![In May 1934, New Zealand aviatrix Jean Batten being interviewed after her flight from England to Australia.
[Flickr]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ku9ndwBesJ1qa0ltoo1_500.jpg)
In May 1934, New Zealand aviatrix Jean Batten being interviewed after her flight from England to Australia.
[Flickr]
Posted March 19, 2010 at 7:57pm in jean batten new zealand flight england australia aviation aviatrix pioneer pilot plane world record airplane aeronautics
![19th-century shawl from England.
[Textile Museum of Canada]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ku0u84HG5E1qa0ltoo1_500.jpg)
Posted December 30, 2009 at 3:52pm in shawl england uk fashion design 19th century textile pattern paisley kashmir
![Coat, circa 1833, made in London, England.
[Metropolitan Museum of Art]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktnf3mmOUs1qa0ltoo1_500.jpg)
Posted December 14, 2009 at 6:03am in coat menswear fashion design 18th century 1830s london england history
![Knitted jacket ensemble by Bill Gibb. Part of an exhibition at the Fashion Museum in Bath, England.
[The Fashion Museum]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktowj0gQNd1qa0ltoo1_250.jpg)
![Look up! It’s Lieutenant Gale’s double-basket naval balloon, London 1847: “It was one of the most perilous descents in [the] annals of aeronautics.”](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ku9hmodiku1qa0ltoo1_500.jpg)
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Look up! It’s Lieutenant Gale’s double-basket naval balloon, London 1847: “It was one of the most perilous descents in [the] annals of aeronautics.”
Posted December 6, 2009 at 7:59pm in adventure advertising balloon hot air pioneer london uk england aeronautics
![Photographed by Henry Grant: “These young men are dressed in the ‘Teddy boy’ style, which blended Edwardian and American fashions. Through slicked quiffed hair, draped jackets with velvet collars, narrow ties and peg trousers, the ‘Teds’ expressed their rebelliousness. By the mid-1950s Teds had attracted a reputation, especially among the media, for violent and criminal behaviour.”
[Museum of London]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktnujjnjh01qa0ltoo1_400.jpg)
Photographed by Henry Grant: “These young men are dressed in the ‘Teddy boy’ style, which blended Edwardian and American fashions. Through slicked quiffed hair, draped jackets with velvet collars, narrow ties and peg trousers, the ‘Teds’ expressed their rebelliousness. By the mid-1950s Teds had attracted a reputation, especially among the media, for violent and criminal behaviour.”
Posted December 5, 2009 at 12:13am in teddy boy fashion style edwardian british britian england UK mods rockers quadrophenia fifties sixties 60s 50s
