Cheering Collection

Tour De France 1930
A group of Italian riders

Spangles Coronation advertisement
Lovely advertisement for Spangles fruit sweets - the sweet way to go gay - showing a crowd excitedly watching the Coronation and waving flags. Date: 1953

VE Day. Outside Buckingham Palace
Crowds seen cheering and waving outside the gates of Buckingham Palace on May 8th 1945 (VE Day). George V and Queen Mary with Princeses Elizabeth

Nelsons last signal at Trafalgar, 21 October 1805
At the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805, Nelson gives his famous last signal England expects that every man will do his duty

MUSSOLINI SAVES EUROPE
Mussolini returns from Munich to be applauded as the salvatore della pace who has saved Europe from imminent conflagration. Date: 1938

Colonel Festing rescuing Lieut. Eardley-Wilmots body
Colonel Francis Worgan Festing (1833-1886), rescuing the body of Lieut. Eardley-Wilmot during the Ashanti War (1873-74) from a sketch by the officer of the expedition

Royal Procession passing the London Hospital, Whitechapel
Crowds cheering Queen Victoria as she drives in a carriage through Whitechapel during one of her Golden Jubilee progresses

Winston Churchill arriving in America, 1943
In 1943 Winston Churchill went to America - and gave his famous V for Victory sign to sailors as he disembarked. Date: 1943

Batgers Crackers
A girl in a yellow party frock and matching hat slides down a staircase on a tea tray while a motley group of revellers in fancy dress cheer her on

The Winning Jockey
The winning jockey celebrates with his girl in the winners enclosure. Illustration from The Merry Duchess Valse music sheet

Comic Postcard - Greyhound Racing - The hares run by electricity, Bill Is it? I wish they d give the blinkin dorg I backed a few shocks then!. Date: 1926

Birthday Card design - Men playing football with some fans on the touchline supporting their side. Date: circa 1950

Vietnamese Patriotic Poster - Advance to Victory! Date: circa mid-1970s

Shipyard workers cheering King Edward VIII in Glasgow
Shipyard workers cheering King Edward VIII on his visit to inspect the RMS Queen Mary in Glasgow Date: 1936

Young Pretender, Charles Edward Stuart
The Young Pretender, Charles Edward Stuart aka Bonnie Prince Charlie, proclaimed at Perth, 1745 Date: 1745

Welcome home from the far south: the hero of the moment. A popular welcome for Lieutenant Shackleton and his wife driving through the crowds outside Charing Cross Station, London

WW2 - From the Madeleine to Place de la Concorde, Parisians cheer the French and Allied Soldiers. Date: 1945

VE Day - crowds at Buckingham Palace
VE Day. Huge crowds at Buckingham Palace cheering for the royal familys appearance on the balcony. Date: 1945

VE Day - crowds cheer Winston Churchill
VE Day. Aerial view of the huge crowds cheering on VE Day as Prime Minister Winston Churchill makes his progress through London. Date: 1945

Performers emerge from the water tank, London Hippodrome
Horses and riders, performing in the water jump hunting scene at the London Hippodrome, emerge from the tank to cheers from the enthusiastic audience. Date: 1901

Prince Arthur at Leeds, declaring Roundhay Park open
Visit of Prince Arthur, later Duke of Connaught to Leeds in September 1872. Pictured here declaring Roundhay Park open. 1872

Expeditionary Corps at Queretaro
The entrance of the French expeditionary forces in the town of Queretaro. Soldiers march down the street as crowds of people line the street and surrounding buildings, waving and throwing their hats

Front cover of The Illustrated London News, 18 August 1849
Front cover of The Illustrated London News for 18th August 1849 featuring an engraving of Queen Victorias visit to the Linen Hall in Belfast during her tour of Ireland

Arsenal v Blackburn Rovers FA Cup semi-final at Leicester
A jolly crowd of football fans at the Leicester ground for the semi-final of the Football Association cup between Blackburn Rovers and Arsenal in March 1928

MUSSOLINI / GENEVA / 1938
In Genova, Mussolini speaks to the people from a podium shaped like a ship. Date: 1938

British armour enter Belgium, one of the first tanks passing through the village of Antoing on the Western Front during World War II Date: September 1944

The General Election - The Candidates Vision
Comic Postcard series - The General Election - The Candidates Vision. The glorious reception given to Josh Binks M.P. 1908

Mayor of Shrewsbury at Celebration of Empire Day
The Mayor of Shrewsbury, T. Corbett Esq. at Celebration of Empire Day, 1907, at the Shropshire and West Midland Show Ground. 1907

British soldiers celebrating after Battle of St. Eloi
Cheering British soldiers and officers of the Northumberland Fusiliers after the battle of St. Eloi. Some are wearing captured German helmets

Royal Barge - Henley
The Royal barge passes a cheering crowd of spectators and rowers Date: 1914

King George VI and the Men of the Future - Southwold
King George VI (1895-1952) (pictured whilst still Duke of York at his Southwold Camp, Suffolk) with the Men of the Future to shape the Nation... Date: 1935

Armistice Day, November 11 1918 by Fortunino Matania
King and People in the Streets of London, Armistice Day, November 11, 1918. King George V and Queen Mary driving through the streets of London greeted by jubilant crowds celebrating the end of

Racing scene on a greetings card -- a competition between a horse and a bicycle, with cheering spectators. circa 1890s

General Kassem, Prime Minister of Iraq addressing the crowds
The uprising in Northern Iraq: General Kassem, the Prime Minister of Iraq, acknowledging cheering crowds from the roof of the Defence Ministry in Baghdad on 9th March 1959

Northumberland Fusiliers resting at St. Eloi, WW1
Officers and men of the famous " Fighting Fifth" (the Northumberland Fusiliers) taken immediately after the battle at St. Eloi

Royal Wedding 1919 - leaving Westminster Abbey
Princess Patricia of Connaught and her new husband, Captain Alexander Ramsay depart Westminster Abbey after their marriage in an open top carriage and wave to a vast cheering crowd. Date: 1919

Queen Elizabeth II in Washington, USA, 1951
Princess Elizabeth is greeted by flag-waving crowds as she walks through Washington DC following her tour of Canada in 1951. Date: 1951

Captain Arthur Phillip raising the English flag at Sydney, Australia, marking the foundation of New South Wales of which he becomes the first Governor

Wiltshires cheering during great advance, WW1. 1914-1918

Dirt track rider, 1930s
A dirt track rider motorcycling at speed past a group of cheering boys. Date: 1932

Rugby crowd in Gold Flake advertisement
Advertisement for Willss Gold Flake cigarettes, showing a crowd (comprised entirely of male spectators) cheering at a rugby match. 1930

Racehorse Bahram wins the triple crown at the Saint Leger
Racehorse Bahram pictured at the finish of the St. Leger, with prince Aly Khan pictured below leading his fathers horse after its win. Date: 1935

Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon cheered at McVitie and Price
Front cover of The Sphere featuring a photograph of Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, later Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, being cheered by employees during a visit to the works of Messrs

Steps of Liberty Hall, Dublin, tramways strike 1913
Tramwaymen strikers cheering outside Liberty Hall, Dublin, the headquarters of the Transport Workers Union, 1913. 1913

VE Day celebrations: crowds in Whitehall
A page from The Illustrated London News, showing the crowds cheering Winston Churchill on the balcony of the Ministry of Health on VE-Day afternoon

Snap Playing Card - Man with penny whistle. circa 1910s

Happy Families Playing Cards - Miss Back the Footballers Daughter. circa 1930s

Cartoon, The Queen and the Bar (Gaiety). Queen Victoria rides past the Gaiety Theatre, London, in an open carriage. 1882

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