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20th Century Britain in Pictures Beside the Seaside Holiday-makers enjoying the sun on the cliffs near the seaside at Folkestone, Kent, southern England, July 1909. Those Magnificent Men Manned flight was still in its infancy in 1909, as this aviator prepared for his display at an air fair in Blackpool, England. It's a Long Way A British soldier of the 3rd (Prince of Wale's) Dragoon Guards, kisses his daughter before leaving for France at the very beginning of World War 1. The smiles belie the future horror of the War. Derby Defence A Royal Defence Force sentry at a Government building, during the Strike Crisis of 1921. It was a time of national industrial tension, as the posters behind him indicate. Friendly Skies The German airship Graf Zeppelin flying over St Paul's Cathedral, London. The Graf Zeppelin was on a twenty-four hour cruise around the British Isles. August 1931. Swing Time A jitterbug competition in progress, London December 1939. Competitions took place all over the country with young people enjoying the dance craze of the era, a fun distraction from the run up to World War II. Leaving Home London schoolboys, complete with gas masks in cardboard boxes and luggage, all set for evacuation to the country, September 1939. At the beginning of the war children from the major cities were sent to rural corners of the country, in the hope they'd be safe from German bombs, leaving their distraught mothers for the first time. Everything Stops for Tea A fireman enjoys a refreshing cup of tea as he works to clear rubble caused by the bombing of London by the German Luftwaffe. Sept 1940. Head of State A portrait of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the State Imperial Crown, taken in Buckingham Palace after her Coronation at Westminster Abbey. June 2nd 1953. A New Home 1955 saw the arrival of the largest number of Jamaicans to the UK thus far. Encouraged by the promises of jobs and housing, thousands of the Uk's Commonwealth dependents flocked to the mother country undergoing a massive labor shortage following the War. This group have arrived in Plymouth, southern England on a boat from the Caribbean. Street Fighting Men The Rolling Stones in 1969. The bad boys of pop held a photocall to present their new member, Mick Taylor (white jacket) who replaced guitarist Brian Jones who had died earlier that year. Dirty Old Town A long way from the glamour of Swinging London, in 1974 there were still slum areas in the north of England. Here a man pushes a cart through the streets of a poor area of Manchester. The Iron Lady 1979 saw the election of Britain's first Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. She would go on to rule the country for 11 years. Here she arrives at Conservative Party HQ on election day. London's Burning A police car blazes in Brixton, South London, 1981. Brixton, a poor area of London erupted in violence that summer as riots ran for several days and nights; the result of poverty and racial tension between black youths and the police. Young Love Diana, Princess of Wales, holds the young Prince William for the cameras, December 1982. A proud father sits behind. William was born in the previous July. Time to Go June 1994 British Prime Minister John Major checks his watch as President Bill Clinton addresses the assembled media at Chequers, the Prime Minister's country residence. 타임지제공(2008.12.2)