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George Bidder, the Mental Calculator

George Bidder, the Mental Calculator

1817
Mouth Swab for DNA Testing

Mouth Swab for DNA Testing

1993-1998
Silver gelatin print by The Sun, dated 14 October 1967. Image shows actors Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor disembarking their private jet at the RAF station in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, having flown in from Sardinia fir the Oxford premiere of their film, "Dr. Faustus". The newspaper cutting on verso mentions that the jet was a gift from Burton to his wife. They were met at the airfield by "20 photographers, 11 chauffeurs, four Rolls-Roycesa, and a quartet of Columbia Pictures employees".

Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton arrive in UK on private jet

14 October 1967
Black and white photograph. Entrance gate of Abingdon Abbey. Taken by John H. Pledge in Abingdon, Berks, 21 May 1899.

Abingdon, Berkshire. Entrance to gate of Abbey (15th century)

1899
Black and white photograph. Abingdon Church from the west (outside). Taken by John H. Pledge in Abingdon, 21 May 1899.

Abingdon, Berkshire, from west

1899
Plastic syringe with hyperdermic needle in blister pack and screwtop plastic sample bottle, from adult blood sample DNA testing kit from Sarsdedt AG & Co., Nümbrecht, Oberbergischer, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, and Cellmark Diagnostics, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England, 1998-2000 (see note).

DNA Testing Kit

1998-2000