Sir Francis Drake playing bowls on Plymouth Hoe war memorial The banks of the Viosne

The banks of the Viosne at Osny in grey weather

Interior of Coopers' Hall with a representation of the drawing of the Glasgow lottery

Park drove this car in the 1922 Isle of Mann TT race

A bird's-eye view of St Thomas's Hospital in Southwark

Also pictured is Jim Simpson

Sir Francis Drake playing bowls on Plymouth Hoe war memorial The banks of the ViosneSir Francis Drake playing bowls on Plymouth Hoe, 1588 (c1900). The famous game of bowls supposedly played by Sir Francis Drake whilst awaiting the arrival of the Spanish Armada. The story, probably apocryphal, goes that when Drake was informed that the Armada had been sighted, rather than putting to sea immediately, he decided that he had time to 'finish the game and beat the Spaniards too'. From Peeps into the Past by Trelleek, published c1900.