Frank Whittle hangar is built. February 1983.
RMERTBM6–Vulcan Delta bomber NQJ swoops spectacularly over the city of Coventry as a thank you to the people who helped save her. The plane crossed the city at 2000 feet to salute those in Coventry and Warwickshire who had raised almost ¿5000 in three weeks to secure the aircraft from the Ministry of Defence. It will be held at the Midlands Air Museum at Baginton in the open until the planned Sir Frank Whittle hangar is built. February 1983.
RMERTA2P–Vulcan Delta bomber NQJ swoops spectacularly over the city of Coventry as a thank you to the people who helped save her. The plane crossed the city at 2000 feet to salute those in Coventry and Warwickshire who had raised almost ¿5000 in three weeks to secure the aircraft from the Ministry of Defence. It will be held at the Midlands Air Museum at Baginton in the open until the planned Sir Frank Whittle hangar is built. February 1983.
RMB54B0E–Mr. Jeffrey Atkins, before he flew performed a trick with Air Hostess Jacquie Moore (20) from Hanworth. June 1971
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