Beat Collection

Too Many Cooks by Lawson Wood
A policeman on the beat around a smart London square appears to be blissfully unaware of the cooks emerging from each house to gaze adoringly at him

Match at Hambledon / 1777
A cricket match at Hambledon, Hampshire. The club was founded in 1750, and beat a strong All-England team in 1777. The early matches were played on Broadhalfpenny Down

Life / Saint Patricks Day 1924
Two Irish men in tradition costume beat a drum carried between them as they march along on Saint Patricks Day

West Brom Football Team
WEST BROMWICH ALBION The team that beat Preston North End in the FA Cup Final at Kennington Oval, March 24th 1888, by 2-1

Police in London
Police officers on the radio in the street in London. Metropolitan Police

Police Officer Walking
Metropolitan Police officer pounding the beat in London

West Auckland football team - they beat Juventus in 1910 and 1911. 1910

Police on Duty
Police officers talking to an Asian man in the street. Metropolitan Police

Policeman and Call Box
A police officer on the beat south of Pall Mall, central London, reports back to the station using a police call box

Australian Team of 1882
The Austalian cricket team of 1882 who beat the English in the first Ashes series, captained by W. L. Murdoch

Woman outside Golders Green underground station, London. The bus, destination Hendon, carries an advertisement: You Can t Beat Harrods. 1921

WW1 recruitment poster with silhouette
World War One recruitment poster with silhouette -- Loyal Talk Won t Beat Kaiser, Krupp, Kultur, Trained Men Will! Enlist Now! Showing a determined soldier with a bayoneted rifle. 1914-1918

Police on Walkie Talkie
Police officers talking on a walkie talkie in the street at Notting Hill Underground Station, London Metropolitan Police

Sport / Football / Specific
ENGLAND Vs SCOTLAND. Played at the West of Scotland Cricket Club, near Glasgow. England beat Scotland 5 - 2

Dancing at Coconut Grove
Elegant couples dine and dance to the calypso beat of Edmundo Ros and his band at the New Coconut Grove, Regent Street, London

Comic Postcard - The Fathers Revenge on daughters Man
Comic Postcard - " Loves Reward" - The Fathers Revenge on her daughters new man, who is getting a hearty spanking for some indiscretion which has made his girl cry

Planing, St Beat Marble Quarry Haute-Garonne France

Sawing, St Beat Marble Quarry Haute-Garonne France

St Beat Marble Quarry Haute-Garonne France

Mantel pieces, St Beat Marble Quarry Haute-Garonne France

Showroom, St Beat Marble Quarry Haute-Garonne France

Scotland International Football team, 1933 Date: 1933

A Scottish Highlander Piper plays Auld Lang Syne whilst strolling through the thistles and the heather... Date: circa 1942

John Mahon London District Secretary Communist
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A bobby on the beat, who has stopped to enjoy a bit of pie from a friendly cook in one house, gets surprised by the heat of a stove. Date: 1912

Blacksmith or goldsmith at work, Senegambia, 18th century. He works unders thatched hut with tools including fire, anvil, hammer, pincers and bellows. Orfevre ou Forgeron Negre. A goldsmith

Regency gentleman riding a prancing horse in a town street. How to Make the Most of a Horse. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Thomas Rowlandson after an illustration by Henry Bunbury

Scottish traveller dancing a jig with a violinist. I ve been throw Hollan, Spain and France, An at Vienna learn d to dance

Skeleton of Death beating a drum for a newly married couple. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Wenceslaus Hollar from The Dance of Death by Hans Holbein, Coxhead, London, 1816

Chinese paper making, QIng Dynasty
Chinese paper making: young bamboo shoots are stripped of their bark, beaten and soaked in river water for a fortnight. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon

Poster, Veritas Mantles and Burners, British Made -- Gosh! them Veritas beat all. circa 1910

The Young Chap Dress d in Blue, by C Sloman and W Wilson
Promotional music sheet for The Young Chap Dressd In Blue music hall song by C. Sloman and W. Wilson, sung by Nat Ogden and A Hollingsworth

Night Duty, by Albert Perry
Promotional music sheet for Night Duty, music hall song of 1899 by Albert Perry, and sung by T E Dunville. The lyrics suggest that the average bobby on night duty can only get through it with

London County Cricket team that beat the West Indians, 1900
The London County Club team, which beat the West Indians at the Crystal Palace, 1900 Date: 1900

Music cover (front), Happy Families, music and jingles by John Tobin, cards designed by Myrrha Bantock

Music cover (back), Happy Families, music and jingles by John Tobin, cards designed by Myrrha Bantock

WEST INDIAN CRICKETER
A young Tobagan cricketer takes a delight in trying to lose the ball by thwacking it away; one day, he hopes to beat England at their own game... Date: circa 1960

SWORDS TO PLOWSHARES
Two smiths beat swords into plowshares, which are much more useful Date: circa 1860

BOBBY ON THE BEAT
A young policeman, on the beat in Oxford Circus, central London. Date: late 1960s

The Albermarle Club at 37 Dover Street, London
Exterior view of the Albermarle Club at Ely House, 37 Dover Street, London which opened in 1874 for BOTH men and women, a previously unheard of event

Sierra Leone, West Africa - Villagers preparing arable land for planting, accompanied by the sound of drums. Date: circa 1910s

Mixed Russian Sauna / C19
A mixed Russian sauna - men and women pour water over themselves and each other and beat each other with branches. Date: early 19th century

Peace, Un-Perfect Peace, WW1 cartoon, Fred Buchanan
The Village Constable: Well, Is pose I ll ave to go an stop it; but I do wish they wouldn t old peace meetins on my beat. Humorous illustration from the First World War period by Fred Buchanan

Syria - Punishment of a servant (3 / 3)
A domestic situation unfolds in Syria - the Mistress of the house punishes her serving maid - she is tied up and flogged across her bare back. Date: circa 1910s

Poster, Beat Back the Hun with Liberty Bonds, WW1
American poster, Beat Back the Hun with Liberty Bonds, designed to raise money for the war effort during the First World War. Showing a menacing German with bloody fingers and bayonet. Date: 1917-1918

Advert / Bulldog Cigars
Bulldog Cigars: Hard to Beat Date: circa 1900

Met Police officer at Piccadilly Circus, London
A Metropolitan Police officer on duty at Piccadilly Circus in Central London, speaking on his walkie talkie radio. There are neon advertisements for Coca Cola, Cinzano, Skol, Volkswagen

Ghana - Gold Coast - Ashanti War Drums
The War Drums of the Ashanti tribesmen - Gold Coast, West Africa - Ghana

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