John McCallum snr

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A cold winters day in Ilford, Essex. Few inventions had as dramatic of an impact on both Britain and the wider world than the invention of the steam engine. First used at the end of the 1700s and rising to prominence throughout the nineteenth century, steam engines changed the very landscape of the UK.

The rise of steam powered machinery impacted everything from agriculture to transportation to production of goods.

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On August 8, 1963 a gang of at least 12 men robbed a Royal Mail train packed with money heading from Glasgow to London on the West Coast Main Line.

Newsmen prowl around Leatherslade Farm in Buckinghamshire, UK, August 26, 1963, shortly after police moved out. The farm was used by the Great Train Robbery gang as a hideout. Owner Bernard Rixon announced on August 19 that the farm would be thrown open to sightseers as soon as the police left. (AP Photo/Victor Boynton)

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Soviet Army engineers building a bridge across the Seversky Donets River, Belgorod, Russia, Aug 1943

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J. W. Mackie's Shop & Tea Room, Princes Street, Edinburgh, 1961

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Piston Broke, Dirty Den’s, Car Spares, Ripple Rd, Barking, Barking & Dagenham, 1990

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Taxi waiting. Greyfriar's Bobby's Bar, Candlemaker Row, Edinburgh. 1962.

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Buchanan Street Glasgow - August 1975

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Trafalgar Square, London, April 1975

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Princes Street / Edinburgh (July 1963)

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SUNSET OVER THE RIVER CLYDE ON 16th AUGUST 2025

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Forth bridge in the mist

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Weaver's Cottage, The Cross, Kilbarchan Property of the National Trust for Scotland.

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Caerlaverock Castle

near to Blackshaw, Dumfries And Galloway,

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Dunbar, East Lothian,