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  • Woman trips and falls over on Lambeth pavement as passers-by walk on
    fallen_woman01-26-02-2014.jpg
  • A 70 year-old grandfather falls on the ground after a woodland home-made zip wire ride on private land in Somerset.
    zip_wire05-21-08-2013.jpg
  • A young boy sits on the grass after falling from his tricycle on a summer's day in the family garden in the early nineteen sixties.
    sixties_archive07-13-07-1964.jpg
  • Seen on a large TV screen and watched by gasping spectators is the ill-fated heat of the British cycling team (Philip Hindes, Jason Kenny and Sir Chris Hoy) which was restarted after one rider's bike malfunctioned during the London 2012 Olympics. The British team went on to win gold a little later. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park121-02-08-2012.jpg
  • Pedestrians ignore a young skateboarder flying through the air during his acrobatic jump down steps.
    skateboarder_jump04-07-02-2014.jpg
  • Fallen yellow autumn leaves in Dulwich Park, London borough of Southwark.
    dulwich_park17-19-11-2013.jpg
  • Fallen yellow autumn leaves in Dulwich Park, London borough of Southwark.
    dulwich_park15-19-11-2013.jpg
  • Graffiti scrawled on the exteriour of Barts Hospital, by fans of the popular TV show Sherlock starring Benedict Cumberbatch where the fictional character was filmed, seemingly jumping to his death, on 5th March 2017, at Smithfield, in the City of London, England.
    sherlock_graffiti-01-05-03-2017.jpg
  • Graffiti scrawled on the exteriour of Barts Hospital, by fans of the popular TV show Sherlock starring Benedict Cumberbatch where the fictional character was filmed, seemingly jumping to his death, on 5th March 2017, at Smithfield, in the City of London, England.
    sherlock_graffiti-02-05-03-2017.jpg
  • Commuters notice a young skateboarder lies in pain after flying through the air and landing heavily after a acrobatic jump down steps.
    skateboarder_jump14-07-02-2014.jpg
  • A young skateboarder lies in pain after flying through the air and landing heavily after a acrobatic jump down steps.
    skateboarder_jump02-07-02-2014.jpg
  • Fallen yellow autumn leaves in Dulwich Park, London borough of Southwark.
    dulwich_park16-19-11-2013.jpg
  • Fallen yellow autumn leaves in Dulwich Park, London borough of Southwark.
    dulwich_park13-19-11-2013.jpg
  • Sunlit jogger and autumn leaves in Dulwich Park, London borough of Southwark.
    dulwich_park11-19-11-2013.jpg
  • Empty bench and autumn leaves in Dulwich Park, London borough of Southwark.
    dulwich_park10-19-11-2013.jpg
  • Empty bench and autumn leaves in Dulwich Park, London borough of Southwark.
    dulwich_park09-19-11-2013.jpg
  • A Union Jack flag with the faces of Royal Wedding couple Prince William and Kate Middleton outside souvenir shop.
    william_kate_flag03-14-03-2011.jpg
  • Fallen over motorbike in line of mopeds on Florence street.
    florence_italy112-23-10-2010.jpg
  • A confrontation during a water polo match at the Brockwell (Brixton) Lido in Brockwell Park, Herne Hill,  London. ..Brockwell Lido is a large, open air swimming pool in Brockwell Park, Herne Hill, London. It opened in July 1937, closed in 1990 and after a local campaign was re-opened in 1994. Brockwell Lido was designed by HA Rowbotham and TL Smithson of the London County Council's Parks Department to replace Brockwell Park bathing pond. It is now a Grade II listed building
    water_polo-25-08-1995.jpg
  • Relatives and friends pay respects to fallen soldiers, seen during Remembrance weekend at Westminster Abbey, London.
    remembrance22-10-11-2009.jpg
  • Crosses and poppies mark fallen Somerset regiments soldiers killed in action, seen during Remembrance weekend at Westminster Abbey, London.
    remembrance16-10-11-2009.jpg
  • Crosses and poppies mark fallen Somerset regiments soldiers killed in action, seen during Remembrance weekend at Westminster Abbey, London.
    remembrance15-10-11-2009.jpg
  • Snow showers are falling in a deserted South London street in Herne Hill, London SE24. Snowflakes are falling in large amounts settling on this road and tyre tracks from vehicles have been left in the snow though many parked cars are becoming covered in the snow fall as they sit at the kerbside. Snowflakes are falling in their thousands, settling on this part of London's inner-city - an unusual event - and the  heaviest precipitation for 18 years. It is early morning and still dark and street lights are making the landscape orange before the blue of dawn changes the colour and the atmosphere.
    london_snow13-02-02_2009.jpg
  • "Then raindrops fell on my head." Looking over the shoulder as a mother pours bath water from a toy seive on to the head of her five month-old baby daughter. The infant looks unsure but otherwise spellbound as the droplets fall, watching them leaving the pot to feel them trickling down. We see the child's trust for her mother and imagine her fascination with tumbling liquid, the feel of it touching her skin. This water is shallow, a child can drown in an inch of water so the mum is supporting the baby's head around the neck in the correct manner. This is from a documentary series of pictures about the first year of the photographer's first child Ella. Accompanied by personal reflections and references from various nursery rhymes, this work describes his wife Lynda's journey from expectant to actual motherhood and for Ella - from new-born to one year-old.
    corbis_ella11-20-04-1995.jpg
  • Stone bridge over the Allt an Eas River at Eas Falls, near Kilbrennan, Isle of Mull, Scotland.
    isle_of_mull294-21-11-2011.jpg
  • Stone bridge over the Allt an Eas River at Eas Falls, near Kilbrennan, Isle of Mull, Scotland.
    isle_of_mull258-20-11-2011.jpg
  • Stone bridge over the Allt an Eas River at Eas Falls, near Kilbrennan, Isle of Mull, Scotland.
    isle_of_mull294-21-11-2011.jpg
  • Stone bridge over the Allt an Eas River at Eas Falls, near Kilbrennan, Isle of Mull, Scotland.
    isle_of_mull258-20-11-2011.jpg
  • A tourist from Singapore feels the sensation of falling snow on his face during a European tour taking in the German Alps.
    snow-feeling01-23-12-1994.jpg
  • Floodlit river Clyde falls at New Lanark, the industrial revolution community village managed by social pioneer Robert Owen.
    new_lanark27-29-07-2010-1.jpg
  • A man of Afro-Caribbean birth, clutches at his scarf to keep out freezing temperatures during a cold snap in south London. Falling snow has settled on the man's black hair and even turned his eyelashes white after his walk from home to a local bus stop from where he is trying to commute to work. Because of skin colour, the white snowflakes make this picture a largely monochrome scene, adding to the bleak sense of wintry conditions. He is clearly unprepared for winter, wearing neither hat nor gloves and looks chilled to the bone thanks to the heat he's losing through his head and upper body. The climate of this part of the northern hemisphere can be ferocious for those ill-equipped or at the very least, unpleasant for those from warmer parts of the world.
    snow_man02-18-1991_1.jpg
  • A young boy wearing his school uniform looks traumatised standing next to a burned-out shell of a saloon car that was set alight by vandals beneath the infamous Divis flats of the Catholic Lower Falls Road, West Belfast. He wears a red jumper which contrasts the blue graffiti paint on the wall behind him and the charred ground at his feet. He is alone, a young boy experiencing childhood through the traumas of a violent world Divis Tower was a flashpoint area during the height of the Troubles. 9 year-old Patrick Rooney a child of a similar age to this lad, was the first child killed in the Troubles, was killed in the tower during the Northern Ireland riots of August 1969,
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  • A boy plays snowballs at night during heavy snow showers in central London - a rare event for an inner-city. Snowflakes are falling in large amounts settling on this street in Herne Hill, South London. The lad is in his element by going outdoors at night as the showers are falling everywhere about him. He dashes across the picture, running through thousands of snowflakes armed with a snowball destined for his elder sister's head. Relishing the hide and seek game they're playing and the prospect of landing the snow as a direct hit makes him look mischievous and excited.
    london_snow10-01-02_2009.jpg
  • A boy plays snowballs at night during heavy snow showers in central London - a rare event for an inner-city. Snowflakes are falling in large amounts settling on this street in Herne Hill, South London. The lad is in his element by going outdoors at night as the showers are falling everywhere about him. He hides behind a parked car at the kerbside, crouching low to avoid detection by his elder sister. Relishing the hide and seek game they're playing and the prospect of landing the snow as a direct hit makes him look mischievous and excited.
    london_snow07-01-02_2009.jpg
  • An early morning commuter trudges to work along Denmark Hill in South London, after unusually heavy snow falls..
    london_snow28-02-02_2009.jpg
  • Motorists drives gingerly along Denmark Hill in South London, after unusually heavy snow falls.
    london_snow24-02-02_2009.jpg
  • Motorists drives gingerly along Denmark Hill in South London, after unusually heavy snow falls.
    london_snow19-02-02_2009.jpg
  • A boy plays snowballs at night during heavy snow showers in central London - a rare event for an inner-city. Snowflakes are falling in large amounts settling on this street in Herne Hill, South London. The lad is in his element by going outdoors at night as the showers are falling everywhere about him. He hides behind a parked car at the kerbside, crouching low to avoid detection by his elder sister. Relishing the hide and seek game they're playing and the prospect of landing the snow as a direct hit makes him look mischievous and excited.
    london_snow07-01-02_2009.jpg
  • "First shoes in Wales." An eleven month-old infant tries to walk in her first pair of proper rigid shoes whilst on holiday in Snowdonia, North Wales UK. Tentatively taking a few unconfident steps the young girl  cries out in surprise, almost falling over. Her mother instinctively grabs her coat hood before she topples into into the pebbles and soft mud of a river bed which would soil her clean clothes. We see a mother preventing her daughter from getting dirty and from hurting herself, a fast reaction to stop injury on a small child. This is from a documentary series of pictures about the first year of the photographer's first child Ella. Accompanied by personal reflections and references from various nursery rhymes, this work describes his wife Lynda's journey from expectant to actual motherhood and for Ella - from new-born to one year-old.
    corbis_ella22-20-04-1995.jpg
  • "Garden ballet." With hands outstretched, a ten month-old infant supports her weight on some garden chairs as she learns to stand on her own two feet. Without the strength in her legs, she loses her balance and her mother stands behind holding her daughter by the waist preventing her from falling over. It is a warm summer afternoon with both mother and child barefoot on the back garden patio and we see the experience of an adult encouraging a developing human being with the confidence to stand erect with back straight. This is from a documentary series of pictures about the first year of the photographer's first child Ella. Accompanied by personal reflections and references from various nursery rhymes, this work describes his wife Lynda's journey from expectant to actual motherhood and for Ella - from new-born to one year-old.
    corbis_ella18-20-04-1995.jpg
  • Adventurous walkers negotiate moderate terrain in the rocky gorge near the 15m high Kozjak Waterfalls, part of the Kobarid Heritage Trail, on 21st June 2018, in Kobarid, Slovenia.
    slovenia-200-21-06-2018.jpg
  • Adventurous walkers negotiate moderate terrain in the rocky gorge near the 15m high Kozjak Waterfalls, part of the Kobarid Heritage Trail, on 21st June 2018, in Kobarid, Slovenia.
    slovenia-194-21-06-2018.jpg
  • Adventurous walkers negotiate moderate terrain in the rocky gorge near the 15m high Kozjak Waterfalls, part of the Kobarid Heritage Trail, on 21st June 2018, in Kobarid, Slovenia.
    slovenia-193-21-06-2018.jpg
  • A workman struggles with a number of yellow foam scaffolding protection sleeves, on 4th May 2017, in London, England.
    yellow_sleeves-05-04-05-2017.jpg
  • A workman struggles with a number of yellow foam scaffolding protection sleeves, on 4th May 2017, in London, England.
    yellow_sleeves-04-04-05-2017.jpg
  • A workman struggles with a number of yellow foam scaffolding protection sleeves, on 4th May 2017, in London, England.
    yellow_sleeves-03-04-05-2017.jpg
  • 2 of 2 in a sequence showing a husband and wife messing around on a street where they attempt to race backwards on cobbles, on 20th July, in Porto, Portugal. In the first picture we see the man upright and confidently winning the race with the lady - while in the second, he has has fallen over completely, with legs in the air. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    portugal_porto-58-20-07-2016.jpg
  • 1 of 2 in a sequence showing a husband and wife messing around on a street where they attempt to race backwards on cobbles, on 20th July, in Porto, Portugal. In the first picture we see the man upright and confidently winning the race with the lady - while in the second, he has has fallen over completely, with legs in the air. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    portugal_porto-53-20-07-2016.jpg
  • Middle-aged couple mess about with a backwards running race on a hill, while on holiday in Porto, Portugal: A sequence of 5 pictures.
    portugal_porto-54-20-07-2016.jpg
  • Middle-aged couple mess about with a backwards running race on a hill, while on holiday in Porto, Portugal: A sequence of 5 pictures.
    portugal_porto-55-20-07-2016.jpg
  • Middle-aged couple mess about with a backwards running race on a hill, while on holiday in Porto, Portugal: A sequence of 5 pictures.
    portugal_porto-56-20-07-2016.jpg
  • Middle-aged couple mess about with a backwards running race on a hill, while on holiday in Porto, Portugal: A sequence of 5 pictures.
    portugal_porto-57-20-07-2016.jpg
  • Middle-aged couple mess about with a backwards running race on a hill, while on holiday in Porto, Portugal: A sequence of 5 pictures.
    portugal_porto-59-20-07-2016.jpg
  • An illusion of yellow traffic bollard seemingly knocked over by a yellow delivery van at Bank Triangle, City of London.
    bank_triangle01-20-03-2012.jpg
  • Peeling billboard poster sheets near 2012 Olympic Park construction site in Stratford.
    stratford_olympics02-08-10-2010.jpg
  • Collapsed section of Roman Hadrian's Wall, once the northern frontier of Rome's empire from Barbarian tribes.
    hadrians_wall06-07-08-2010-1.jpg
  • Overgrown tomb and gravestones are covered by ivy undergrowth in Nunhead Cemetery whose deceased occupants were important members of society from the industrial age. On the left is a memorial ('With loving memory of Charlotte Catherine, the beloved wife ..") including an angel figure that leans over at an angle, probably caused by tree roots or perhaps by vandalism during the 50s and 60s when this land was left open for youngsters to commit criminal damage to stonework and carvings. During the cemetery's annual open day, there is an opportunity for the of the cemetery 'Friends' (society) to celebrate and educate Londoners, old and young, to help preserve and conserve this historic site.
    nunhead_cemetery12-16-05-2009.jpg
  • A brave taxi cab driver drives gingerly along Denmark Hill in South London, The capital's infrastructure has largely come to a halt due to the large amounts of snowfall that has hit the capital - the most for 18 years. In addition to the lack of buses, trains were severely affected and roads like this have not been gritted by the local borough council, leaving motorists struggling to control their vehicles is the slippery conditions. The taxi's orange light is still illuminated indicating he is free for hire and a foot of snow is piled on his roof as the headlights pick out the driving blizzard conditions. Footprints are already in the drift near the pavement that is now hidden from the road.
    london_snow26-02-02_2009.jpg
  • High above the streets of Old Lisbon, we see a Portuguese lady leaning out of her window to hang out her washing on the line that is attached to her home's exterior wall in the Bairro Alto district - or Upper City - the oldest of Lisbon's residential quarters. Items of underwear, socks and other miscellaneous clothing have been strung out on the line that is now pegged along the crumbling wall's surface with faded, peeling plaster and paint. A TV aerial has also been fixed precariously by the window and it's shadow can be seen in the sunshine which is strong and side-lighting the scene which has a warm, morning glow about it. Lisbon's Bairro Alto quarter is located above Baixa and developed in the 16th Century. Suffering very little damage in the earthquake of 1755, it remains the area of most character and renowned for its residential and working quarter for craftsmen and shopkeepers. At night, life takes on a diferent personality when bars and up until the 60s, prostitution gave the district a bad reputation in the past but nowadays tourists and the chic frequent its streets and traditional 'Fado' (classical Portuguese opera) bars.  ...
    RB-0194.jpg
  • A British Army Parachute Regiment recruit punches an opponent during a bout of Milling, a test of aggression for new recruits. In this event, each candidate is paired with another of similar weight and build, and is given 60 seconds to demonstrate 'controlled physical aggression' in a milling contest - similar to boxing, except neither winning, losing, nor skill are pre-requisites of passing. Candidates are instead scored on their determination, while blocking and dodging result in points deducted. Candidates now wear head protection as well as boxing gloves.
    paras_milling02-30-07-1996.jpg
  • A family shift house sofa furniture in an alleyway during their move from a home in Lisbon's Bairro Alto quarter...Bairro Alto quarter is located above Baixa and developed in the 16th Century. Suffering very little damage in the earthquake of 1755, it remains the area of most character and renowned for its residential and working quarter for craftsmen and shopkeepers. At night, life takes on a diferent personality when bars and up until the 60s, prostitution gave the district a bad reputation in the past but nowadays tourists and the chic frequent its streets and traditional 'Fado' (classical Portuguese opera) bars.  ...
    lisbon_street01-20-03-1994.jpg
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  • An early morning commuter trudges home after his night shift in central London to his home nearby in Herne Hill, SE24
    london_snow16-02-02_2009.jpg
  • "Homo erectus." At the exact moment that a young human being walks for the first time, an eleven month-old girl infant conquers her fear and takes her first tentative upright unaided steps. After months of building lower leg strength by pushing and leaning against household objects, she now leaves the protective hands of a delighted but nervous mother who relishes the joyous moment of her offspring's great achievement. The girl's legs and hips help propel her forward motion, naturally making her an upright bi-pedal species. This is from a documentary series of pictures about the first year of the photographer's first child Ella. Accompanied by personal reflections and references from various nursery rhymes, this work describes his wife Lynda's journey from expectant to actual motherhood and for Ella - from new-born to one year-old.
    corbis_ella21-20-04-1995.jpg
  • Lenin bust in preserved office of former Minister in charge of GDR secret police chief, Erich Mielke - an exhibit in 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history. After the fall of the socialist state, Mielke was sentenced to 6 years in prison and died in 2000, aged 92. During Hitler's Third Reich, the Gestapo had one agent for every 2,000 citizens whereas the Stasi had approximately an spy for every 6.5. Here at the Stasi HQ alone 15,000 were employed plus the many regional stations. German media called East Germany 'the most perfected surveillance state of all time' - administered from this complex of offices.
    berlin_stasi_museum22-07-04-2013.jpg
  • Meeting furniture in the preserved office of former Minister in charge of GDR secret police chief, Erich Mielke - an exhibit in 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history. After the fall of the socialist state, Mielke was sentenced to 6 years in prison and died in 2000, aged 92. During Hitler's Third Reich, the Gestapo had one agent for every 2,000 citizens whereas the Stasi had approximately an spy for every 6.5. Here at the Stasi HQ alone 15,000 were employed plus the many regional stations. German media called East Germany 'the most perfected surveillance state of all time' - administered from this complex of offices.
    berlin_stasi_museum24-07-04-2013.jpg
  • Desk in the preserved office of former Minister in charge of GDR secret police chief, Erich Mielke - an exhibit in 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history. After the fall of the socialist state, Mielke was sentenced to 6 years in prison and died in 2000, aged 92. During Hitler's Third Reich, the Gestapo had one agent for every 2,000 citizens whereas the Stasi had approximately an spy for every 6.5. Here at the Stasi HQ alone 15,000 were employed plus the many regional stations. German media called East Germany 'the most perfected surveillance state of all time' - administered from this complex of offices.
    berlin_stasi_museum26-07-04-2013.jpg
  • Desk in the preserved office of former Minister in charge of GDR secret police chief, Erich Mielke - an exhibit in 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history. After the fall of the socialist state, Mielke was sentenced to 6 years in prison and died in 2000, aged 92. During Hitler's Third Reich, the Gestapo had one agent for every 2,000 citizens whereas the Stasi had approximately an spy for every 6.5. Here at the Stasi HQ alone 15,000 were employed plus the many regional stations. German media called East Germany 'the most perfected surveillance state of all time' - administered from this complex of offices.
    berlin_stasi_museum27-07-04-2013.jpg
  • Desk in the preserved office of former Minister in charge of GDR secret police chief, Erich Mielke - an exhibit in 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history. After the fall of the socialist state, Mielke was sentenced to 6 years in prison and died in 2000, aged 92. During Hitler's Third Reich, the Gestapo had one agent for every 2,000 citizens whereas the Stasi had approximately an spy for every 6.5. Here at the Stasi HQ alone 15,000 were employed plus the many regional stations. German media called East Germany 'the most perfected surveillance state of all time' - administered from this complex of offices.
    berlin_stasi_museum28-07-04-2013.jpg
  • Desk in the preserved office of former Minister in charge of GDR secret police chief, Erich Mielke - an exhibit in 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history. After the fall of the socialist state, Mielke was sentenced to 6 years in prison and died in 2000, aged 92. During Hitler's Third Reich, the Gestapo had one agent for every 2,000 citizens whereas the Stasi had approximately an spy for every 6.5. Here at the Stasi HQ alone 15,000 were employed plus the many regional stations. German media called East Germany 'the most perfected surveillance state of all time' - administered from this complex of offices.
    berlin_stasi_museum29-07-04-2013.jpg
  • Socialist light switches in the preserved office of former Minister in charge of GDR secret police chief, Erich Mielke - an exhibit in 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history. After the fall of the socialist state, Mielke was sentenced to 6 years in prison and died in 2000, aged 92. During Hitler's Third Reich, the Gestapo had one agent for every 2,000 citizens whereas the Stasi had approximately an spy for every 6.5. Here at the Stasi HQ alone 15,000 were employed plus the many regional stations. German media called East Germany 'the most perfected surveillance state of all time' - administered from this complex of offices.
    berlin_stasi_museum30-07-04-2013.jpg
  • Socialist wall thermometer in preserved office of former Minister in charge of GDR secret police chief, Erich Mielke - an exhibit in 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history. After the fall of the socialist state, Mielke was sentenced to 6 years in prison and died in 2000, aged 92. During Hitler's Third Reich, the Gestapo had one agent for every 2,000 citizens whereas the Stasi had approximately an spy for every 6.5. Here at the Stasi HQ alone 15,000 were employed plus the many regional stations. German media called East Germany 'the most perfected surveillance state of all time' - administered from this complex of offices.
    berlin_stasi_museum23-07-04-2013.jpg
  • A boy sledges downhill after unusually large amounts of snow fall in South London.
    london_snow52-02-02_2009.jpg
  • Supermarket signs after unusually heavy snow fall in South London.
    london_snow50-02-02_2009.jpg
  • Playing a Penny push/fall game in the amusement arcade at Weston-super-Mare's grand pier.
    slot_machines2-06-August-2011.jpg
  • Shipbuilders manhandle heavy piping up a ramp of stairs as another worker's sparks from welding falls below on the hull of a large German ferry at the Polish Gdansk shipyard - once known as the Lenin Shipyard but still the largest of its kind in modern Poland. The grimy and hazardous working conditions make for a dangerous environment in which to work. Here in 1980 the union Solidarity (Solidarnosc) was conceived and was partly responsible for a growing dissent against Communist rule, ultimately contributing towards the fall of the Berlin Wall. Lech Walesa started his political career as an electrical technician here, going on to lead Solidarity and then to become President of a democratic Poland. Today Gdansk is a major industrial city and shipping port.
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  • Playing a Penny push/fall game in the amusement arcade at Weston-super-Mare's grand pier.
    slot_machines5-06-August-2011.jpg
  • Playing a Penny push/fall game in the amusement arcade at Weston-super-Mare's grand pier.
    slot_machines4-06-August-2011.jpg
  • Playing a Penny push/fall game in the amusement arcade at Weston-super-Mare's grand pier.
    slot_machines1-06-August-2011.jpg
  • With orange sparks falling away below, a shipbuilder welds while standing on a scaffolding gantry on the hull of a large German ferry at the Polish Gdansk shipyard - once known as the Lenin Shipyard but still the largest of its kind in modern Poland. The grimy and hazardous working conditions make for a dangerous environment in which to work and the worker wears a protective hood on his head. Here in 1980 the union Solidarity (Solidarnosc) was conceived and was partly responsible for a growing dissent against Communist rule, ultimately contributing towards the fall of the Berlin Wall. Lech Walesa started his political career as an electrical technician here, going on to lead Solidarity and then to become President of a democratic Poland. Today Gdansk is a major industrial city and shipping port.
    gdansk_shipyard11-03-09-2007.jpg
  • Six months after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a Trabant car sits wrecked on the corner of Mollstrasse and Hans-Beimler-Strasse in east Berlin (former DDR), on 1st June 1990, in Berlin, Germany. The DDR-produced Trabant suffered poor performance, but its smoky two-stroke engine regarded with affection as a symbol of the more positive sides of East Germany. Many East Germans streamed into West Berlin and West Germany in their Trabants after the opening of the Berlin Wall. It was in production without any significant change for nearly 30 years. The name Trabant means "fellow traveler" in German.
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  • A dog owner and walker at the Yorkshire Dales waterfall called Janet's Foss on 12th April 2017, in Malham, Yorkshire, England. Janet's Foss is a small waterfall in the vicinity of the village of Malham, North Yorkshire, England. It carries Gordale Beck over a limestone outcrop topped by tufa into a deep pool below. The pool was traditionally used for sheep dipping, an event which took on a carnival air and drew the village inhabitants for the social occasion. The name Janet (sometimes Jennet) is believed to refer to a fairy queen held to inhabit a cave at the rear of the fall. A foss is an old Norse word meaning waterfall.
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  • Walkers sit and picnic on rocks, admiring the Yorkshire Dales waterfall called Janet's Foss on 12th April 2017, in Malham, Yorkshire, England. Janet's Foss is a small waterfall in the vicinity of the village of Malham, North Yorkshire, England. It carries Gordale Beck over a limestone outcrop topped by tufa into a deep pool below. The pool was traditionally used for sheep dipping, an event which took on a carnival air and drew the village inhabitants for the social occasion. The name Janet (sometimes Jennet) is believed to refer to a fairy queen held to inhabit a cave at the rear of the fall. A foss is an old Norse word meaning waterfall.
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  • Walkers admire the Yorkshire Dales waterfall called Janet's Foss on 12th April 2017, in Malham, Yorkshire, England. Janet's Foss is a small waterfall in the vicinity of the village of Malham, North Yorkshire, England. It carries Gordale Beck over a limestone outcrop topped by tufa into a deep pool below. The pool was traditionally used for sheep dipping, an event which took on a carnival air and drew the village inhabitants for the social occasion. The name Janet (sometimes Jennet) is believed to refer to a fairy queen held to inhabit a cave at the rear of the fall. A foss is an old Norse word meaning waterfall.
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  • The natural pool and waterfall called Janet's Foss on 12th April 2017, in Malham, Yorkshire, England. Janet's Foss is a small waterfall in the vicinity of the village of Malham, North Yorkshire, England. It carries Gordale Beck over a limestone outcrop topped by tufa into a deep pool below. The pool was traditionally used for sheep dipping, an event which took on a carnival air and drew the village inhabitants for the social occasion. The name Janet (sometimes Jennet) is believed to refer to a fairy queen held to inhabit a cave at the rear of the fall. A foss is an old Norse word meaning waterfall.
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  • The office of Major General Hans Carlsohn, an exhibit in 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Erich Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history. Carlsohn was personal assistant to Mielke then director of the Minister's secretariat. Between 1950 and 1989, the Stasi employed a total of 274,000 people in an effort to root out the class enemy. During Hitler's Third Reich, the Gestapo had one agent for every 2,000 citizens whereas the Stasi had approximately an spy for every 6.5. Here at the Stasi HQ alone 15,000 were employed plus the many regional stations. German media called East Germany 'the most perfected surveillance state of all time' - administered from this complex of offices.
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  • The conference room where the heads of the GDR secret police met with district administrators, an exhibit in 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Erich Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history. Between 1950 and 1989, the Stasi employed a total of 274,000 people in an effort to root out the class enemy. During Hitler's Third Reich, the Gestapo had one agent for every 2,000 citizens whereas the Stasi had approximately an spy for every 6.5. Here at the Stasi HQ alone 15,000 were employed plus the many regional stations. German media called East Germany 'the most perfected surveillance state of all time' - administered from this complex of offices.
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  • Secretariat offices for the staff to Erich Mielke, an exhibit in 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history. Between 1950 and 1989, the Stasi employed a total of 274,000 people in an effort to root out the class enemy. During Hitler's Third Reich, the Gestapo had one agent for every 2,000 citizens whereas the Stasi had approximately an spy for every 6.5. Here at the Stasi HQ alone 15,000 were employed plus the many regional stations. German media called East Germany 'the most perfected surveillance state of all time' - administered from this complex of offices.
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  • Exterior of 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Erich Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history. Between 1950 and 1989, the Stasi employed a total of 274,000 people in an effort to root out the class enemy. During Hitler's Third Reich, the Gestapo had one agent for every 2,000 citizens whereas the Stasi had approximately an spy for every 6.5. Here at the Stasi HQ alone 15,000 were employed plus the many regional stations. German media called East Germany 'the most perfected surveillance state of all time' - administered from this complex of offices.
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  • Forecourt of 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Erich Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history. Between 1950 and 1989, the Stasi employed a total of 274,000 people in an effort to root out the class enemy. During Hitler's Third Reich, the Gestapo had one agent for every 2,000 citizens whereas the Stasi had approximately an spy for every 6.5. Here at the Stasi HQ alone 15,000 were employed plus the many regional stations. German media called East Germany 'the most perfected surveillance state of all time' - administered from this complex of offices.
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  • Secretariat offices for the staff to Erich Mielke, an exhibit in 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history. Between 1950 and 1989, the Stasi employed a total of 274,000 people in an effort to root out the class enemy. During Hitler's Third Reich, the Gestapo had one agent for every 2,000 citizens whereas the Stasi had approximately an spy for every 6.5. Here at the Stasi HQ alone 15,000 were employed plus the many regional stations. German media called East Germany 'the most perfected surveillance state of all time' - administered from this complex of offices.
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  • A 'Bodil' passive eavesdropping transmitter from Bulgaria powered by a phone line, an exhibit in 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Erich Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history. Between 1950 and 1989, the Stasi employed a total of 274,000 people in an effort to root out the class enemy. During Hitler's Third Reich, the Gestapo had one agent for every 2,000 citizens whereas the Stasi had approximately an spy for every 6.5. Here at the Stasi HQ alone 15,000 were employed plus the many regional stations. German media called East Germany 'the most perfected surveillance state of all time' - administered from this complex of offices.
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  • A sign for the green environment in a housing estate located in the former Eastern Bloc Communist East Germany known as the GDR (German Democratic Republic) during the cold war. This was once a restricted zone due to its proximity to the notorious secret police (Stasi) Hohenschonhausen prison before the fall of the Berlin wall in Nov 1989.
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  • Clean glasses and reflections in the window of the Cukernia Noworolski cafe of Rynek Glowny market square, on 23rd September 2019, in Krakow, Malopolska, Poland. Noworolski is a café located at the ground floor of the Cloth Hall, Kraków, Lesser Poland. It is considered one of the most famous cafes in Kraków.<br />
The tradition of the Noworolski dates to 19th century, through the opening of the renovated cafe under its current name took place in the years 1910-1912. It became popular among the elite of Kraków, with artists and professors but during the Nazi occupation the cafe was requisitioned and access allowed only to Germans. The family Noworolski again lost the place in 1949, when the cafe was nationalised by the communists and renamed. After the fall of communism, the café was returned to family ownership in 1992.
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  • Reflections in the window of the Cukernia Noworolski cafe of Rynek Glowny market square, on 23rd September 2019, in Krakow, Malopolska, Poland. Noworolski is a café located at the ground floor of the Cloth Hall, Kraków, Lesser Poland. It is considered one of the most famous cafes in Kraków.<br />
The tradition of the Noworolski dates to 19th century, through the opening of the renovated cafe under its current name took place in the years 1910-1912. It became popular among the elite of Kraków, with artists and professors but during the Nazi occupation the cafe was requisitioned and access allowed only to Germans. The family Noworolski again lost the place in 1949, when the cafe was nationalised by the communists and renamed. After the fall of communism, the café was returned to family ownership in 1992.
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  • Reflections in the window of the Cukernia Noworolski cafe of the of the towers of Renaissance cloth hall and towers of the Church of St Mary on Rynek Glowny market square, on 23rd September 2019, in Krakow, Malopolska, Poland. Noworolski is a café located at the ground floor of the Cloth Hall, Kraków, Lesser Poland. It is considered one of the most famous cafes in Kraków.<br />
The tradition of the Noworolski dates to 19th century, through the opening of the renovated cafe under its current name took place in the years 1910-1912. It became popular among the elite of Kraków, with artists and professors but during the Nazi occupation the cafe was requisitioned and access allowed only to Germans. The family Noworolski again lost the place in 1949, when the cafe was nationalised by the communists and renamed. After the fall of communism, the café was returned to family ownership in 1992.
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  • Reflections in the window of the Cukernia Noworolski cafe of the of the towers of Renaissance cloth hall and towers of the Church of St Mary on Rynek Glowny market square, on 23rd September 2019, in Krakow, Malopolska, Poland. Noworolski is a café located at the ground floor of the Cloth Hall, Kraków, Lesser Poland. It is considered one of the most famous cafes in Kraków.<br />
The tradition of the Noworolski dates to 19th century, through the opening of the renovated cafe under its current name took place in the years 1910-1912. It became popular among the elite of Kraków, with artists and professors but during the Nazi occupation the cafe was requisitioned and access allowed only to Germans. The family Noworolski again lost the place in 1949, when the cafe was nationalised by the communists and renamed. After the fall of communism, the café was returned to family ownership in 1992.
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  • Reflections in the window of the Cukernia Noworolski cafe of the of the towers of Renaissance cloth hall and towers of the Church of St Mary on Rynek Glowny market square, on 23rd September 2019, in Krakow, Malopolska, Poland. Noworolski is a café located at the ground floor of the Cloth Hall, Kraków, Lesser Poland. It is considered one of the most famous cafes in Kraków.<br />
The tradition of the Noworolski dates to 19th century, through the opening of the renovated cafe under its current name took place in the years 1910-1912. It became popular among the elite of Kraków, with artists and professors but during the Nazi occupation the cafe was requisitioned and access allowed only to Germans. The family Noworolski again lost the place in 1949, when the cafe was nationalised by the communists and renamed. After the fall of communism, the café was returned to family ownership in 1992.
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  • Months after the fall of the Berlin wall and the collapse of the communist GDR state (the German Democratic Republic), bent street signposts still remain, on 15th June 1990, in Berlin, Eastern Germany. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
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